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How Bob Dylan wrote the music to BLOWIN' IN THE WIND
How Bob Dylan wrote the music to BLOWIN' IN THE WIND. Composer/Lyricist/Producer Edward Barnes takes apart Bob Dylan's music to "Blowin' in the Wind" (1962) exploring the origins of the tune and how Dylan put it together.
EDWARD BARNES is an award-winning composer-lyricist and/or producer of more than 50 works of opera, theater, radio shows, and recordings. His work has been seen around the world from Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center to the Opera Company of the Philippines and San Francisco Mime Troupe. He has been a resident artist at the Instituto Sacatar (Brazil), Ucross Foundation (Wyoming), and Fundación Valparaíso (Spain), and served as the Executive Director of Gotham Chamber Opera, Producing Director of MasterVoices, and Managing Director of American Lyric Theater. He has won Guggenheim and NEA fellowships and the Stephen Sondheim Award for the creation of innovative musical theater.
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BERLIN for the HOLIDAYS new online course with Edward Barnes
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Join in for BERLIN for the HOLIDAYS, a new, once-a-month online course taught by Producer/Composer/Lyricist and Juilliard faculty member EDWARD BARNES. Exploring 6 classic Irving Berlin musicals associated with 6 American holidays. A look at the stories behind the original stage and screen productions, the stars who brought the shows to life, how and why the songs were written, and the life & c...
THE PRODUCERS, new Juilliard Extension Division course
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THE PRODUCERS, a new Extension Division course at The Juilliard School. Edward Barnes explores three of the most successful music producers in history, along with the stars they helped guide to artistic triumph: GEORGE MARTIN (with The Beatles), BERRY GORDY (with Diana Ross), and QUINCY JONES (with Frank Sinatra, Lesley Gore and Michael Jackson). Sunday afternoons at 4 pm starting October 6, 20...
MUSIC PLAGIARISM Explained: It's not about the notes!
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MUSIC PLAGIARISM Explained: It's not about the notes! Producer/Composer Edward Barnes explains the two main requirements of proving music plagiarism. With original examples. Edward Barnes is a producer/composer in NYC. His original operas and music theater pieces have been performed around the world by companies including Lincoln Center Theater, LA Opera, Houston Grand Opera, Children's Theater...
Boris Karloff sings Leonard Bernstein's PIRATE SONG from the 1950 Broadway production of "Peter Pan"
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Boris Karloff as Captain Hook sings Leonard Bernstein's PIRATE SONG from the 1950 Broadway production of "Peter Pan". Includes lyrics. From the 1951 narrated recording featuring the original cast.
Barbara Cook sings GLITTER AND BE GAY from "Candide" (1956) by Leonard Bernstein, with lyrics
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Barbara Cook sings GLITTER AND BE GAY from "Candide" (1956) by Leonard Bernstein. Includes lyrics and musical illustrations of the high notes, rubato, portamento and coloratura singing and division of the aria between cantabile and cabaletta sections. Recording from the original Broadway cast album (1956)
Barbara Cook George Hearn sing Stephen Sondheim's TOO MANY MORNINGS 1992 Live Recording with Lyrics
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Barbara Cook and George Hearn sing Stephen Sondheim's classic TOO MANY MORNINGS 1992 Live Recording with Lyrics. Song from the musical "Follies". Best audio.
The Bernstein Songbook: New Online Course Starting March 2024
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THE BERNSTEIN SONGBOOK, a new online course starts March 4, 2024 @ 5:30 pm EST. Award-winning composer/lyricist/producer EDWARD BARNES presents a series of four 60-minute classes exploring the creative side of Leonard Bernstein by digging into the music, lyrics and compositional techniques of songs he wrote for the stage. SESSION 1/March 4, 2024 @ 5:30 pm EST: Songs from "On the Town" (1944), "...
