Ch 25: Intro to Musical Theater and Popular Music: Help and Review
About This Chapter
Who's It For?
Anyone who needs help learning or mastering musical theater and popular music material will benefit from the lessons in this chapter. There is no faster or easier way to learn musical theater and popular music material. Among those who would benefit are:
- Students who have fallen behind in understanding the Broadway works of Rogers and Hart, or the songs and music of Cole Porter
- Students who struggle with learning disabilities or learning differences, including autism and ADHD
- Students who prefer multiple ways of learning music (visual or auditory)
- Students who have missed class time and need to catch up
- Students who need an efficient way to learn about musical theater and popular music
- Students who struggle to understand their teachers
- Students who attend schools without extra music learning resources
How It Works:
- Find videos in our course that cover what you need to learn or review.
- Press play and watch the video lesson.
- Refer to the video transcripts to reinforce your learning.
- Test your understanding of each lesson with short quizzes.
- Verify you're ready by completing the musical theater and popular music chapter exam.
Why It Works:
- Study Efficiently: Skip what you know, review what you don't.
- Retain What You Learn: Engaging animations and real-life examples make topics easy to grasp.
- Be Ready on Test Day: Use the musical theater and popular music chapter exam to be prepared.
- Get Extra Support: Ask our subject-matter experts any musical theater and popular music question. They're here to help!
- Study With Flexibility: Watch videos on any web-ready device.
Students Will Review:
This chapter helps students review the concepts in a musical theater and popular music unit of a standard introduction to humanities course. Topics covered include:
- The Broadway works of Rogers and Hart
- Songs and accomplishments of Cole Porter
- The musicals, songs and plots of Rodgers and Hammerstein
- Contributions of Leonard Bernstein
- Stephen Sondheim's lyrical contributions to musical theater
1. Broadway: Works of Rodgers and Hart, Bernstein & Porter
This lesson explores the Broadway careers of Rodgers & Hart, Bernstein, and Porter. It highlights famous musicals like 'Anything Goes,' 'Kiss Me Kate,' and 'West Side Story.'
2. Cole Porter: Songs, Music & Accomplishments
This lesson travels through the life, songs, and accomplishments of the famous Cole Porter. It highlights his prolific career, listing works like Gay Divorce, Anything Goes, and Kiss Me Kate.
3. Rodgers and Hammerstein: Musicals, Songs and Plots
The team of Rodgers and Hammerstein was one of the most influential creative forces in the history of Broadway. Explore a few of their musicals and test your understanding of their legacy.
4. Stephen Sondheim: Lyrical Contributions to Musical Theater
Stephen Sondheim wrote some of the most celebrated lyrics in American musical theater. In this lesson, learn about his life and explore his style of writing, then test your understanding with a brief quiz.
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