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Songs with layered parts?#1
Posted: 3/9/15 at 11:04pm
Can you please list for me any songs you can think of that have layered parts. What I mean by that is either a song like "All for the Best" from Godspell where there are two or more separate parts that fit together nicely when sung together, or like "Money" from Cabaret, which at one point have the same lyric sung by two people, one slightly after the other. Preferably these would be upbeat songs.
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Songs with layered parts?#2
Posted: 3/9/15 at 11:09pm
The Tea Party from Dear World.
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Posted: 3/9/15 at 11:12pm
What you're talking about is counterpoint.
IMHO I see Queenie as being more of a brunette...
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Posted: 3/9/15 at 11:15pm
"I Am the One" from Next to Normal comes to mind.

"Was uns befreit, das muss stärker sein als wir es sind." -Tanz der Vampire
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Posted: 3/9/15 at 11:16pm
The most famous one is "You're Just in Love" from CALL ME MADAM.

Others:

"Old-Fashioned Wedding" (1960s revival of ANNIE GET YOUR GUN)

"Lida Rose/Dream of Now" THE MUSIC MAN (also "Pick-a-little"/"Good Night, Ladies" -- the score has so many quodlibets they actually cut one and only sing "Good Night my Someone" and "76 Trombones" separately)

"Tonight" reprise (WEST SIDE STORY)

"Play a Simple Melody" from the film THERE'S NO BUSINESS LIKE SHOW BUSINESS

"You're Gonna Love Tomorrow"/"Love Will See Us Through" FOLLIES

These are just some of my favorites. The list could be practically endless.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quodlibet



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Posted: 3/9/15 at 11:24pm
Coney Island Boat (By the Beautiful Sea)
A Balloon Is Ascending (Ben Franklin in Paris)
Pine Cones and Holly Berries (Here's Love)
Love Let Me Know (Let It Ride!)
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Posted: 3/9/15 at 11:33pm
"On My Way" and "Bring Me to Light" from Violet
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Posted: 3/10/15 at 4:04am
Folies Burgers from NINE
I Know Your Heart from HIGH SPIRITS
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Posted: 3/10/15 at 6:07am
One of my favorites is "Better than a Dream" from BELLS ARE RINGING
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Posted: 3/10/15 at 7:33am
Would "Fugue for Tinhorns" qualify? (GUYS AND DOLLS)
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Posted: 3/10/15 at 7:49am

Sorry, Nowack, but I'm cracking up over "Folies Burgers."

Don't let After Eight see that.
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Posted: 3/10/15 at 8:41am
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Songs with layered parts?#12
Posted: 3/10/15 at 8:45am
Poison in My Pocket - Gentleman's Guide to Love and Murder

Art has a double face, of expression and illusion.
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Posted: 3/10/15 at 8:55am
The Name of Love from The Mystery of Edwin Drood
What Is This Feeling from Wicked
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Posted: 3/10/15 at 9:52am
If I'm getting the concept of your question right, there are several examples of this in Dogfight: Come to a Party (the reprise mostly), That Face, First Date Last Night
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Posted: 3/10/15 at 11:36am
One Day More from Les Mis immediately came to mind.

Carrying The Banner from Newsies as well.

There are several examples in Next To Normal.
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Songs with layered parts?#16
Posted: 3/10/15 at 11:54am
"Yeah, I'll have a Folies Burger, no pickles ..."
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Songs with layered parts?#17
Posted: 3/10/15 at 12:46pm
Now, Later, Soon and Now/Later/Soon from A Little Night Music. The first three appear to be completely different songs, then they come together in an encore of sorts as one song in three contrapuntal layers.
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Posted: 3/10/15 at 1:47pm
Oh! Also, "Confrontation" from Les Mis.
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Songs with layered parts?#19
Posted: 3/10/15 at 2:12pm
Do Me A Favor from Carrie, though I can't remember if the counterpoint climax was carried over to the revival.
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Songs with layered parts?#20
Posted: 3/10/15 at 8:03pm
"Would "Fugue for Tinhorns" qualify? (GUYS AND DOLLS)"

Absolutely. I wish I'd thought to add it to my list.
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Posted: 3/10/15 at 8:30pm
Oh my, autocorrect was not my friend last night!
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Songs with layered parts?#22
Posted: 3/11/15 at 1:52am
The first song in Fun Home, On My Way from Violet, I Know It's Today from Shrek. Tesori loves counterpoint
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Posted: 3/11/15 at 12:35pm
Oh! In the Same Boat from Curtains
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Posted: 3/11/15 at 1:01pm
Far from upbeat but:

"The Butterfly" and "Why Can't I Speak?/"That's a Beginning" from ZORBA


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