Basically, I composed the musical structure in one pass. The rest was editing and small adjustments. And when the play was read by actors with the music, the sequence timed-out perfectly.
After I write a sequence, I just open the script and then sit at the piano keyboard and "play" the script. (And because I also draw and paint, someti… - Jeff Britting
After I write a sequence, I just open the script and then sit at the piano keyboard and "play" the script. (And because I also draw and paint, someti…
- Jeff Britting
Ayn Rand called her novella Anthem a "hymn to man's ego." My approach to Anthem the play was to provide the story a further dimension through music a… - Jeff Britting
Ayn Rand called her novella Anthem a "hymn to man's ego." My approach to Anthem the play was to provide the story a further dimension through music a…
Typically, among the audience members joining the actors, the director, Ann Ciccolella and myself, about half of these theater goers have read the no… - Jeff Britting
Typically, among the audience members joining the actors, the director, Ann Ciccolella and myself, about half of these theater goers have read the no…
Basically, I composed the musical structure in one pass. The rest was editing and small adjustments. And when the play was read by actors with the mu… - Jeff Britting
Basically, I composed the musical structure in one pass. The rest was editing and small adjustments. And when the play was read by actors with the mu…
After each performance of an Austin Shakespeare production, audiences are invited to stay for a ten-minute discussion of the work. And this tradition… - Jeff Britting
After each performance of an Austin Shakespeare production, audiences are invited to stay for a ten-minute discussion of the work. And this tradition…
Actually, one Anthem cue is a good example of the process. There is a four-minute sequence of music in Anthem, which underscores a prison sequence, a… - Jeff Britting
Actually, one Anthem cue is a good example of the process. There is a four-minute sequence of music in Anthem, which underscores a prison sequence, a…
The idea for Anthem the play began over twenty years ago. I was assisting in the production of another Ayn Rand work, Ideal. I moved to New York and … - Jeff Britting
The idea for Anthem the play began over twenty years ago. I was assisting in the production of another Ayn Rand work, Ideal. I moved to New York and …
I love film scores and opera, and I wanted to work in those forms. But theater was more accessible. And no one was doing this in the late 1970s, when… - Jeff Britting
I love film scores and opera, and I wanted to work in those forms. But theater was more accessible. And no one was doing this in the late 1970s, when…
Music and text have several commonalities, and one is meter and rhythm. Both spoken word and music have certain regularities, and they can be sub-div… - Jeff Britting
Music and text have several commonalities, and one is meter and rhythm. Both spoken word and music have certain regularities, and they can be sub-div…
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