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1
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What is Wicked about?

A

The story the wizard of oz but told from the witches point of view. Elphaba and Glinda

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Who wrote the lyrics and music for Wicked?

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Stephen Schwartz

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Where does the song defying gravity appear in the play?

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It is the act 1 finale

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4
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How is the staging in this scene dramatic?

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It finished with elphaba flying into the air on her broomstick accompanied by moving lights, smoke and wind effects as the citizens of oz rush in trying to bring her down

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How is this set work structured?

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It is in verse chorus form

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What happens in bar 1?

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Intro

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What happens in bar 34?

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Verse 1

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What happens in bar 50

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Chorus

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What happens in bar 63

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Verse 2

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What happens in bar 79

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Chorus

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What happens in bar 88

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Bridge

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What happens in bar 102

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Chorus

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What happens in bar 115

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Varied reprise of intro

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What happens in bar 135

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Verse 3

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What happens in bar 151

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Chorus

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What happens in bar 161

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Coda

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17
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What key is it in on stage and in the anthology?

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Db and d major

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18
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Who scored the accompaniment?

A

Bill Brohn

19
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The accompaniment is scored for a pit band of 23 musicians. What does this consist of?

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4 woodwind who had to double on many insturments, 6 brass, a harp, 2 electric guitars, 3 keyboard synths, 4 string parts, a wide range of percussion including drum kit, timpani, glockenspiel and tubular bells.

20
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What are some points to note in the orchestration?

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  • Electric guitar with overdrive
  • chordal writing for low brass contrasting with solo synth melody ( bars 20-23)
  • String tremelo to create excitement
  • drum fill bar 54
  • descending scales for bass clarinet bars 89 and 91
  • cymbal roll to announce the change of key (bar 122)
  • tutti at bar 135 for the climax
  • synth and glockenspiel play high pitched ostinato as elphaba sings of flying high
21
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Describe the vocal ranges of elphaba and Glinda

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Glinda requires a soprano voice and gas a range of a sharpened 13th

Elphaba requires a mezzo soprano voice and has a range of a sharpened 14th

22
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What does the direction colla voce indicate?

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That the band must follow the Rhythm of the singer’s which is fairly free

23
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In the introduction Glinda confronts elphaba in recitative punctuated by chromatic stabs. How does elphaba answer?

A

She sarcastically mimics them a semitone lower

24
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What is hinted in bars 20-24 and how is an unsetteling effect created?

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The change the elphaba is about to go through is hinted where the syncopated introductorary chords to her song are first heard but an unsettling effect is created in the juxtaposition of two totally unrelated keys (Bb major followed by f major)

25
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What is Glinda’s assurance that elphaba can still be with the wizard accompanied by?

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Sustained harmonies in f major

26
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What happens when elphaba says “Something has changed within me’ in bar 32

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The key changes to d major

27
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How does elphaba show her desire to break free in the verse

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She uses wide leaps accompanied by a nervous tremelo from the violins.

28
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What does the tempo marking change to at bar 49

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Allegro

29
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What is the accompaniment when Glinda accuses elphaba in bar 59 as having illusions of grandeur

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The introductorary chords are repeated as crotchety triplets

30
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Elphaba is defiant as she continues into her second verse. How is this shown in the music?

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It is at a faster tempo with a firmly syncopated accompaniment

31
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What happens after the second chorus?

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The tempo relaxes to moderato and the key changes to g major

32
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What is the unlimited melody?

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It is a leitmotif that reflects elphaba’s growing confidence and has the first 7 notes of ‘somewhere over the rainbow’

33
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In bars 102 how is the chorus sung?

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First together then just elphaba alone

34
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What happens at bar 132?

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There is a key change to d major with an exciting orchestral build (crescendo on repeated quavers) as elphaba flies away

35
Q

What happens in the coda?

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It begins quietly and at and andante pace but quickly crescendo’s in the final bars with elphaba rising to her top note (f#) on bar 167

36
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Describe the texture of this set work

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After some brief monophonic passages at the start the texture is mainly melody and accompaniment.

The duef is mainly the two characters singing alternately or together in unison

There are a couple of passages of two part vocal writing (parralel thirds in bars 125-128) and a brief contrapuntal section in the final bars

There are also some ostinato figures

37
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Describe the tonality of this set work

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It is mainly in d major with a section in g major in bars 88-100. However areas of chromatic writing at the start and in bars 115-132 create areas of ambiguous tonality

38
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Describe the harmony in this set work

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It includes root position triads and sus chords. There is an inner pedal on A in bars 162-167 followed by an inverted pedal on D starting in bar 168

39
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What is a sus chord?

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Where the 3rd is replaced by either a 2nd above the root or a 4th

40
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How does the time signature change in this set work?

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It starts of with a minim beat (22 or 32 time) until the 44 in bar 88. The 22 returns in bar 115

41
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How do many vocal phrases start and what is the word setting like?

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Many vocal phrases start on a weak beat and the word setting is syllabic

42
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What is the Rhythm like?

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There is a lot of syncopatuon particularly in the anticipation of strong beats by a quaver (a push)

43
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Describe the melody in the set work

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Elphaba’s vocal line has a triadic style. The long notes and wide leaps help to illustrate elphaba’s new found confidence as the song unravels. Intervals of a 4th and 5th appear as she becomes increasingly sure of herself and even wider leaps appear as she becomes more determined (bars 39-40 there’s a leap of an 11th and on bar 140 there is a leap of a 12th)

44
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What is a hook and which like is it shown on in this set work

A

A hook is a melodic fragment designed to catch the ears of the listener and the line of the hook of this music is ‘it’s time to try defying gravity’

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