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(Re)Orchestrating the Musical: Postmodernism and the Electro-Acoustic Sound of Contemporary Broadway- [electronic resource]

자료유형: 학위논문파일 국외

최종처리일시: 20240214101940

ISBN: 9798380200431

DDC: 780

저자명: Kennedy, Michael M.

서명/저자: (Re)Orchestrating the Musical: Postmodernism and the Electro-Acoustic Sound of Contemporary Broadway - [electronic resource]

발행사항: [S.l.]: : University of Cincinnati., 2023

발행사항: Ann Arbor : : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses,, 2023

형태사항: 1 online resource(314 p.)

주기사항: Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 85-03, Section: A.

주기사항: Advisor: Meyer, Stephen Conrad.

학위논문주기: Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Cincinnati, 2023.

사용제한주기: This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

초록/해제: 요약Orchestral sound has significantly contributed to the legacy of American musical theater, by serving as a fundamental indicator of style, expression, and production. Within the genre's network of collaboration, it is customarily the orchestrator and not the composer who is most responsible for molding a musical's distinct sonic palette realized in its orchestration. While scholarship has begun to address the art and craft of orchestrators in relation to early- and midtwentieth-century Broadway, the field's development since the 1970s has received little attention. During this period, musical theater's orchestral sound has undergone considerable change, amidst vast shifts in the genre's aesthetics and the rise of a late-capitalist economy that has affected Broadway's institutional practices and labor.This dissertation deconstructs notions of "the Broadway sound" and reconfigures it as something that is constantly transforming. A postmodern perspective of such change not only rejects the teleological continuum that devalues Broadway's post-"Golden Age," but also foregrounds various qualities that appear as distinct characteristics within contemporary orchestrations. Among the most prominent of these is the advancement of electronic instruments, particularly keyboards, synthesizers, sampler technology, and sequencers. Musical theater's integration of electro-acoustic ensembles also correlates to other facets of postmodernism, including stylistic hybridity and socio-cultural globalization. This study's interdisciplinary framework assesses three interlocking histories: developments of electronic instruments; the aesthetic and ideological tensions concerning liveness and the integration of electronic instruments in acoustic settings; and the dynamics of orchestral labor, pertaining to Broadway's orchestrators and musicians. Topics include scoring techniques, musico-dramatic interactions, production processes, critical reception, and the profiles and influence of different artistic personnel. Socio-economic studies of Broadway, archival materials, and interviews with various professionals reveal far-reaching implications of business practices and technological developments that have affected Broadway's sonic pluralism.Chapters proceed through different stages of music technology and their various influences on orchestrational techniques. Case studies present work from four of Broadway's leading orchestrators since the 1970s: Jonathan Tunick for Company (1970), Michael Starobin for Sunday in the Park with George (1984), William David Brohn for Miss Saigon (1991), and Alex Lacamoire for Hamilton (2015). Each case study focuses on the selection and application of instrumentation with particular attention given to electronic instruments and their interactions with acoustic ensembles. Interviews with these orchestrators and hermeneutic readings of their scores reveal idiosyncratic approaches to collaboration and orchestration, while also illustrating orchestral music's ability to evoke mood, advance narrative, promote continuity, and construct social meaning. Countering historical narratives that have maligned electronic instruments for devaluing Broadway's integrity, this study contributes to understanding the ways technological advancements have engendered the heterogeneous soundscape of postmodern musical theater.