Klarinet Archive - Posting 000512.txt from 1997/06

From: Adam Calabrese <adam.calabrese@-----.gov>
Subj: RE: Oklahoma (clarinet unrelated)
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 1997 07:54:37 -0400

At 05:48 PM 6/23/97 -0500, Neil Leupold wrote:

>On Mon, 23 Jun 1997, Dan Leeson: LEESON@-----.edu wrote:
>
>> But Oklahoma was the first musical in which the plot line was advanced
>> by the music. Not a tune in the show is irrelevant to the drama. You
>> will find it somewhat dated, of course, but so was Show Boat.
>
>It was also the first muscal where the dance scenes -- ballet, even --
>also advanced the action, rather than being showy incidental interludes.
>The nightmare sequence with Curly was revolutionary in its effect on
>what followed in the dramatic action.
>
>Neil

Now I'm going to have songs from Oklahoma going through my head for the
rest of the day. And I read these messages at 7:30 AM!

If I were a rich man........
Hey Jude......
Oh say can you see.....
Chicks and ducks and geese better scurry.....
help.............!

-Adam Calabrese
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Gaithersburg, MD 20899