Análisis estructural y técnico vocal aplicado a la interpretación de dos temas para soprano del musical West Side Story del autor Leonard Bernstein

Abstract

This project is entitled "Structural and technical vocal analysis applied to the interpretation of two songs directly for a soprano voice from the musical West Side Story by composer Leonard Bernstein". The principal objective is to develop a detailed study of each of the topics that can help interpretation. This project seeks to define different ways that facilitate the appropriation of the chosen character, with the following relevant sections: the history of the genre "Musical", a brief summary of the work "West Side Story", the study of the structure of the songs, the identity of the character to be interpreted and the proposal to address each of the issues. The basic aspects works’ formal analysis, their structure, parameters, expressive means, emotional planes and technical tips considered necessary to facilitate a good staging will be studied. We will start from the study of the evolution of the "Musical" genre with the intention of knowing the bases that determined its style; its beginnings and its miscegenation when traveling through different cultures. With the knowledge of the history, the study of the different works and the study of each of the characters, we will be able to fulfill ourselves with the ideas of the composer to initiate the appropriation. Specifically in this work our character is "María" and what we will seek is to know how her identity, the way in which she expresses and transmits her emotions has a well-founded basis in the musical structure.