The Belle Of New York Music Analysis

is the animated musical sequel to its originator in 1940, Fantasia. It was released in December of 1999 and was produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and Walt Disney Pictures. Walt Disney’s brother, Roy E. Disney was the helm of producing it and so was Donald W. Ernst, who co-produced it. The movie includes many celebrities that introduced the live action parts with the classical music counterpart. It took many, many years to get the approval to make the sequel and it did really well in the box office. But the more important part from this movie is the music behind it, the music really goes along with all seven of the segments shown and they all have an art style behind it.

In 1971, Marvin Gaye, a renowned Motown artist, published a concept album that would become a huge hit for both critics and casual listeners throughout the US. Written towards the end of the Vietnam War, What’s Going On would touch on subjects including war protests, unification of the American people, and the poor treatment of veterans. Gaye’s brother served in Vietnam, and much of this album shows the brother’s thoughts and feelings when he returns. Throughout his album, Marvin Gaye uses his own experiences to give us a look at why he and many others had a dissatisfaction with society and the government during the Vietnam War era in the United States.

During this period, musicals (which were labeled “musical comedies” at the time) were in the form of acceptable of guilty pleasures - the appeal of women and their sexuality, silly characters that made fools of themselves, or the goofy country girl dancing through the chores of the day. Ziegfeld’s Follies, Marx brother shows, and Al Jolson playing his character in blackface are great examples of these shows that focused on showing off the stars and gave little care to the

The musical “Hamilton” is the most sought after musical in years. It is the first seen rap musical and it has received the most ‘Tony’ awards and nominations in Broadway history. Hamilton premiered off Broadway in 2015 and soon moved to Broadway to stun the world with it’s incredible everything, from plot to casting. For best albums, Hamilton was second ranked in Billboard magazine and has got endless supply of recognition for the ingenious play written by the phenomenal Lin Manual Miranda. Hamilton is currently the most popular sensation on Broadway because of the music with its creative lyrics and hidden messages, it’s stellar performance and the perspectives it gives us on the people that founded our county. (on the people that shaped our past and developed our future).

With its evolving and unique sound, “Bohemian Rhapsody” by the British band Queen may be one of the strangest, most inspired and least-understood songs in the history of rock. Released on October 31, 1975 in the album A Night at the Opera, “Bohemian Rhapsody” became very popular, staying at the top of the UK Singles Chart for nine weeks and by the end of January, had more than a million copies sold. Freddie Mercury, the sole writer of this song, never disclaimed the song’s official meaning, but Brian May, the lead guitarist of the band, believes it is about his struggles in life and how he tried to get past society’s standards, for the lyrics progress through the central character’s understanding of the situations portrayed in the song.

Both Gold Diggers of 1933 (Busby Berkeley, 1933) and Swing Time (George Stevens, 1936) feature the now-infamous Ginger Rogers in two very different roles. In Gold Diggers, she plays a supporting role as the chorus girl Fay Fortune, whereas in Swing Time, she is the top-billed star playing the show business hopeful Penny Carol aside her perennial film and dance partner, Fred Astaire as show business veteran Lucky Garnett. These two Ginger Rogers roles provide insight into the socioeconomic roles women played in the societal landscape of the 1930s. By analyzing the same actress in two roles, one leading and one supporting, in two film musicals produced three years apart, we can isolate exactly what characteristics were fit for a leading lady at that point in film history. Upon close examination, many of the changes made from the supporting role of Fay to the leading role of Penny can boil down to two overarching themes: sexual repression and heterosexual coupling.