New Online Course: Sondheim by Song Type
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COURSE NOW COMPLETED. To watch videos from the completed course, please see: SONGBOOKSTATION.COM NEW ONLINE COURSE: Sondheim By Song Type. Starts February 8, 2024 @ 5:30 pm EST. Composer/Lyricist/Producer & Stephen Sondheim Award-winner EDWARD BARNES presents a series of six 90-minute classes exploring the life and craft of arguably the most important figure in American musical theater, Stephen...
HOW IRVING BERLIN WROTE MUSIC, and the composing of "Puttin' on the Ritz"
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Composer/Producer Edward Barnes explains how Irving Berlin wrote his music by using a transposing piano, and how Berlin put the transposing piano to use in composing PUTTIN' ON THE RITZ. Edward Barnes is on the faculty of the Juilliard School where he lectures on popular music as part of the Extension Division. For more on Edward, visit songbookstation.com/ and www.edwbarnes.com/. Irving Berlin...
Frank Sinatra, I'VE GOT THE WORLD ON A STRING, Capitol Records 1953, Nelson Riddle arr., with lyrics
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Frank Sinatra, I'VE GOT THE WORLD ON A STRING, Capitol Records 1953, Nelson Riddle arr., with lyrics
FRANK SINATRA, "I've Got You Under My Skin", Capitol Records, Nelson Riddle arr. (1956) with lyrics
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FRANK SINATRA, "I've Got You Under My Skin", Capitol Records, Nelson Riddle arr. (1956) with lyrics
Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers I WON'T DANCE from "Roberta" (1935)
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Fred Astaire Ginger Rogers I WON'T DANCE from "Roberta" (1935)
Fred Astaire original recording of Cole Porter's NIGHT AND DAY (1933)
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Fred Astaire original recording of Cole Porter's NIGHT AND DAY (1933)
Fred Astaire and Joan Crawford perform HEIGH HO, THE GANG'S ALL HERE from "Dancing Lady" (1933)
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Fred Astaire and Joan Crawford perform HEIGH HO, THE GANG'S ALL HERE from "Dancing Lady" (1933)
FRED ASTAIRE'S FIRST MOVIE, scene from "Dancing Lady" (1933) with Joan Crawford
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FRED ASTAIRE'S FIRST MOVIE, scene from "Dancing Lady" (1933) with Joan Crawford
FRED & GINGER'S FIRST DANCE - the Carioca in "Flying Down to Rio" (1933)
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FRED & GINGER'S FIRST DANCE - the Carioca in "Flying Down to Rio" (1933)
THE HALF OF IT DEARIE BLUES (1924) sung by Fred Astaire, George Gershwin on piano
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THE HALF OF IT DEARIE BLUES (1924) sung by Fred Astaire, George Gershwin on piano
Original FASCINATING RHYTHM (1924) with Fred & Adele Astaire, George Gershwin at the piano
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Original FASCINATING RHYTHM (1924) with Fred & Adele Astaire, George Gershwin at the piano
Ava Gardner performs SPEAK LOW by Kurt Weill & Ogden Nash, movie version 1948
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Ava Gardner performs SPEAK LOW by Kurt Weill & Ogden Nash, movie version 1948
Original Version of Rodgers & Hart's MY FUNNY VALENTINE from "Babes in Arms" (1937)
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Original Version of Rodgers & Hart's MY FUNNY VALENTINE from "Babes in Arms" (1937)
OPENING DOORS from "Merrily We Roll Along", HBO film version (2013)
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OPENING DOORS from "Merrily We Roll Along", HBO film version (2013)
STEPHEN SONDHEIM: which comes first, the MUSIC OR LYRICS? (1977)
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STEPHEN SONDHEIM: which comes first, the MUSIC OR LYRICS? (1977)
Stephen Sondheim discusses Opera vs. Musical Theater (1977)
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Stephen Sondheim discusses Opera vs. Musical Theater (1977)
Anthony Perkins in opening number of TV Musical EVENING PRIMROSE by Stephen Sondheim (1966)
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Anthony Perkins in opening number of TV Musical EVENING PRIMROSE by Stephen Sondheim (1966)

