Golden age Flashcards
Golden age
A time where there were high achievements of literature and music on Broadway. Writers would collaborate together to make some of the greatest musicals known today, and influence generations to come.
Oklahoma!
Rodgers and Hammerstein
1943
Oh what a beautiful mornin
Huge success
Golden Age started
Agnes de Mille
Made dance big in the Broadway world
made the dream ballet in Oklahoma!
1905-1993
Oscar Hammerstein
1895-1960
Made the conception of conditional love ballads
Known for his works with Richard Rodgers
Book Musical
Musicals that are inspired by a book, or are the story from the book turned into a musical
Conditional love ballad
A song suggesting that two characters or one character is in love
“If I love you”-Carousel
On The Town
1944
Music by Bernstein
Written by Comden and Green
Strong female roles for a change
A reaction to the war
Comden and Green
Adolph Green was a composer
Betty Green was a lyricist
Most famous for singing in the rain
Carousel
Rodgers and Hammerstein
Similar characters to Oklahoma!
“If I love you”
Based on the play “Liliom”
Annie Get Your Gun
1946
Music by Irving Berlin but originally by Jerome Kern
Starred Ethel Merman
“There’s no business like show business”
Kiss Me Kate
Cole Porter
1948
Based on “Taming of the Shrew”
South Pacific
1949
Based on feelings about WWII
Love affairs during war time
Starred Mary Martin
Guys and Dolls
1950
Music by Frank Loesser
Musical comedy
Made a movie in 1955
Vernacular language
Common words used at the time such as, “doll”, “wet rag”, “peepers”
Ed Sullivan
Talk show host
Based on his reviews, he could turn a show into a flop or a hit
King and I
1951
Rodgers and Hammerstein
Started Gertrude Lawrence and Yul Byrnner
Most expensive Rodgers and Hammerstein show
Turned into a movie in 1956
Alan Lerner
1918-1989
Lyricist
Worked with Frederick Loewe
Wrote radio scripts during WWII instead of fighting
Frederick Loewe
Worked with Alan Lerner
1901-1988
Classical pianist growing up
First hit with Lerner was Brigadoon
My Fair Lady
1956
Written by Alan Lerner
Starred Julie Andrews at 19 years old
British accents
Became a movie in 1964
Sound of music
1959
Based on Maria von trapp
Originally starred Mary Martin
Became a movie in 1965 starring Julie Andrews
Last Rodgers and Hammerstein show
Rodgers and Hammerstein
Biggest composers in the era
Produced Annie Get Your Gun
Inspired Sondheim
Rodgers and Hart
Larry Hart was Rodger’s first lyricist
wrote revues in 1925
Wrote for Hollywood in the early 1930s but wrote for Broadway in the late 1930s
Soliloquy
A character saying their thoughts out loud
Brigadoon
Book and lyrics by Alan Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe
581 performances
US’s growing isolation and fear of foreigners
