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Music Theory through Musical Theatre takes a new and powerful approach to music theory. Written specifically for students in music theatre programs, it offers music theory by way of musical theatre. Not a traditional music theory text, Music Theory through Musical Theatre tackles the theoretical foundations of musical theatre and musical theatre literature with an emphasis on what students will need to master in preparation for a professional career as a performer. Veteran music theatre musician John Franceschina brings his years of experience to bear in a book that offers musical theatre educators an important tool in equipping students with what is perhaps the most important element of being a performer: the ability to understand the language of music in the larger dramatic context to which it contributes.The book uses examples exclusively from music theater repertoire, drawing from well-known and more obscure shows and songs. Musical sight reading is consistently at the forefront of the lessons, teaching students to internalize notated music quickly and accurately, a particularly necessary skill in a world where songs can be added between performances. Franceschina consistently links the concepts of music theory and vocal coaching, showing students how identifying the musical structure of and gestures within a piece leads to better use of their time with vocal coaches and ultimately enables better dramatic choices. Combining formal theory with practical exercises, Music Theory through Musical Theatre will be a lifelong resource for students in musical theatre courses, dog-eared and shelved beside other professional resource volumes.

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Author:   John Franceschina (Professor Emeritus of Music, Professor Emeritus of Music, Pennsylvania State University, Sarasota, FL)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 21.30cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 27.70cm
Weight:   1.080kg
ISBN:  

9780199999552

ISBN 10:   0199999554
Pages:   468
Publication Date:   20 August 2015
Audience:   Adult education ,  Further / Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Introduction Part 1: The Lead Sheet Unit 1: Basic Concepts for Reading, Writing, and Appreciating Music Unit 2: Major and Minor Scales Unit 3: Modes and Other Scales Unit 4: Intervals Part 2: The Arrangement Unit 5: Triads, Seventh Chords, and Nonharmonic Tones Unit 6: Chord Progressions and Sixth Chords Unit 7: Singing Counterpoint 1 Unit 8: Singing Counterpoint 2 Unit 9: Chromatically Altered Chords Unit 10: Song Form and Cadences Unit 11: Modulation and Tonicization Unit 12: Upper-Embellished Chords Part 3: The Performance Unit 13: Analysis -- George Gershwin and Richard Rodgers Unit 14: Analysis -- Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim Unit 15: Analysis -- Andrew Lloyd Webber, William Finn, and Jason Robert Brown Acknowledgements Alphabetical List of Musical Theatre Examples Bibliography Index

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John Franceschina began composing and arranging music at the age of five and has written symphonies, chamber music, incidental music, and film scores. He has acted as musical director for productions in New York City and on national and international tours and the stage director of operas, musicals, and plays. As a pianist/arranger, he has accompanied Angela Lansbury, Elke Sommer, Nell Carter, Jan Peerce, Robert Merrill, Lotte Lenya, Paige O'Hara, Chita Rivera, and Gwen Verdon. An educator with thirty years of college teaching experience, he has written fifteen books about the theatre and musical theatre.

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