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Post by notmymuse on Jul 19, 2017 7:08:15 GMT
A little house from half a sixpence.
Something happened and Finally to know from death takes a holiday (actually, seems Yeston uses this a lot
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jul 19, 2017 9:43:14 GMT
The final moments of the proglouge from the film version of Into the Woods
I wish (see what I did there) some of the film elements were incorporated into a new stage version. The film was great in condensing some of the material but please put back No more
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Post by shep94 on Jul 21, 2017 2:15:28 GMT
What about 'Wandering Child' from Phantom I really like that one.
Also 'You will not touch him' from Miss Saigon
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Post by paulbrownsey on Jul 23, 2017 11:35:30 GMT
And then there's "Mums and Dads" in Blitz!, where three tunes in the style of children's playground songs get combined.
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Post by Dawnstar on Jul 23, 2017 12:34:08 GMT
Having seen Candide again on Friday night I need to add that to the counterpoint list.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 23, 2017 18:33:05 GMT
I think there's a few actually in Groundhog Day, but I like the one in 'Stuck'
PHIL
One: I’m still sleeping and
this I’m just dreaming it
Two: it’s a prank and
Everyone’s in on it
Three: it’s a flashback
from when I was twenty
and ate magic mushrooms and
thought I was Aquaman
Four: it’s some kind
of reality show
Five: it’s amnesia
Six: it’s a stroke
I think I am losing my...
(on top of)
DOCTORS/EXPERTS
I don’t even know if I
Believe what I’m saying,
This guy is clearly nuts
But he is deperate and
He’s paying, statistically
He might as well be sitting
Home and praying for all
The good that I can do,
I don’t have a frickin clue
What I’m doing
Though there are things
That we just don’t know,
It doesn’t mean you shouldn’t
Give giving an answer a go
You just have to open your
Mind
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Post by musicallady on Jul 23, 2017 18:48:43 GMT
Theres a nice one in Blondel between Blondel, Fiona and King John.
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Post by dazzlair on Jul 24, 2017 14:43:55 GMT
My all time favourite counterpoint song:
It's Only Love/Bring On The Night from Metropolis.
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Post by musicallady on Jul 24, 2017 14:58:32 GMT
My all time favourite counterpoint song: It's Only Love/Bring On The Night from Metropolis. I forgot about that one. |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2017 18:15:52 GMT
Don't think anyone has mentioned the end of 'What is This Feeling?' in Wicked yet. It's always my highlight of the show - aside from the melody lines, the arrangement is very rich & it's a smart little concept for a song.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 24, 2017 18:24:51 GMT
What's the term for it when several melodies & story lines come together at the climax of a song? It slips my mind. Like 'Along Came Bialy' at the end of Act 1 in the Producers.
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Post by crabtree on Jul 24, 2017 20:59:21 GMT
I'd suggest a fugue, but more musically informed than I might correct me.
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jul 25, 2017 10:38:18 GMT
I don't know the song but depending on how the score is structured may fit into the leitmotif category
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2017 14:25:13 GMT
Quodlibet may be the word I'm looking for. And we can add Lida Rose from The Music Man to the list of nice MT counterpoints.
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Post by haz23 on Jul 25, 2017 15:06:39 GMT
Finale B from RENT
Tonight Quintet from West Side Story
One Day More from Les Mis
Man Up from Book of Mormon
Company from Company
Ever After from Into The Woods
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Post by orchestrator on Jul 25, 2017 20:34:30 GMT
Only in a game of scrabble, dear... You may scoff but Quodlibet was absolutely the word being used (not by me) on the precursor to this forum when The Producers was new. |
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Post by sempala on Jul 26, 2017 19:48:09 GMT
This doesn't really count I dont think but
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee - The I Love You Song
There is a little overlap but the 3-way harmonies towards of the end of the song are amazing!
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2017 19:56:26 GMT
The Loesser is a great example and it is, more or less, a proper fugue. Is 'Tinhorns not in fact a canon? |
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Post by crabtree on Jul 26, 2017 21:06:40 GMT
Pop Quiz - in which Kander and Ebb musical does 'Fugue for tinhorns' get a significant reference?
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Post by Deleted on Jul 26, 2017 22:06:49 GMT
This is a sweet Tinhorns.
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Post by tmesis on Jul 26, 2017 22:26:14 GMT
The Loesser is a great example and it is, more or less, a proper fugue. Is 'Tinhorns not in fact a canon?Boring Technical Explanation: It is strictly speaking an exact canon for 3 voices but it is almost a fugue, or strictly speaking a fughetta as it is so short, since it has a subject, i.e. the first part of the tune, followed by a countersubject, i.e. the 'can do' bit. The entry of each subject should be in different keys (they aren't) but the fact the tune starts on off beats makes it sound more fugal than canonical. Right, you can all stop yawning at the back now; who's today's milk-monitor? |
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Post by paulbrownsey on Jul 27, 2017 11:21:56 GMT
"Boring Technical Explanation:
It is strictly speaking an exact canon for 3 voices but it is almost a fugue, or strictly speaking a fughetta as it is so short, since it has a subject, i.e. the first part of the tune, followed by a countersubject, i.e. the 'can do' bit. The entry of each subject should be in different keys (they aren't) but the fact the tune starts on off beats makes it sound more fugal than canonical.
Right, you can all stop yawning at the back now; who's today's milk-monitor?
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Technical explanations are not boring at all. Don't be so self-deprecating for not being dim or ill-educated.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 27, 2017 11:36:04 GMT
Is 'Tinhorns not in fact a canon?Boring Technical Explanation: It is strictly speaking an exact canon for 3 voices but it is almost a fugue, or strictly speaking a fughetta as it is so short, since it has a subject, i.e. the first part of the tune, followed by a countersubject, i.e. the 'can do' bit. The entry of each subject should be in different keys (they aren't) but the fact the tune starts on off beats makes it sound more fugal than canonical. Right, you can all stop yawning at the back now; who's today's milk-monitor? More! Love reading bits like this. |
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Post by Mr Snow on Jul 27, 2017 12:24:15 GMT
Pop Quiz - in which Kander and Ebb musical does 'Fugue for tinhorns' get a significant reference? Ok I give up. (I'm going hate it if its one I've seen!) |
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Post by Someone in a tree on Jul 28, 2017 6:28:49 GMT
Pop Quiz - in which Kander and Ebb musical does 'Fugue for tinhorns' get a significant reference? Ok I give up. (I'm going hate it if its one I've seen!) Curtains |
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