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1. • • The presence of the Dies Irae is evident, not only in the Ballad, but throughout the score.
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     Sondheim’s “Sweeney Todd”: Three Operatic Moments

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   What is Sondheim's 'Ballad of Sweeney Todd' really about?

   • Sondheim has said, “what the show is really about is obsession.” Beginning with The Ballad of Sweeney Todd, the orchestra lines are filled with short, obsessively repeating fragments. The presence of the Dies Irae is evident, not only in the Ballad, but throughout the score.

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   Does Stephen Sondheim like opera?

   • Stephen Sondheim has acknowledged a personal aversion to opera. He inhabits the world of musical theater, in which song and lyric exist exclusively to develop characters and further the plot. In many ways, Sweeney Todd pushes the musical to its dramatic limits.

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   What was Stephen Sondheim's challenge in the 5th Symphony?

   • Beethoven's challenge in his fifth symphony was to construct a large-scale orchestral work based on just four notes. Stephen Sondheim is no different. In Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, his challenge was to see how many ways he could employ a four-note motive borrowed from an ancient dirge.

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   Did Stephen Sondheim use a dissonant chord in Johanna?

   • Judge Trupin’s leering, lustful soliloquy, Johanna, begins and ends with a dissonant chord that Sondheim claims was used in every Herrmann score. Stephen Sondheim has acknowledged a personal aversion to opera. He inhabits the world of musical theater, in which song and lyric exist exclusively to develop characters and further the plot.

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4. thelistenersclub.com › 2021/03/22 › sondheimsSondheim’s “Sweeney Todd”: Three Operatic Moments

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   Mar 22, 2021 · One of the first operatic moments in Sweeney Todd comes early in the first act. Mrs. Lovett, who recognizes Sweeney Todd’s true identity as the exiled Benjamin Barker, presents him with his old silver shaving razors. The first four pitches are an inversion of the Dies Irae.

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   Aug 14, 2015 · Into the Hoods. 3.95K subscribers. Subscribed. 371. 19K views 8 years ago. In this video (Part 2) I continue to look at the Dies Irae in Sweeney Sondheim ... Part 1: • (Part 1/20) -...

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6. jarenhinckley.com › im-listening-to-everything-that-quotesI’m Listening to Everything that Quotes the “Dies Irae”

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   Oct 28, 2013 · Sondheim wanted this opening piece (and indeed, the entire musical) to have a feeling of dread and doom. So he fragmented and “hid” the Dies Irae in the opening number. Here’s how it works: Dies Irae (Sondheim leaves off the first syllable and quotes just the “-es irae, Dies illa”).

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   Stephen Sondheim's compositional style Flashcards | Quizlet. What motif does Sondheim used to convey wrath and judgement in Sweeney Todd? Click the card to flip it 👆. Sweeney's Theme: Dies Irae, which refers to the 'day of wrath' where God will judge everyone; whether they will go to Heaven or Hell. Click the card to flip it 👆. 1 / 15. Flashcards.

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   Sondheim uses the Dies Irae here, a Catholic funeral procession, in order to accent the strange tale of this evening's performance. We are to hear this song a number of times throughout the show, and each time it is heard it accents a key plot point.

9. dropera.blogspot.com › 2014 › 09Sondheim's craft: manipulating the song of Death. - Blogger

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   Sep 21, 2014 · Stephen Sondheim is no different. In Sweeney Todd: the Demon Barber of Fleet Street, his challenge was to see how many ways he could employ a four-note motive borrowed from an ancient dirge. The Requiem Mass of the Catholic Church, or "Mass for the Dead", begins with the "Dies Irae", a centuries-old hymn depicting the Judgement day.

10. www.jstor.org › stable › 945080Sondheim's 'Sweeney Todd': The Case for the Defence - JSTOR

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    'Ballad of Sweeney Todd' (whose second half is based on the 'Dies Irae'), and then the events of Todd's dark and sinister life are re-enacted before our eyes (and ears). The work's uncompromising drama, which deals with the less attractive aspects of the human psyche-deceit, lust, violence, murder, etc.-places it unequivocally in the