West Side Story Flashcards
1
Q
Composer
A
Bernstein
2
Q
Era
A
Modern
3
Q
Written in
A
1957
4
Q
Type
A
Musical theatre
5
Q
Source of plot
A
Romeo and Juliet
6
Q
Key
A
B major to Eb major
7
Q
Time signature
A
Common time
8
Q
Defining features
A
Opens with chant, repeated D# and free rhythm to suggest a worshipful admiration
Ambiguous tonality, modal inflections in melodic lines
Spanish guitar provides undulating lines in parallel 3rds rising and falling triplets
Word painting (gliss)
Snappy syncopations
