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Melodramatic Music - Purposes

Melodramatic Music - Purposes. ‘Melodrama’ = ‘Melody’ and ‘Drama’. Enhances audience’s emotional response Tells of character type The music of melodrama depends on our emotional responses to the scenes and music. connect and contrast emotion to the audience.

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Melodramatic Music - Purposes

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  1. Melodramatic Music - Purposes • ‘Melodrama’ = ‘Melody’ and ‘Drama’. • Enhances audience’s emotional response • Tells of character type • The music of melodrama depends on our emotional responses to the scenes and music. • connect and contrast emotion to the audience.

  2. Melodramatic Music - Musical Features • First began in Monodrama, Pygmalion • Developed into Duodrama • Spoken rhythmically in synchronisation with music. • Diminished 7ths

  3. Melodramatic Music - Orchestra • Melodrama music was live. It was often sung, or there was an orchestra. • The orchestra and musicians were placed in an area called the orchestra pit. • Composers: • Rockstro’s – ‘Queen and huntress’ • Bennett’s- ‘May Dew’ • Loewe’s- “Erlkonig” • Schubert's- “Wohin” • Arnie’s- “Waterparted from the sea”

  4. Melodramatic Music - Bibliography • http://www.educationarcade.org/SiDA/melodrama • http://books.google.co.nz/books?id=uid-sy5GMVsC&pg=PA108&lpg=PA108&dq=melodrama+use+of+music&source=web&ots=rQ-H1Q6rBV&sig=fR1tXVtIOcDvC8oj2k_IeZMyj-o&hl=en#PPA109,M1 • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melodrama#Victorian_Stage_Melodrama • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melodrama#cite_note-3 • http://www.educationarcade.org/SiDA/melodrama • http://links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0027-4224%28193101%2912%3A1%3C78%3ASVS%3E2.0.CO%3B2-3&size=LARGE&origin=JSTOR-enlargePage

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