| re: I did the show 20 years ago… | |
| Last Edit: Chromolume 04:08 pm EST 12/27/24 | |
| Posted by: Chromolume 04:06 pm EST 12/27/24 | |
| In reply to: re: I did the show 20 years ago… - FrenchDip 12:47 pm EST 12/27/24 | |
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| Confirming this as well. The score key is lower than the key Merman began with, but the end of the song proper is the big belted C, and the ending of the reprise is the "vaudeville" sliding A to F. BUT - it's interesting. Is it just because we've all heard the "vaudeville" ending so often that it seems more right than the higher note? Or since obviously Merman was given the green light to use that ending instead, did everyone (let along Styne) decide it was a better choice? To me, there's something more defiant in the attitude of the 2-note slide, perhaps - the higher note might sound more triumphant, but the slide, to me, seems to be "sticking it" to Poppa after she has grabbed his $88 plaque off the wall? Btw - that same iconic slide ending is heard in other songs too, for instance "So Long Dearie" and "Broadway Baby." I call it the "vaudeville" ending because it fits right in with that style. A funny side note - when this device is used at the end of Broadway Baby, there's a marking on the score that, being above the staff, seems to apply to all the singers and to the orchestra, with their big playout - "senza vergogna" or "shamelessly." I don't know if that was Tunick's marking or Sondheim's - but it does seem to confirm the idea that "yes, this is an iconic cliche playout - and yes, go for it!" And I can certainly imagine that there's no "vergogna" going on with any Rose who chooses to sing that riff. ;-) |
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