Musical Theatre History and Repertoire II

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Musical Theatre History and Repertoire II is a survey course that will examine the origin and development of this distinctly American art form, the American musical. This course focuses on the post-1945 musical. Combining history, culture, music and social themes, the course will take a chronological look at composers and lyricists, producers, choreographers and the artists who performed these works onstage. Students will research and make presentations on musicals from various styles and time periods including minstrel, operetta, revues, book musical, film musicals, rock musicals, recently written musicals and revivals. Students will explore and perform selections from both scripts and scores from each period, focusing on the appropriate stylist practices needed to perform these songs. P.: Successful audition into the major, or declaration of a minor; Completion of one semester of MUS 161 ; One Magis Core Contemporary Composition course; One Magis Core Ethics course.