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  • @Bobdixon_Moonvarga_Dancer_III

    All these people are dirt now.

  • @MrGotro1
    @MrGotro1 4 дні тому

    puuutttinonyareeeetz

  • @Fire_Axus
    @Fire_Axus 14 днів тому

    this version is epic

  • @haroldharris9832
    @haroldharris9832 17 днів тому

    The singer, Shirley Ross, is made to look and sound black here, but she was white.

  • @JerryD121657
    @JerryD121657 22 дні тому

    Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers really created magic on the screen.

  • @janekenyon1813
    @janekenyon1813 24 дні тому

    Istanbul not constantanople

  • @MellissaBoomeroftheNight
    @MellissaBoomeroftheNight 25 днів тому

    No one does this like Judy does it!

  • @fawndering
    @fawndering 27 днів тому

    My only wish really is to hear Mitzi Green sing this - sadly I was born seventy years too late.

  • @TerryBeemer
    @TerryBeemer Місяць тому

    My goodness. This is an education to me! There is so much we do not know about others. What determination the man had. Very interesting!

  • @christopherlyons5900
    @christopherlyons5900 Місяць тому

    It's good to know how it was supposed to sound. Doesn't mean it has to sound this way in every future production. If any. Thing is, there have been so many great renditions recorded since then. This is lovely, but a bit prim, proper--stiff. Of course it is. It's 1937. There's no microphones. An actual teenaged actess is singing this, about a teenaged boy she just met (played by a guy in his 20's). The song was considered so controversial for these reasons, that when a movie was made, with Judy Garland and Mickey Rooney--this song was left out! Most of the songs were. They used "Where or When" but as a sort of collective schmoopy platonic ballad, for all the kids to sing. It does NOT work. The entire movie. A complete and total failure. I think future productions should be informed by all we've learned in the last 90 years or so about the full emotional potential of these songs. From Jazz vocalists like Anita O'Day, but also theatrically trained sopranos like Barbara Cook. We can acknowledge teens have sexual feelings, as well as romantic ones. The innocence and naivete can still be there, but Billie has already seen a whole lot in her life, roaming Depression-Era America, and finally finding somebody she can't just walk away from. There should be a sense of desperation to it. Because he just walked away from her in a huff, believing she's sold out. But she's saying here, "Yeah, he's an idealistic doofus who hasn't a clue how badly he's screwing up- here-but I wouldn't have him any other way." It's an emotional epiphany, and needs to be played as one. Leave the schmoop out--deep deep feeling is needed. Or the song isn't what Larry Hart wrote it to be. No matter how it was orchestrated then.

  • @istella_el
    @istella_el Місяць тому

  • @georggswan8133
    @georggswan8133 Місяць тому

    Thx u LA LA Brook!

  • @DavidBenkof
    @DavidBenkof Місяць тому

    Ed, constantly excellent!

  • @WilliamCianci
    @WilliamCianci Місяць тому

    Great!

  • @MsSoundguy
    @MsSoundguy Місяць тому

    Sorry to take up more space, but people tend to forget that she sang this 8 times a week! At best, most operas are sung with at least a performance or full day between, but Broadway demands 8 shows a week...8 shows in 6 days, which means two days of two performances. Singing "My White Knight" 8 times weekly is one thing; to sing "Glitter and be Gay" 8 times a week blows my mind

    • @songbookstation7396
      @songbookstation7396 Місяць тому

      You're totally right - 8 times a week is insane. Very, very difficult to pull off once, let alone multiple times per week. She's truly amazing.

