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The phrase "incidental music" is from the German Inzidenzmusik, which is defined in the Methuen Drama Dictionary of the Theatre as "music that is specifically written for a play but does not form an integral part of the work". [1] The use of incidental music dates back to ancient Greek drama and possibly before the Greeks. [2]
An illustrated song is a type of performance art that combines either live or recorded music with projected images. It was a popular form of entertainment in the early 20th century in the United States. [1] [2] Live performers were commonly a vocalist with a pianist accompanying.
For narrative or evocative popular music, please see Concept Album. Any discussion of program music brings to mind Walt Disney's animated features Fantasia (1940) and Fantasia 2000 (1999), in which the Disney animators provided graphic visualisation of several famous pieces of program music. However, not all the pieces used in the films were ...
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The play opens on board a ship having as passengers a king and his courtiers. The resources of the crew are taxed to the utmost in trying to cope with a storm which, evidently arising suddenly, eventually drives the vessel on a lee shore, apparently wrecked with loss of all hands.
Another form of theatre music is incidental music, which, as in radio, film and television, is used to accompany the action or to separate the scenes of a play. The physical embodiment of the music is called a score , which includes the music and, if there are lyrics, it also shows the lyrics.
Shakespeare's plays continued to be staged after his death until the Interregnum (1642–1660), when most public stage performances were banned by the Puritan rulers. After the English Restoration, Shakespeare's plays were performed in playhouses, with elaborate scenery, and staged with music, dancing, thunder, lightning, wave machines, and ...