Bye Birdie Research Paper

His interpretations of songs and provocative performances, mixed with musical influences across color lines that happened during the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement, made him popular and controversial. In an excerpt from The History of American Bandstand, Clark stated that he used the show to introduce viewers to singers less offensive than “Elvis the Pelvis.” (Shore,

Shrek the Musical is a Broadway musical comedy that is created by DreamWorks Theatricals in 2008. It is adapted from Shrek, a 2001 DreamWorks Animation movie, as well as a 1990 children’s literature Shrek! written by William Steig. The original musical is directed by Jason Moore with book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire and music by Jeanine Tesori. After watching the recording version of Shrek the Musical, I consider that it is a successful production if the purpose of this musical is to amuse audiences and bring them an enduring audio-visual feast.

In the early nineties (it might have been 1992, but it's hard to remember when you're having a good time) I joined a rock-and-roll band composed mostly of writers. The Rock Bottom Remainders were the brainchild of Kathi Kamen Goldmark, a book publicist and musician from San Francisco. The group included Dave Barry on lead guitar, Ridley Pearson on bass, Barbara Kingsolver on keyboards, Robert Fulghum on mandolin, and me on rhythm guitar. There was also a trio of "chick singers," la the Dixie Cups, made up (usually) of Kathi, Tad Bartimus, and Amy Tan.

Shrek the Musical is a Broadway musical comedy that is created by DreamWorks Theatricals in 2008. It is adapted from Shrek, a 2001 DreamWorks Animation movie, as well as a 1990 children’s literature Shrek! written by William Steig. The original musical is directed by Jason Moore with book and lyrics by David Lindsay-Abaire and music by Jeanine Tesori. After watching the recording version of Shrek the Musical, I consider that it is a successful production if the purpose of this musical is to amuse audiences and bring them an enduring audio-visual feast.

The very first piece of ‘original’ film music was written by Camille Saint-Saëns, the French composer in 1908 for the film L’Assistant du Duc de Guise (The Assassination of the Duke of Guise). He was asked especially to compose this score. Each part of the score was “carefully cued for the film” (Manvell and Huntley, 1975:22). There was always the argument of whether “Music was to be either a true part of the performance, or merely a polite embellishment to fill the embarrassing vacuum of the silence relieved only by the

Australian rock is a developed genre from the U.K, U.S.A and Europe, as well as its own unique Australian sound with pub rock and indigenous music. Australian rock had its roots in the 1950’s and 60’s when the particular style of music was quickly growing popular overseas. In the 1970s bands such as AC/DC, Cold Chisel and Little River Band became well known for their rock and by the 80s Australian music had developed its own original rock sound and became popular around the world. Performing live music in pubs soon proved to help bands as this is how they developed their style in the early days of their careers. Although, one band in particular found it difficult to comfortably fit into the new wave of Australia rock- INXS.

The ‘Ziggy Stardust movement’ was not only about the music and the lyrics but it was hugely centred around the appearance and performance Bowie portrayed on stage. Previous to his first Ziggy concerts in early 1972 he said that his new act would be “theatrical” and “[a kind of] entertainment…quite different to anything anyone else has tried to do before…” (Paytress, 1998). The shows in the spring of 1972 consisted of extravagant rock ‘n’ roll and yet transformed into total rock by the summer, leading to the famous concert at Rainbow theatre on August 19 of the same year. This show was Bowie’s way of launching a new approach to rock ‘n’ roll by theatrical performance and multi-media displays (Harvey,

This music style had shaped the future of those in the 1950’s setting a platform of the music to come. Rock and Roll couldn’t have taken flight without the popular artist of the time including the widely known “King of Rock” Elvis Presley, Bob Dylan, The Beatles and many more bands from England and America. Rock and Roll transformed society in the 1950’s causing a separation in tradition from the older generation and the newer generation known as the “Beat Generation”, according to website ushistory.org. It received its name from the style of the music and the newly formed dance moves arising.

Blondie This band had everyone dancing and singing along Blondie is an American rock band which was established by singer Deborah Harry and guitarist Chris Stein. They were looked upon as pioneers in early new wave and punk music in America. Blondie became popular with their 1978 recording of Parallel Lines. Coming out with hits such as “Atomic”, “Call Me”, and “Heart of Glass”. The band mixed up the sounds of pop, disco, rap and even reggae.

Alan Freed (1921- 1965) was the first one to begin playing with different rhythms and mixing genres creating, then called race music, rock for a multi-racial audience. Jimmy Preston’s “Rock the Joint” is consider the first rock and roll record after this. With Elvis’ “That’s all right Mama” Rock and Roll became major in the US and Europe and artists like Little Richard, Jerry lee Lewis and Gene Vincent exploded to the masses and became extremely popular. The era saw the growth in popularity of the electric guitar and the mix of active components. It is believed that with the death of Buddy Holly and Richie Valens the rock and roll era was dead too and established to a point of no revival.

Abstract This research is an exploration into how ‘Jukebox musicals’ have influenced modern day musicals and how they are written. This style of musical could be seen as the most recent form of musical and its increasing success in the West End looks appears like it’s going to stay. In this essay I will be investigating into whether jukebox musicals have affected future original musicals, the audiences that watch them and the rising musical theatre writers that make new original west end productions possible.

Composers creating music with post modernism choose from modernist styles and many other styles from music history to achieve their goal; direct expression. For example, in Crumb’s “Hallelujah, I’m a Bum”, illustrates post modernism as Crumb, uses musical styles from the past not only from modernism, but from prior periods. Crumb emphasizes the early 1900,s when comedy was introduced to religious music, here is using the same technique, by emphasizing a drunken narrative throughout the piece. Another example of post-modernism is in “House of the Rising Sun”, where we hear an atonal interlude, which derives back from early modernism, where music was atonal lacking a central

Chuck Berry, Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Little Richard, Bruce Springsteen, and Johnny Cash are just some of the names that come to mind when thinking about the great artists that contributed to rock and roll. These artists helped create and develop the genre of rock through the blending of other genres and by adding their own unique take to music. The genre rock and roll is a unique blend of rhythm & blues, county & western paired with blues, jazz, gospel, and folk and was created between the 1940’s and 1950’s. While many argue that Chuck Berry was the creator of rock and roll in 1955, there is no doubt that there was another rock star emerging around the same time. His name was Elvis Presley and he would later be known globally as The King of

Arabs have been immigrating into the United States since the 1880’s. Arab-speaking countries are found southwestern Asia and North Africa. There are 22 Arab countries, Egypt, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Tunisia and Yemen to list a few. Their heritage can be dated back a thousand years old. Arab Immigrants arrived to the United States in three particular groups.

Do you know anyone who has Orinthophobia, the fear of birds? Or do you yourself fear the birds? “The Birds”, written by Daphne De Maurier, is a short story that uses various literary terms to make an exceptional piece of writing. The story uses the literary devises such as foreshadowing, imagery, and characterization to create an exhilarating tale. Maurier uses these three components to tell a thrilling story that keeps the reader on edge.