  • @dominicmoorecelebrant
    @dominicmoorecelebrant Місяць тому

    Superb analysis of a great song. D

  • @malp1
    @malp1 2 місяці тому

    The Beethoven theme certainly sounds like it was borrowed and used as the first melody we hear in "Somewhere," but to my astonishment, so does the theme that begins the Adagio movement of Bruckner's Symphony No. 6, as heard from 0:18 to 0:25 in this clip. So I guess Bruckner borrowed from Beethoven, and then Bernstein borrowed from one or both of them. Incredible! ua-cam.com/video/gkkJ9HwLJbc/v-deo.html

  • @christiansborledegg
    @christiansborledegg 2 місяці тому

    jeremy wasn't wrong when he said that jonathan groff was the one who would always take all of the parts he auditioned for.. 😭😭 (or in this case, jeremy got it and groff also got it but on bway)

  • @MsSoundguy
    @MsSoundguy 2 місяці тому

    Thank you for giving us the complete recording and a look at what was sung. She later was called "a song's best friend." She was legend.

  • @albertdiner
    @albertdiner 2 місяці тому

    GEORGE GERSHWIN said " FRED ASTAIRE" , what was he trying to say ?

  • @tracyyork1428
    @tracyyork1428 2 місяці тому

    This was a very successful Broadway show that ran for 321 performances between 1950 - 51. A professional and personal triumph for Mr Karloff.

  • @2034916
    @2034916 2 місяці тому

    The most beautiful melody and song ever written. It’s been my favorite song since I saw “West Side Story.”

  • @gokutheog9022
    @gokutheog9022 2 місяці тому

    I came from the Boys

  • @Skizze37
    @Skizze37 2 місяці тому

    This just blew my mind.

  • @Skizze37
    @Skizze37 2 місяці тому

    Invaluable to hear how the composer wanted the song to sound when arranging for jazz, thank you so much

  • @evyalley
    @evyalley 2 місяці тому

    Completely agree that this is Joni at her best. Coyote is probably in my top 5 of hers but I think it's probably her best song.

  • @pauldockree9915
    @pauldockree9915 2 місяці тому

    Was in Equus? Followed by Richard Burton? Anthony Hopkins on Dick Cavett. Tony Perkins? Friendly Persuasion, Psycho, North Sea HiJack. My favourite Perkins role is that TV role. Evening Primrose. A paint choice of ours in another time. Odd memory. If You Can Find Me, I'm Here",

  • @lynlenowry4982
    @lynlenowry4982 3 місяці тому

    Loved those 60's songs

  • @JavertRA
    @JavertRA 3 місяці тому

    Eat blood, drink blood, that's pretty dark!

  • @JohnPatrickWeiss
    @JohnPatrickWeiss 3 місяці тому

    Thank you, I love this song as sung by Streisand. But now I know the backstory.

  • @roymorano5171
    @roymorano5171 3 місяці тому

    THAT'S the way the song goes.

  • @MrAlexsegal
    @MrAlexsegal 3 місяці тому

    I am surprised that the expression “some day” - rather than the expression “someday” - appears in the lyric. Did Sondheim simply make a mistake?

    • @songbookstation7396
      @songbookstation7396 3 місяці тому

      I think it's a matter of the specificity Sondheim wanted. "Someday" refers to an unspecified future, but "some day" to a more specific day in the future. Oddly, in the film version of the song - changed to a duet between Tony & Maria - the printed lyrics are changed to "someday". I've never seen a Sondheim comment about this, so your guess is as good as mine.

    • @MrAlexsegal
      @MrAlexsegal 3 місяці тому

      If Sondheim deliberately chose the expression “some day” in order to refer to a specific day in the future, then I find his wanting to do this quite surprising. The lyric seems much more beautiful to me if an unspecified time is evoked.

    • @MrAlexsegal
      @MrAlexsegal 3 місяці тому

      There’s a UA-cam video that appears to present the sheet music for the song - and in this video the expression used is “someday”, not “some day”. I hope that this video is accurate. m.ua-cam.com/video/rA4Ox0BE_6Q/v-deo.html

  • @nealm1814
    @nealm1814 3 місяці тому

    Very few singers sing the original version including the intro. One of the few that did was the amazing Linda Ronstadt ua-cam.com/video/l6bgzsJHXoI/v-deo.htmlsi=WMCtHt_Xca9KB2Ma

  • @dinahlee3793
    @dinahlee3793 3 місяці тому

    Frank....you've taught me so much about phrasing.....which includes great breath control.

