Exam 2 Flashcards
Oklahoma (year, music/lyrics, initial reactions, hit reactions, songs to know, based on)
1943, Rodgers (music) and Hammerstein (lyrics- first), “no gals, no gags, no chance”, was happy & during the war/became a hit, Dream Ballad/Lonely Room/Everything’s Up to Date in Kansas City/People Will Say We’re in Love, based on Green Grow the Lilacs
The Golden Age
11-year period of optimistic, integrated book musicals usually written by Rodgers & Hammerstein
Musicals by Rodgers and Hammerstein
Oklahoma (43), Carousel (45), South Pacific (49), The King and I (51), Cinderella (57), Sound of Music (59)
Carousel (Year/Music & Lyrics, plot, songs)
1945 Rodgers and Hammerstein, Billie tries to get his sit together when Julie is pregnant, If I Loved you/Soliloquy/You’ll Never Walk Alone (active song)
South Pacific (Year/Based On/Songs/Trivia/M&L)
1949, Tales of the South Pacific, I’m Gonna Wash that man Right Out of My Hair/Some Enchanted Evening, You Have to be Carefully Taught, 2nd musical to win a Pulitzer Prize, Rodgers and Hammerstein
The King and I (Year, Based On, Song, Trivia, M&L)
1951, Book (Anna and the King of Siam), Shall We Dance, Banned in Thailand, Rodgers and Hammerstein
Cinderella (Year, Type, Song, M&L)
1957, television musical on CBS, Stepsisters Lament, Rodgers and Hammerstein
Sound of Music (Year, Based On, Song)
1959, Autobiography of the Von Trapp Family, Edelweiis
Rodgers & Hammerstein as a duo
Clash of Cultures, Importance of Seeking Peace, The need for Community, Optimism in the Face of Hard Times
Irving Berlin
1888-1989, self-taught composer and lyricist, only played in F# (the black keys), American Troubadour, started in Tin Pan Alley, founding member of ASCAP, “Alexander’s Ragtime Band”, Patriotic (compared to Cohan), God Bless America, Oh How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning, White Christmas, published 1500 songs
Yip Yap Yaphank (Trivia)
Berlin used the army as actors, Went from the Army base to Broadway, “God Bless America” Got cut and was used as a trunk song
This is The Army (Year, Song, Money)
1942, “Oh How I Hate…” performed by Berlin, 9.8 million for war effort, integrated
As Thousands Cheer (Year, Based on, Actress, Songs)
1933, News Stories from 1933, Ethel Waters, Heat Wave (actual heat wave that happened)/Suppertime (about her husband being lynched)
Dorothy Fields (Who, Collaborated With, Style)
Prolific Lyricist/Librettist, 19 Broadway musicals, Jerome Kern/Irving Berlin (AYGOG)/Cy Coleman (Sweet Charity), Complicated/Internal External Rhyme/Colloquial & Controversial Lyrics
Annie Get Your Gun (Year, Original vs. Final music/lyrics/producer, Star, Song)
1946, Kern music/Dorothy Fields lyrics/Rodgers & Hammerstein to produce, Kern died, was replaced with Berlin who also did lyrics, Ethel Merman (big, brassy voice), Old Fashion Wedding (last song Berlin published, quodlibet i.e. harmonically complementary melodies played together)
Ethel Merman (Known for, Memorable Roles)
Loud brassy voice with a catch, 14 Broadway shows written for her, Reno Sweeney (Anything Goes)/Annie (AGYG)/Mama Rose (Gypsy)
Cole Porter (Trivia, Married To, Lived In, Themes)
Composer/Lyricist/Formal Training/Yale Educated, Married to socialite Linda Lee Thomas but was homosexual, lived in 14 room suite at the Waldorf Astoria, The restless socialite/Money won’t always bring happiness/Sex. Vs love/Highbrow vs. lowbrow/Clever cynicism/Not known for integrated musicals
Cole Porter (Style/Later Years)
Aimed towards his peers/Contemporary references (high and lowbrow)/Clever cynicism/Sex was carnal, corrupt, and fun/Wrote music AND lyrics/Old-fashioned hits (x. to Berlin)/Incorporates slow Latin rhythm (beguine), Horse-Riding accident 1937/Maintained Cynicism
