wicked

• background info

  2003 - stephen schwartz

  pop/rock influenced musical theatre
• instrumentation

  duet

  wide vocal range

  speak/sing/recitative (half spoke/sung)

  big orchestra + piccolo, bass clarinet, cor anglais, harp, tubular bells, timpani, glockenspiel, synthesisor
• structure

  verse - chorus structure

  free tempo at the start

  mainly andante/ allegro
• dynamics

  expressive

  conveys emotion and mood
• texture

  melody dominated homophony

  some monophonic/ polyphonic in outro

  ostinato accompaniment

  stab chords
• melody

  syllabic (mostly)

  stepwise movement

  vocalisation

  legato

  ascending sequences
• harmony

  chords - simple root position

  dissonance

  pedal notes at end
• tonality

  main - D major

  start - ambiguous tonality

  chromatic movement

  unlimited section - G major
• rhythms

  dotted rhythms

  triplets

  syncopation
• tempo/ metre

  several rallentandos

  song slows at end

  intro - 3/2

  main 2/2