Unit Seven
Music!... To Tell the Story of Our Lives

Chapter 19 Musical Theatre

The Musical Challenge
http://www.best.com/~gregwong/music/broadway_quiz.shtml
Test your knowledge of musical theatre song by taking the Musical Challenge at this site. Then compare your correct responses to others in your class. Do you recognize the selection performed by William Warfield, who you studied in Chapter 5?

Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II
http://www.shubert.com/rogerham.html
Rodgers and Hammerstein began their musical careers at the Connecticut Shubert Theater in New Haven. At the theater's Web site, explore a time line of the duo's productions and see photos from the original 1945 presentation of Carousel.

Chapter 20 Opera

The Metropolitan Opera
http://www.metopera.org/metopera.html
Find out all about New York City's Metropolitan Opera—its history, as well as what's happening this season. Take the Met Quiz, and compare your opera knowledge with that of other students.

Chapter 21 Film

Brock Interview
http://www.kino.com/brockinter.html
Check out an interview with contemporary composer Timothy Brock, who composes for (among other things) silent films. How is composing for film different from other kinds of composition?

Star Wars: John Williams
http://www.starwars.com/crew/williams/
When John Williams first agreed to write the music for Star Wars, his expectations for the project were small. Was he ever surprised! How does Williams compose his music to fit the different Star Wars characters?

Star Wars: Making Episode 1—Movie Music
http://www.starwars.com/making/12/
See a video of the creation of the music for Star Wars—The Phantom Menace and read more about John Williams' ideas about composing. Williams says he used "silent film technique" to compose the music for the Star Wars movies. What does he mean? Find out here.

Unit Seven Encore!

Denyce Graves: A Divine Diva Denyce Graves Home Page
http://www.denycegraves.com/
Meet mezzo soprano Denyce Graves, who has sung everywhere from the Metropolitan Opera to Sesame Street. Download and play songs from some of her recordings. You'll even learn more about her "operadog" Madison.