With its acquisition of the theatre Disney opened Beauty and the Beast, a stage musical based on the company’s popular musical film, and not long after its opening did investors such as Time Warner and Madame Tussauds “hop on the 42nd street bandwagon” (Nelson 74). The reopening of the New Amsterdam Theatre marked a transformation to the “New Times Square” which, as

American plays. According to the author Ann Corio "The Beggar's Opera, John Brougham, Adah Isaacs Menken and The Black Crook were just a prelude."(Corio, 14) Burlesque at that time was small time show business. One historian asserted "The girl whom everyone credits with the establishment of burlesque as an American institution was about to arrive."(Corio, 14)

Themes of gender roles and gender performativity are evident throughout Williams’ iconic play ‘A Streetcar Named Desire’. In this essay, I will be examining what affect this has on the text as well as employing Judith Butlers theories of performing and performativity. Williams’ presents us with a range of characters who vary in terms of their gender expression. As a homosexual man himself, he also uses the play as a way to express his personal feelings as homosexuality was a great taboo and generally unspoken of. Blanche exacerbates her femininity by the way she dresses since she wears red satin, silks, costume jewellery and so forth. As the play progresses, Blanche clings on to her sexuality as it is perhaps one of the few senses of

Throughout history, art has continuously had the power to alter and influence the society we live in. This essay will highlight the correlation between art and society. By using a specific show that has had a significant impact on the performance industry. The movie Hairspray is set in the 1960’s in America in the town of Baltimore. There were many social contextual issues at this time, specifically revolving racial segregation but also issues such as body image, gender representations, and the stratification of social structure.

Analysis of Gypsy: The Musical Gypsy is a musical comedy written in the late 1950’s by Arthur Laurents,lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and music by Jule Style. The musical Gypsy is loosely based on Gypsy: A Memoir, an autobiography that discusses the famous burlesque performer, Gypsy Rose Lee. The main focus of the play is on the character Rose, an overbearing mother, as she pushes her two daughters towards the show business life and to stardom.

Pride & Prejudice, the quintessential classic that has inspired countless iterations, returned to film in 2005 with fresh faces Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen as protagonists Elizabeth Bennet and Mr. Darcy. Its widely lauded soundtrack, composed by Dario Marianelli, was nominated for an Oscar in the Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures category for Original Score, among other awards. If Marianelli and director Joe Wright’s objective was to evoke music of the time period, they seem to have done just that. The Classical style matches the feel of Jane Austen novels and the era in which Pride & Prejudice was written. The romantic relationship between Lizzie and Mr. Darcy is also enhanced by the music. This paper demonstrates that the soundtrack parallels the development of Lizzie and her feelings for Mr. Darcy. Lizzie’s theme is a recurring element that plots their relationship from introduction to inevitably happy end. Further, the theme of “Darcy’s Letter”, present in a number of scenes, helps to depict when Lizzie begins to feel differently about Mr. Darcy. The diegetic playing of Lizzie’s theme also offers an interesting look into the social classes of the time and how they affected relationships.

Queen's iconic song, “Bohemian Rhapsody”, is no doubt one of the most legendary hits of the 70s, and has transcended time and is still prevalent in today's society. My eighth grade year relates to this song because I endured many ups and downs, and “Bohemian Rhapsody”’s change of mood, defiant lyrics and overall confusion about the song shows the theme of my past year.

Tonight I went to see the very popular musical, Cabaret, performed in the Fine Arts Building at the University of Georgia (UGA). The show was performed by a group of extremely talented UGA students, and it even featured a live band. It was set in the 1930’s, around the time when Hitler’s power over Germany was rising. The genre of the musical overall, would have to be defined as a mixture between jazz and broadway. It is a very sexy and scandalous show that tells the story of a man coming to Berlin to write a novel, and while in Germany he has many conflicts with his love life due to his sexuality, which leads him to a love triangle. I was honestly quite taken a back by the story line because I did not know what it was about at all before seeing the show, but was pleasantly surprised at how well the performers did at portraying their risqué characters, especially the dancers.

Bohemian Rhapsody begins with a slow intro where Freddie Mercury is questioning his own morals and life. He claims how claustrophobic he feels in this life. Then he begins to address his mother, and explains how he killed a man, and starts to explain how his life had just began, how everything was beginning to looking up but he believes that what will come to him will come to him because he took another life.