Week 9 - Music and Dance: The Musical - West Side Story Flashcards
What is Broadway
A street in NYC
What is Tin Pan Alley
A block in NYC where composers and lyricists wrote together
Also about the sound of the piano
What was the driving force of the music industry at the time
Sheet music - piano and vocal score
How many pianos were made in the US in 1909
365,000 pianos were made in the United States by 295 manufactures
When was the radio and phonograph popular
The radio and phonograph really became popular in the 1910-1929
What is Vandeville
A show with many different performances and acts
Variety show (e.g, dancing dogs, swallow fire, sing etc.)
What replaced Vandeville
Technology (1920) and Broadway
Charactersitics of Broadway
Has a story/theme
A musical idea that links songs
Opens up for the average person
When was the golden age of Broadway
1930’s-1950’s
What was Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990) interested in
Like Copland, was interested in sounds around him
What was West Side Story based off of
Romeo and Juliet
Which gangs were Maria and Tony part of/formally a part of
Maria - Puerto Rico gang “The Sharks”
Tony - former leader of the American gang “The Jets”
Who does Tony kill in West Side Story
Jets and the Sharks have a big fight (rumble) and Tony is drawn into it and kills Bernardo accidentally who leader of the Sharks and is also the brother of Maria
What was the lie that Tony is told
Maria is dead
Who shoots Tony
Chino
