Re: Pre-prise?

On Apr 30, 2:52=A0am, AndrewJ <ajmil...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> > Bernstein, of course, was very crafty with his use of "leitmotif"-like
> > themes and theme development in his theatre scores - most evident in
> > "On The Town" (where the 4 notes that make up "New York New York"
> > become the basis for many other melodies, when transformed in certain
> > ways) and of course "West Side Story."
>
> And of course, he used the same first four notes in "Maria" and "Cool."

Never realized the same (I think it's actually three) notes also
starts "Cool."  Good observation.

And the same notes start the "Dance at the Gym" sequence, and you get
the cha-cha-cha "Maria" section when Tony and Maria meet.

How about Kern's inverting the melody of "Cotton Blossom" to create
"Ol' Man River," which I think is a really neat musical idea?