This volume features 29 comic and dramatic scenes and 36 songs from 10 Rodgers and Hammerstein musicals--Oklahoma!, Carousel, Allegro, South Pacific, The King and I, Me and Juliet, Flower Drum Song, The Sound of Music, State Fair, and Cinderella--for studying character development, lyric analysis, and musicality for auditions or performance. They are organized by the number of characters in each scene, and each includes an introduction to the musical, description of characters and dramatic circumstance, dialogue, stage directions, and piano/vocal scores for the songs. The book is meant for students and teachers of musical theater from high school to the professional level, as well as vocal and acting coaches. Briggs, a librettist, is associated with a division of The Rodgers & Hammerstein Organization, which represents more than 100 musicals. Annotation ©2008 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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(Applause Books). The Rodgers & Hammerstein Musical Scene Study Guide is the first book of its kind, featuring both comic and dramatic scenes and songs from 10 R&H musicals ( Oklahoma!, Carousel, Allegro, South Pacific, The King and I, Me and Juliet, Flower Drum Song, The Sound of Music, State Fair , and Cinderella ) for the purpose of musical scene study work. It contains a total of 22 scenes, organized by the number of men and women in each scene. Each scene includes: * an introduction to the musical from which it is taken, a description of the characters involved in the scene, and a note about the preceding dramatic circumstance of the scene. * the dialogue, stage directions and piano/vocal score for the song(s) included in the scene. The Rodgers & Hammerstein Musical Scene Study Guide is an essential tool for any and all serious musical theatre students from high school, college and university, to community theatre and professional training programs. It is also a must-have for all levels of music and drama teachers as well as vocal and acting coaches. This invaluable book belongs on the shelf in every high school, college, and university drama department and in any theatre dedicated to developing the talents of its musical theatre performers. It is the perfect tool with which to study character development, lyric analysis, and musicality, whether for auditions or performance.
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