On May 27, 2010, at 8:11 AM, Christopher Smith wrote:
I don't have the score, so I've relied on my ear--wh. admittedly may
err. It seems to me that up through "a couple of deals before dawn," no
pitch is repeated, which would make 11. The next note (on "when") is
so short I can't clearly pick out the pitch--but am I wrong about the
opening 11?
Andrew, I don't get this. I checked the vocal score (took me until
this morning) and although all 12 pitches occur at some point in this
piece, it is neither twelve-tone (as I understand it) nor atonal.
Am I missing something?
Christopher
Actually, it's twelve-tone, at least at the beginning. I seem to
recall that Loesser was very proud of that number, not least because
he succeeded so well at fitting that intellectual idiom into the
Broadway style. The gradual move away from that up to the climax at
"fills the gutter with gold" is very powerful.
Andrew Stiller
Kallisti Music Press
http://www.kallistimusic.com/
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