Example 3.2. Melodic reduction of “Winter’s on the Wing,” mm. 5–6. The Secret Garden. Lyrics by Marsha Norman. Music by Lucy Simon. © 1991, 1992 ABCDE Publishing Ltd. and Calougie Music. All rights administered by WC Music Corp. All rights reserved. Used by permission of Alfred Music.

Figure 3.5. Elevated topics assist musical class oppositions.

Figure 3.6. Musical associations with physical space in The Secret Garden.

Example 3.3. Accompaniment figure for “A Little Priest,” mm. 93–96, piano reduction. “A Little Priest” from Sweeney Todd. Words and music by Stephen Sondheim. © 1978 Rilting Music, Inc. All rights administered by WC Music Corp. All rights reserved. Used by permission. Reprinted by permission of Hal Leonard LLC.

Example 3.4. “Johanna,” piano-vocal reduction, mm. 25–30. “Johanna (Judge’s Version)” from Sweeney Todd. Words and music by Stephen Sondheim. ©1978 Rilting Music, Inc. All rights administered by WC Music Corp. All rights reserved. Used by permission. Reprinted by permission of Hal Leonard LLC.

Example 3.5a. “Ladies in Their Sensitivities,” melody, mm. 5–8. “Ladies in Their Sensitivities” from Sweeney Todd. Words and music by Stephen Sondheim. © 1978 Rilting Music, Inc. All rights administered by WC Music Corp. All rights reserved. Used by permission. Reprinted by permission of Hal Leonard LLC.

Example 3.5b. Recomposition in 2 meter reveals conventional contredanse.

Example 3.6. “I Can See It,” harmonic reduction, mm. 96–108.

Example 3.7. “Plant a Radish,” end of introduction, mm. 9–10a.

Example 4.1a. “Reprise: Sixteen Going On Seventeen,” The Sound of Music by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II.

Example 4.1b. Modified lyrics.

Page 94 →Example 4.2a. Period with rhymed antecedent/consequent (c.i.1/c.i.2): “It All Fades Away,” The Bridges of Madison County, music and lyrics by Jason Robert Brown.

Example 4.2b. Sentence with rhymed presentation/continuation phrase (b.i.2/cadential): “I Get to Show You the Ocean,” by Georgia Stitt.

Example 4.2c. Sentence with rhymed continuation/cadential: “One Hand, One Heart,” West Side Story, music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.

Example 4.2d. Hybrid theme (antecedent + continuation): “Cabaret,” Cabaret, music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb.

Page 95 →Example 4.2e. Sentence: “My Favorite Things,” The Sound of Music, music by Richard Rodgers and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II.

Example 4.2f. Caption: Hybrid theme (antecedent + cadential): “Some Other Time,” On the Town, music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green.

Example 4.2g. Deviant, symmetrical theme (sentence with interpolation, expanded continuation): “Something’s Coming,” West Side Story, music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.

Example 4.3. Compound period: “Balcony Song,” West Side Story, music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. Note: In this example, EVT-n designates events that will be discussed further into the chapter.

Example 4.4a. Trio of monosyllabic rhymes within the musical sentence.