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1、百老汇音乐剧百年历程OneHundredYearsofBroadwayMusical经92徐锦珊2009012570SEM92XUJinshan2009012570IremembermyhighschoolEnglishteacherwasaspassionateaboutmusicalsasMs.LUOWei.ShegavemeacoupleofmusicalVCDs,amongthemwere“Cats”,“LesMiserables”,“NotreDame”etc.Iwatchedthemwithpass
2、ion,butunfortunatelyIwasalittletooyoungtounderstandthem.Exceptfromseveralbeautifulsongsitalmostleftwithmenothingatthattime.Butitdidn’treduceanyofmyloveformusicals.Thenstronglyinfluencedbymyfather,whoisaverykeenfanofSarahBrightman,Ifellinlovewithherangelicvoi
3、ce.ItwasthroughhermusicIonceagainsteppedintothefascinatingkingdomofmusicalsHeralbum“Encore”,whichcollectedallhergreatesthitsthroughouthercooperationwithAndrewLloydWebber,gavemeaglimpsetotheromanticworldofWebber.Ihaven’twatchedanymusicalsofhis,butIhavealready
4、beenseizedbymanyofhissongs.ThissemesterIwasluckyenoughtotakethecourse“OneHundredYearsofBroadwayMusical”,whichismyfavoritecoursethiswholesemester,whichgivesmeacompleteandsystematicintroductionandanalysisofBroadwayMusicalandbreaksmystereotypeofit.Deeplyimmerse
5、dintheamazingscoresanddramaticplotsofWebber’sworks,Iusedtobelieveitwastheentireterritoryofmusical.Tobehonest,togetamorecomprehensiveappreciationofWebber’sworkswasoriginallymyincentiveofchoosingthecourseandwaswhatIhadexpectedfromthecourse.However,graduallyIfo
6、undoutthattheBritishMusicalscharacterizedbyWebber’swerejustatipofthehugeicebergofBroadwayMusical.Thefirstmusicalinthecoursethatstruckmyheartwas“MoulinRouge”,whenVaudevillewasbeingdiscussed.Icanstillrememberwhenthestagewasunveiledandtheclownbegantosing“Nature
7、Boy”,Iwasparalyzed.ItseemedIwaspowerlesslydraggedbacktotheeraandplungedintothedoomedstorybythecoarse,lowandmelancholyvoiceoftheclown,thesad,darkandgloomymelody,alongwiththegrayishscenefilledwithtwisted,disgustedandhurriedfigures.Ihadheardofthemoviebefore,and
8、Ihadthoughtitwasjustasinginganddancingperformanceoraglamorousshowdepictedbygorgeouscostumes,spectacular“Cancan”sanda“SparklingDiamond”.ButIthoughtwrong.Hiddenbehindtheseeminglyglamorousshowwerep
