Music 4TH

• Musical play


  A form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance
• Modern musicals


  • Becoming more interesting because of stage set-up, lights and sounds, may utilize a live orchestra or band to provide the music
• Emotional content of a musical play

  • Love
  • Anger
  • Nostalgia
  • Bemusement
  • Humor
• Theatrical elements of a musical play

  • Dialogue
  • Acting
  • Scenery
  • Lighting
• Dialogue


  Lyrics of a song used to highlight mood and tone
• Acting


  Accompanied with either songs or instrumental music
• Scenery


  Presented using props, and symbolized locations like trees for a park, a chair or table for a part of a house, a huge image of a car for street
• Lighting and other forms of sound


  Added to produce effects and instrumental music to establish the play's main theme
• Elements of a musical play

  • Score
  • Lyrics
  • Script
• Score


  Written by a composer, music of the entire show, composed of a number of songs
• Lyrics


  The words to the songs
• Script


  Known as the BOOK, the dialogue that the actors speak
• Broadway musical


  A form of theatrical performance that combines songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance, typically performed in large theaters located in the Theater District of New York City, commonly referred to as Broadway, covering a wide range of genres, including comedy, drama, romance, and historical themes
• Musical play in the Philippines

  Adaptation from novels, literary works, and biographical sketches of famous artists
• Filipino actors who have had the opportunity to experience Broadway

  Lea Salonga

  Joanna Ampil
• Opera


  A form of musical theater in which a dramatic work is presented through a combination of music, singing, orchestration, acting, and often elaborate stage sets and costumes
• The word "opera"


  Comes from the Italian word for "work" or "labour", as it represents the collaboration of many artists and artisans to produce a cohesive artistic performance
• Opera was first introduced in the Philippines through the Zarzuela


  1878
• Early theaters and early Philippine operas

  Zorilla Theater

  Metropolitan Theater

  Cultural Center of the Philippines
• Notable people in the development of Philippine operas

  Bonifacio Abdon

  Dr. Ramon Javier

  Imelda Marcos
• Ballet


  The dance form in which a story is told without words by using body movements and facial expressions
• Examples of Philippine ballet

  • Lola Basyang, Rama Hari