{"product_id":"the-musical-theatre-composer-as-dramatist-9781350229402","title":"The Musical Theatre Composer as Dramatist","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDramaturgy is at the heart of any musical theatre score, proving that song and music combined can collectively act as drama. \u003ci\u003eThe Musical Theatre Composer as Dramatist: A Handbook for Collaboration\u003c\/i\u003e offers techniques for approaching a musical with the \u003ci\u003edrama\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction  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\u003ci\u003e: Everyone's Talking About Jamie\u003c\/i\u003e  PART THREE - Chapter 11: Collaborative Workbook  References  Bibliography","brand":"Bloomsbury Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48738607169879,"sku":"9781350229402","price":18.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781350229402.jpg?v=1720049634","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-musical-theatre-composer-as-dramatist-9781350229402","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}