  • @erickleefeld4883
    @erickleefeld4883 4 місяці тому

    Being an Olympian athlete on your instrument isn’t necessarily the same as being a great popular songwriter. As a modern example of Irving Berlin’s transposing piano, nowadays Taylor Swift only ever plays guitar or keyboard using C and G key fingerings, and she uses a guitar capo or the transposing features on modern digital keyboards. (And a computer program can generate sheet music from her keyboard playing - taking over from the musical secretary!) To the extent either of them would need some virtuoso musicianship in the song, a lot of players would line up to be part of what they’re doing. Irving Berlin did pretty well for himself, and nowadays Taylor Swift is a massive success.

  • @karlgarson298
    @karlgarson298 4 місяці тому

    Thanks for this! Marvelous!

  • @zertsky_vr7503
    @zertsky_vr7503 4 місяці тому

    I WANT A SIDE BY SIDE OF THIS VERSION OF PUTTIN ON THE RITZ WITH TACO'S VERSION

  • @peterhutchins9246
    @peterhutchins9246 4 місяці тому

    What a flawed genius Spectre was.

  • @OtisLePoOtis
    @OtisLePoOtis 4 місяці тому

    Could you edit a video like this but for "Ladies In Their Sensitivities" from Sweeney Todd?

  • @dudrushpowerforce
    @dudrushpowerforce 4 місяці тому

    Dojyaaan

  • @lancelovecraft5913
    @lancelovecraft5913 4 місяці тому

    This was great. I didn’t recognize the tune until the chorus came in. She sang it so well to. This song has always sounded sinister to me. Her bright tone paired w the dark melody made for an interesting listen

  • @cliffordsam8260
    @cliffordsam8260 4 місяці тому

    My favorite Sondheim show...Congratulations! Tony Award winning show.

  • @shannonadcock-tn5kp
    @shannonadcock-tn5kp 4 місяці тому

    Masterpiece

  • @gracewalsh4643
    @gracewalsh4643 4 місяці тому

    Who listen june 2024❤❤ sounds as good as ever story of my first boyfriend ❤❤

  • @lunatickgeo
    @lunatickgeo 4 місяці тому

    Look, because of social media I _think_ I know Darren and Jeremy but we all know I don't (just don't tell me, let me continue to live in denial) but let's face it, everyone has to agree that they must have shat bricks. They not only got to sing a Sondheim song in front of the man himself, they got to _perform with him._ "Oh, you have five Tonys? That's nice, I got to perform with _Sondheim_ and I have it on video." If that were me, I'll have that on my obit. Others will be like "Olympian Gold Medalist So-and-so died while saving 24 children from drowning..." mine will be "Denial Man, who performed with Stephen Sondheim (yes _that_ Sondheim, look it up, there's a video on it on UA-cam), passed away last night after watching Smallville again, his heart giving out when Clark was mind controlled for the sixteenth time."

  • @jewellrogers8254
    @jewellrogers8254 4 місяці тому

    This music 60 s a grad no job no allowance Navy says war58000 End result still have beat ❤

  • @musicalme27
    @musicalme27 4 місяці тому

    Marvelous artist! Thank you, Ms. Cook.

  • @dennisbiondi2253
    @dennisbiondi2253 4 місяці тому

    A classic.😅

  • @blerkh
    @blerkh 4 місяці тому

    The tuning shown @2:00 is incorrect. The correct tuning is (low to high) CGDFCE not CGBFCE. This makes the stacked C/G/F chords analysis incorrect. If you look at videos of Mitchell performing this song, or the still seen in this video (taken from the Rolling Thunder doc), you'll see the first chord shape she fingers looks like an A major chord at the 2nd fret, which in the tuning you show would include a C# (on the D string), which doesn't fit the context.

  • @jerryslist
    @jerryslist 4 місяці тому

    Imagine what it would be like if Ethel married Jolson...lol.