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- Miranda was expected to perform a song from his earlier success, the musical In the Heights, but instead decided to perform “Alexander Hamilton,” the only song he had written for Hamilton at the time.
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Hamilton: An American Musical is a sung-and-rapped-through biographical musical with music, lyrics, and a book by Lin-Manuel Miranda as well as choreography by Andy Blankenbuehler.
Jul 3, 2020 · Composed by Lin-Manuel Miranda, the Hamilton soundtrack was inspired by historical events and hip-hop bravado. Here's a list of every featured song.
Sep 25, 2015 · The cast recording to the hit Broadway musical, Hamilton, written by Lin-Manuel Miranda blends musical theater, hip-hop, rap, R&B, jazz, pop, and American history to dramatize the life of...
- "Alexander Hamilton"
- "Aaron Burr, Sir"
- "My Shot"
- "The Story of Tonight"
- "The Schuyler Sisters"
- "Farmer Refuted"
- "You’ll Be Back"
- "Right Hand Man"
- "A Winter’s Ball"
- "Helpless"
“How does a bastard, orphan, son of a whore and a Scotsman, dropped in the middle of a forgotten spot in the Caribbean by Providence, impoverished, in squalor, grow up to be a hero and a scholar?” The show’s opening line is a question presented as a rap, brilliantly packed with exposition. It sets up the central conflict of the first act while also...
The first time Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr meet, Hamilton praises Burr, who fast-tracked college as Hamilton wants to do. Miranda sets up a rhyme scheme with “Burr, sir” that continues throughout the show (“sure, sir/bursar”; "Mercer”) in which the second to last syllable is a pure rhyme and the last syllable is an identity. This rhyming tech...
This number is Hamilton’s “I want” song, in which Hamilton states, “I am not throwing away my shot.” On the surface, this song depicts Hamilton’s ambition and desire to be a part of America's founding — “I’m just like my country, I’m young, scrappy, and hungry” — but the use of gunshot imagery also foreshadows his fateful duel with Burr. Historians...
Over drinks, Hamilton and his friends express their willingness to die for the Revolutionary cause and consider their legacy. “And when our children tell our story, they’ll tell the story of tonight.” Although the song feels reminiscent of the revolutionaries' “Drink with Me” in Les Mis, Miranda shares, in Hamilton the Revolution, that the lyrics a...
Angelica, Eliza, and Peggy Schuyler are introduced in a song reminiscent of Destiny’s Child’s early ‘00s R&B hits. Hamilton orchestrator and arranger Alex Lacamoire took inspiration from “Bills, Bills, Bills” and “Bootylicious”when arranging this song. The three wealthy sisters are immersed in the spirit of the Revolution. Angelica and Eliza are ex...
This song is based on public letters between loyalist Samuel Seabury and patriot Alexander Hamilton. In his response to Seabury, Hamilton points out grievances the colonists had against King George III, such as the tea tax that led to the Boston Tea Party. The music also refutes Seabury; it makes frequent use of counterpoint and puns. “Don’t modula...
With this song, King George III makes the first of his three appearances in the show. His song is best described as "the Beatles meets Baroque England." (Cue the harpsichord.) King George is presented as a petulant, manipulative lover who can’t comprehend he has been dumped: “You’ll be back, soon you’ll see. You’ll remember you belong to me.” The k...
From George III to George Washington! This song introduces war hero Washington as “the model of a modern major general.” Like Gilbert and Sullivan’s original "modern major general" song from The Pirates of Penzance, Washington’s lyrics contain alliteration: the “venerated Virginian veteran” sings of “embellishing my elegance and eloquence.” He is i...
During the winter of 1780, Washington’s troops camped out in Morristown, New Jersey. Chernow wrote of how the officers attended dances at the commissary’s storehouse. Burr sets the scene for an all-important interaction: when Hamilton meets the Schuyler sisters at one such ball. Burr also notes that Hamilton is a ladies’ man and tosses out what mig...
The story of Eliza Schuyler and Alexander Hamilton’s first meeting and whirlwind courtship is told here from Eliza’s perspective. Deeply in love, she presents herself as “helpless,” “down for the count,” and “drowning.” Perhaps Eliza’s dark imagery and lack of autonomy indicates future troubles in their marriage. But for now, this match to a respec...
Sep 25, 2015 · Leslie Odom, Jr., Lin-Manuel Miranda, Phillipa Soo, Christopher Jackson, Original Broadway Cast of “Hamilton” & Renée Elise Goldsberry Track 23 on Hamilton: An American Musical (Original ...
Sep 25, 2015 · One Last Time (Instrumental) by Original Broadway Cast of Hamilton & One Last Ride by Lin-Manuel Miranda (Ft. Isaiah Johnson)
Jun 11, 2020 · Today it is nearly impossible to remain unaware of the hit Broadway musical Hamilton written by Lin-Manuel Miranda. The musical almost instantaneously grabbed success after opening and...
