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Re: You might enjoy (Reply to this comment)
by munkus
Scholarly respect... but I'm starting to like R Strauss and from there its a slippery slope to Wagner. Sounds a bit like his play about Maria Callas- Masterclass. Also brilliant.
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Feb 17 '06
2:50 pm PST
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You might enjoy (Reply to this comment)
by joyfulgirl91
a one-act play by Terrence McNally called "Prelude and Liebstod." Perhaps you've heard of it, but it's a scarcely interrupted monologue by an egomaniacal conductor spoken while he takes an orchestra through the piece from Tristan and Isolde twice from the top. Playing the piece while you read is optional, because it's kind of a dorky thing to do, and I also couldn't determine from what you wrote whether you are fond of Wagner or just have a scholarly respect for him.
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Feb 17 '06
12:41 pm PST
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Re: I read through (Reply to this comment)
by munkus
Not a dumb question at all but actually entirely spot on. The musicals followed from operetta in around the 1920s which is when they largely started to be considered different because they incorporated popular music- such as jazz- and more dance rhythms with the same people doing all the singing dancing acting.
All three! I'm impressed. The next one is sort of written, but I'm being lazy.
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Jan 25 '06
5:57 am PST
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I read through (Reply to this comment)
by millinocket
all three of these today - one right after another. I feel.......so smart! Yes, I feel mentored and quite knowledgeable, in fact.
Maybe this is a dumb question though - are what we think of as "Broadway Musicals" an offshoot/evolution/whatever of the operetta?
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Jan 24 '06
4:57 pm PST
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