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VOCABULARY
Who’s Who in Musicals?
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Conductor
Composer
Lyricist
Choreographer
Principles
Pit musicians
Chorus
Conductor
The person
who directs
the orchestra
Composer
The person
who writes the
MUSIC
lyricist
The person who
writes the
WORDS to the
music
LYRICS
The words to a song
That’s
right…there’s
no pictures…
because its all
WORDS!!!!
Book/libretto
The entire script of the
musical
Choreographer
The person
who designs
the dances for
the stage
SO…that means that Choreography is….
Dancing
The dances that
are designed
for a song in a
production
principles
The named lead
characters in a
musical
Pit Musicians
• Group of
instrument
players who
play all the
background
music.
chorus
The singers
other than the
principles
Types of Musicals
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Opera
Operetta
Musical Revue
Musical Comedy
Concept Musical
Musical Play
Opera
Totally music –
even
conversations
are SUNG!
Examples
La Traviata
Don Giovanni
Sydney Opera House
Operetta
A lighter music
and actors
speak lines
rather than just
singing
Examples
Babes in Toyland
Pirates of Penzance
The Merry Widow
More operettas
Examples
The Mikado
H.M.S. Pinafore
Musical Revue
Consists of a
loosely connected
series of lavish
production
numbers
Examples
Ain’t Misbehavin’
Smokey Joes Café
All Shook Up
Musical Comedy
Combines
music and
humor
Examples
Guys and Dolls
Annie Get Your Gun
Anything Goes
Concept Musical
A play that is
built around a
particular idea
Examples
Cats
A Chorus Line
Starlight Express
Musical Play
Acting and
choreography are
equally integral,
increased emphasis
on real people in real
situations
Examples
Oklahoma!
Fiddler on the Roof
Parts of (some) Musicals
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Overture
Crossover
Change Music
Production Number
Underscore
Vamp
Recitative
Overture
• Music played at
the start of a
show, a medley
of the show’s
songs
Crossover
• A short scene
played in front of
the curtain while
scenery is being
changed
Change music
• The music
played
between
scenes
Production Number
• A large-scale
musical number
involving many
performers
Underscore
• Music played
that
accompanies
dialogue
Vamp
• To repeat
measures of
music until a
singer is ready
Recitative
• A singing style that is
closer to speaking
than to singing