Description
Book SynopsisDramaturgy is at the heart of any musical theatre score, proving that song and music combined can collectively act as drama.
The Musical Theatre Composer as Dramatist: A Handbook for Collaboration offers techniques for approaching a musical with the
drama at the centre of the music. Written by a working composer of British musical theatre, this original and highly practical book is intended for composers, students of musical theatre and performing arts and their collaborators. Through detailed case studies, conceptual frameworks and frank analysis, this book encourages the collaboration between the languages of music and drama. It offers a shared language for talking about music in the creation of musical theatre, as well as practical exercises for both composers and their collaborators and ways of analysing existing musical theatre scores for those who are versed in musical terminology, and those who are not.Speaking directly to the contemporary artist, working examples
Table of ContentsIntroduction PART ONE: SECTION ONE - The First Shared Language: Theme - Chapter 1: Finding the Way In - Chapter 2: Theme, Story and Plot - Chapter 3: Theme, Character, and Musical Parameters - Chapter 4: Truth Themes and Branch Themes PART ONE: SECTION TWO - The Second Shared Language: Shape - Chapter 5: Dynamic Curves - Chapter 6: Modes of Enunciation - Chapter 7: Big Shapes - Chapter 8: Small Shapes Chapter 9: Mapping the Musical PART TWO - Chapter 10: Piecing it Together
: Everyone's Talking About Jamie PART THREE - Chapter 11: Collaborative Workbook References Bibliography