Anything Goes (Year, Composer/Lyricist, Songs)
1934, Cole Porter, You’re the Top/Anything Goes (sex vs. love)/I get a Kick out of You
Kiss me Kate (Year, Composer/Lyricist, Adapted From, Type)
1948, Cole Porter, Shakespeare’s Taming of the Shrew (made Shakespeare fun and sexy), Metatheater (musical is about as musical), Another Op’nin’ Another Show/Too Darn Hot/Brush Up Your Shakespeare
Alan Jay Lerner (Time Period, Birth, Wrote About, Trivia)
20s to 80s, Born into Wealthy NY Family, Wrote about the Common Man, Language Suited Character, Married 8 times)
Frederick Lowe (Time Period, Birth, Trivia)
Start to 80s, Born in Germany, Classically trained Cellist and Pianist, Child Prodigy, Moved West to become a Boxer
Lerner & Lowe (Trivia, Style)
Collaborated for 15 years/Split After almost Every Project/Lyrics first, then Music/Musicals With Original Plots, The last of the great romantics”/Fantastical plot (a little bit whimsical)/Often 2 male leads with different worldviews (cynical/romantic)/Sound of musical changes to suit show
Lerner & Lowe (Musicals with Years)
Brigadoon (47), My Fair Lady (56), Camelot (60)
Brigadoon (Year, Plot, Songs, Music/Lyrics, Choreographer, Trivia)
1947, City Sleeps for a Hundred Years Every Night, Almost Like Being In Love/Come To Me, Bend To Me (plagiarism?), Lerner & Lowe, Agnes De Mille, first hit
My Fair Lady (Year, M&L, Adapted From, Songs, Themes)
1956, Lerner & Lowe, Pygmalion play, I Could’ve Danced All Night/I’ve Grown Accustomed to her Face/Just You Wait/Hymn to Him, Rising above class (severe critique of English class)/Nature vs. Nurture (not about your bloodline; behavior can be learned or changed)/Unconventional Relationships/Misogyny (with specific characters)
Camelot (Year, Plot, Actors, Popularity, Songs)
1960, King Arthur & his Court at Camelot, Richard Burton/Julie Andrews/Robert Goulet, Exploded after JFK died (favorite show), What the Simple Folk Do
Frank Loesser (Bio, Style, Songs, Musicals)
Composer/Lyricist, Self-Taught, Slangy Lyrics, Worked in Hollywood then Broadway, Heart and Soul/Praise the Lord and Pass the Ammunition, Guys and Dolls (50), How to Succed (61)
Guys and Dolls (Year, Who, Based On, Songs, Style)
1950, Frank Loesser, Damon Runyon’s gang stories, Sit Down You’re Rocking/Adelaide’s Lament/Luck Be a Lady Tonight, Use of slang/NYC language/Energetic Dance Numbers
How to Succeed in Business without Really Trying (Year, Theme, Trivia, Composer, Choreographer, Songs)
1961, Satire of corporate America and Gender roles, 4th musical to win PP, Loesser, Bob Fosse, I Believe in You/Brotherhood of Man
Jule Stein (Who, Trivia, Songs, Musicals)
Classically Trained Composer, Child Prodigy on the Piano/Wrote over 1500 songs/Often Overshadowed by Performers, “Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend”/People/Everything’s Coming up Roses, Peter Pan (54)/Gypsy (59)/Funny Girl
Peter Pan (Composer, Lyricists, Choreographer, Song)
Jule Styne, Comden/Green, Jerome Robbins, Captain Hook’s Waltz
Comden & Green (What, Trivia, Musicals)
Lyricist Team, Started out as Performers/Collaborated for 61 years, On the Town (44), Peter Pan (54), Applause (70), Singing in the Rain (52)
On The Town (Year, Lyricists, Music, Choreography, Trivia, Song)
1944, Green & Comden, Bernstein, Jerome Robbins, Racially Integrated Cast, New York New York
Gypsy (Year, Trivia, Actress, Music, Lyrics, Book, Choreography, song)
1959, Musical biography of Gypsy Rose Lee, Ethel Merman, Jule Styne, Stephen Sondheim, Arthut Laurents, Jerome Robbins, “Rose’s Turn” (11o’clock number)
