Showstopper songs Flashcards
1
Q
Music of the Night
A
The Phantom of the Opera - Andrew Lloyd-Webber
- Changes time signature for contrast
- Very large vocal range
- Positive lyrics sung alongside major chords
- ABABA form
- Sustained final note in melody clashes with chords being resolved
- Db major key to begin
- Dramatic rallentando on last four bars
- legato and rubato
2
Q
You’ll Never Walk Alone
A
Carousel - Richard Rodgers
- 6/8 time
- thin accompaniment to begin made of broken chords
- high pitched soprano song
- highest notes at most dramatic parts of the song
- short song
- rubato
- emotional song
3
Q
The American Dream
A
Miss Saigon - Claude-Michel Shonberg
- Tonic-dominant bassline
- Sung by Engineer who directly addresses the audience
- Thin homophonic accompaniment
- scalic/sliding accompaniment gives confused feeling to end
- conjunct melody
- instrumental section allows for set changes during performance
- high-pitched tenor song
- repetitive tune
4
Q
Anything Goes
A
Anything Goes - Cole Porter
- Closes the 1st act
- pitch rises in sequence through the verses
- light-hearted feeling
- off beat rhythms
- detached notes, no legato
- strophic form
- simple tune makes you focus on the lyrics
- sequences up a semitone then down a semitone
5
Q
One Day More
A
Les Miserables - Claude-Michel Shonberg
- Multiple overlapping solos with different melodies and lyrics
- individual character songs interweaving to show how they all fit together
- quiet to begin, thin accompaniment
- overlapping singing joins as one + chorus to end
- 4/4 time
- large crescendo on ‘there’ followed by the introduction of more characters
