Across
- 3. as its name suggests, the musical staging of the ---- ------ causes such an enthusiastic audience reaction that it stops the show. Show stoppers usually occur in the second act and involve the entire cast and orchestra
- 4. a song for two people, usually a love song between the leading male and female characters
- 6. usually a medley of song themes or motives from the show played by the orchestra before the curtain rises
- 7. How many instrumental music types are there in Musical Theater
- 8. the first song of the show that serves to introduce the characters and their relationships, set the time and place of the show, and explain the plot.
- 11. refers to all the musical numbers, both vocal and purely instrumental, written for a show
- 12. a song in which the chorus represents a particular group of characters reacting to a situation such as narrating the story, bridging a series of events, declaiming or celebrating. Chorus songs may be homophonic or polyphonic, depending on the desired effect
- 13. a short repetition of a song, often with new lyrics
- 14. a comic song in which the lyrics are delivered rapidly in more of a spoken style than a singing style
Down
- 1. music played in the background of spoken dialogue to heighten the emotional impact of the words
- 2. usually choreographed to movement, and instrumental reprises used for scene changes
- 5. a song that serves no dramatic purpose and is only included to hide a scene change or costume change, or cover up a technical defect
- 9. an overture to the second act
- 10. The effectiveness of bring out the extra dimensions such as the feelings, characterisations, moods
- 15. a vocal trio, quartet, quintet and so on in which the singers react polyphonically to a dramatic situation, as in opera.
- 16. an orchestral section that is used to link scenes and maintain dramatic flow