{"id":1871,"date":"2017-04-05T13:30:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-05T13:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/vccs-tcc-music-rford\/?post_type=chapter&p=1871"},"modified":"2020-03-25T21:40:08","modified_gmt":"2020-03-25T21:40:08","slug":"leonard-bernstein","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/vccs-tcc-music-rford\/chapter\/leonard-bernstein\/","title":{"raw":"Leonard Bernstein","rendered":"Leonard Bernstein"},"content":{"raw":"The following is a brief synopsis of West Side Story \u00a0with a few of the selections \u00a0from that musical.\r\n\r\nWest Side Story (Stage Musical)\r\n<\/strong>https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/West_Side_Story<\/span>\r\n\r\nWest Side Story<\/b><\/i> is a musical with a book by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and conception and choreography by Jerome Robbins.\u00a0It was inspired by William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet<\/i>.\r\n\r\nThe story is set in the Upper West Side neighborhood in New York City in the mid-1950s, an ethnic, blue-collar neighborhood (in the early 1960s much of the neighborhood would be cleared in an urban renewal project for the Lincoln Center, changing the neighborhood's character).\u00a0The musical explores the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds. The members of the Sharks, from Puerto Rico, are taunted by the Jets, a white gang.\u00a0The young protagonist, Tony, a former member of the Jets and best friend of the gang leader, Riff, falls in love with Maria, the sister of Bernardo, the leader of the Sharks. The dark theme, sophisticated music, extended dance scenes, and focus on social problems marked a turning point in American musical theatre. Bernstein's score for the musical includes \"Something's Coming\", \"Maria\", \"America\", \"Somewhere\", \"Tonight\", \"Jet Song\", \"I Feel Pretty\", \"A Boy Like That\", \"One Hand, One Heart\", \"Gee, Officer Krupke\", and \"Cool\".\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nSong: \u00a0Tonight - <\/strong>\u00a0beautiful ballad \u00a0duet\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/ZCjcP1NlTlA\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nTonight \u00a0Quintet \u00a0 - \u00a0\"<\/strong>The Jets are gonna have their day\r\nTonight\" \u00a0- Listen for the song - Tonight at 1:20. This song (alluding to the love story) \u00a0alternates with the rumble \u00a0(fight) of the opposing \u00a0gangs.\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/MyUV3hIL-G0\r\n\r\nSymphonic Dances - <\/strong>\u00a0 Listen for the dissonance and strong rhythmic passages portraying \u00a0the violence of this musical.\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/youtu.be\/srb2EyvTSGw","rendered":"

The following is a brief synopsis of West Side Story \u00a0with a few of the selections \u00a0from that musical.<\/p>\n

West Side Story (Stage Musical)
\n<\/strong>https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/West_Side_Story<\/span><\/p>\n

West Side Story<\/b><\/i> is a musical with a book by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and conception and choreography by Jerome Robbins.\u00a0It was inspired by William Shakespeare’s play Romeo and Juliet<\/i>.<\/p>\n

The story is set in the Upper West Side neighborhood in New York City in the mid-1950s, an ethnic, blue-collar neighborhood (in the early 1960s much of the neighborhood would be cleared in an urban renewal project for the Lincoln Center, changing the neighborhood’s character).\u00a0The musical explores the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds. The members of the Sharks, from Puerto Rico, are taunted by the Jets, a white gang.\u00a0The young protagonist, Tony, a former member of the Jets and best friend of the gang leader, Riff, falls in love with Maria, the sister of Bernardo, the leader of the Sharks. The dark theme, sophisticated music, extended dance scenes, and focus on social problems marked a turning point in American musical theatre. Bernstein’s score for the musical includes “Something’s Coming”, “Maria”, “America”, “Somewhere”, “Tonight”, “Jet Song”, “I Feel Pretty”, “A Boy Like That”, “One Hand, One Heart”, “Gee, Officer Krupke”, and “Cool”.<\/p>\n

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Song: \u00a0Tonight – <\/strong>\u00a0beautiful ballad \u00a0duet<\/p>\n