Bernstein: 'Something's Coming' West Side Story

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Bernstein: 'Something's Coming' West Side Story
  1. Instrumentation
    1. It's for a solo tenor
      1. the band is made up
        1. Woodwind
          1. Brass
            1. Perucssion
              1. String
              2. the accompaniment uses:
                1. Quiet dynamics
                  1. Soft timbres
                    1. Homophnic texture
                  2. Structure
                    1. 1) It starts quiet, syncipated openong theme
                      1. 2) it loud, strident theme in 2/4
                        1. 3) The lyrical, solw - moving theme
                        2. Tempo
                          1. the fast tempo
                          2. Metre
                            1. Change 3/4 and 2/4
                            2. Rhythm
                              1. the accompaniment is made up:
                                1. cross beat chords
                                  1. on beat bass part
                                    1. cross rhythm
                                  2. Harmony
                                    1. It is in D major
                                      1. two contrasting sections in C Major
                                        1. it has a jazz - influenced
                                          1. with a frequent 7th chords
                                        2. Texture
                                          1. it is homophonice
                                            1. three main ides in accompaniment:
                                              1. repeated riff that opens the song
                                                1. short, mainly syncopated chords
                                                  1. fast, um - cha acccompaniment
                                                2. about the something coming
                                                  1. It was composed in 1957
                                                    1. the musical is based on a Romeo and Juliet play

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