Wednesday, August 12, 2020

Music #510 - Instruments - The Voice (chorus musicals)

The Voice


Choir


“Light of Rome” / Dragon Blade Roman song  
- excerpt from Dragon Blade (2015 movie)

- a Gregorian chant (aka plainsong)

- “Sederunt principes” / Princes Sat
- a 4-voice polyphony


- English madrigal

It was written for two choirs: SSATB and SATB; 
the first choir sings the original Miserere chant; 
the other choir, spatially separated, sings an ornamented commentary. 
(L) The Sixteen choir         (R) ....and their score
 

Mozart - Requiem Mass 
- (Mvt 8) “Confutatis”
(L) excerpt from Amadeus (1984 movie)
 

Mozart - Requiem Mass
- (Mvt 9) “Lacrimosa”
 

(L) Johann Strauss II - “Tritsch Tratsch Polka”
 
(R) Carl Orff - Carmina Burana cantata - "O Fortuna"

(L) “White Christmas”
 
(R) “Only You”

(L) “Love Me”
 
(R) “G.I. Blues”

(L) “I'll Follow Him”
 
(R) “500 Miles”

(L) “California Dreamin”
 
(R) “Good Vibrations”


(L) “Wellerman” (Sea Shanty)
 
(R) "Drunken Sailors”


(L) “Spice Girl”        (R) “Let's Pull on the Two Oars”
 
 
(L) “Troika”        (R) “Poljushko Polje”

(L) “We'll Meet Again”          (R) “Candyman” 
 
 
(L) “Nobody”                (R) "Answer the Phone"

The Chorus / Les Choristes 
(French movie 2004)
 
  

Improvisional chorus
 
Accompanying your own singing

Background vocals
 



Opera/Orchestra

(L) Verdi - Il Trovatore opera 
- “Anvil Chorus” / Chorus of Gypsies
 
(R) Verdi - Nabucco opera 
- “Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves” 

Beethoven's Symphony No.9 (aka "Choral")
- in mvt 4, a choral (“Ode to Joy”) is added
 (hitherto unprecedented to a symphony)
(L) Beethoven's Symphony No.9
- excerpts from Copying Beethoven (2006 movie)
Totally deaf then, he conducts as his pretty student signals underground/understage.
 
(R) "Ode to Joy"
- excerpt from the Immortal Beloved (1994 movie)
Beethoven, then deaf, did not hear the audience applause, 
but was absorbed in recalling his hostile father, 
who used to beat the hell out of him (and box his ears).

"Ode to Joy"
(R) A huge choir of 10,000 singers
- annually in Japan
- during the year-end holiday season
 
(L) The European Union (anthem)



Musicals

(L) A Chorus Line (1985 movie) 
- “One”
 
(R) The Phantom of the Opera (2004 movie) 
- “Masquerade” 

(L) My Fair Lady (1964 movie) 
- “Ascot Gavotte”
- horse race scene at Ascot race court (a show-off of derby hats!) 
- interesting Gavotte song style
 
(R) The modern and real Royal Family at the Ascot 

(L) West Side Story (1961 movie) 
- “America”
 
(R) Les Misérables (2002 movie) 
- “Look Down”
- still short of liberté et equalité after 1789

(L) Jesus Christ Superstar (2000 movie) 
- “Hosanna”
 
(R) Hair (1979 movie) 
- “Aquarius”

(L) Evita (1996 movie) 
- from a flight-fight duet to “A New Argentina” chorus at [2:30]
(Peron got the hearts of the “shirtless”, by having imposed pay raises against the will of the farm owners.)
 
(R) Chicago (2002 movie) 
- “Cell Block Tango”

(L) Cabaret (1972 movie) 
- “Money Makes the World Go Round”
 
(R) Student Prince (1954 movie)
- "Drink, Drink, Drink"
- with the tenor voice of Mario Lanza (幕後主唱)
《學生王子》影敘述一王子到德國海德堡Heiderberg求學,愛上酒店女侍的一段故事。海德堡大學的學生課餘暢快飲酒(德國啤酒),因此有此飲酒歌。


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