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wrote plenty of adult pieces, including symphonies, concertos, and music for the theater
wrote plenty of adult pieces, including symphonies, concertos, and music for the theater
3: Bohemian Music Giacomo Puccini 4: Classical Music that Turned into Musical Theater
American-born Leonard Bernstein became famous all over the world as a composer, a conductor, and a pianist. In addition to writing classical music, composed classic Broadway musicals, including West Side […]
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An opera is like a play in which the characters sing all their lines. Opera singers do not use microphones — their voices are trained, and can fill a whole […]
singers do not use microphones — their voices are trained, and can fill a whole theater
Giacomo Puccini’s opera La Bohème is about struggling artists in Paris. Its title means „the bohemian lifestyle.“ But Bohemia isn't in France; it's in the Czech Republic. Other composers such […]
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A. Kori Hill The Mississippi River is a big deal. It’s not the longest river in the US – that’s the Missouri. But it’s played a big role in American […]
There’s the musical Showboat (1927), which follows a steamboat theater company on
In my last blog, I wrote about the musical legacy of the 369th Infantry or the Harlem Hellfighters. I referenced the fact that while we think of this as an […]
that chose the latter contributed significantly to progression of black musical theater
A. Kori Hill Music Hall in Cincinnati 1879, Friends of Music Hall It’s 1893. You’re sitting in Music Hall. If you’re white, you’re sitting on the orchestra level, maybe in […]
comedians, and dancers, The Troubadours would perform arias, operettas, and comedic theater
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singers do not use microphones — their voices are trained, and can fill a whole theater