While the number of musicals per season has declined, the genre of musical theatre continues to be popular with the theatre-going public. The same cannot be said for the film musical, which dropped out of favor in the mid-1960s. Recently, there has been a resurgence in the film musical with the popularity of such films as Moulin Rouge, Chicago, and Rent. What accounts for films' renewed interest
in going public in this type of musical?
What will be an ideal response?
Students may point to the popularity of musical TV shows such as Glee spilling into the realm of film, the use of popular and familiar music in movies such as Moulin Rouge and Mamma Mia!, or the sheer quality of movies like Chicago.
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Describe the gong punctuation that occurs at the end of each gongan
What will be an ideal response?
How is the madrigal is best defined?
a. a popular song usually in four voices b. the musical resting point that provides resolution c. a form of improvisational theater originating in Italy d. a part of the Christian mass as set to music
In his ____, Praxiteles took the unprecedented step of representing a female nude
a. Caryatid A b. Diana and Actaeon c. Aphrodite of Knidos d. Peplos Kore
This composer wrote his composition, “Träumeri” (“Dreaming”), for adults rather than children. It was intended to
evoke a nostalgic recollection of childhood.
a. Tchaikovsky b. Brahms c. Schubert d. Berlioz e. Robert Schumann