Into the Hoods | (Part 1/20) - Sondheim's "Sweeney Todd": The First Measure @into_the_hoods | Uploaded August 2015 | Updated October 2024, 23 minutes ago.
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In this 20-part video series, I'll be looking at the musical content of Stephen Sondheim's 1979 landmark musical Sweeney Todd; I'll be exploring what makes this work compositionally effective. In this video (Part 1) I analyze the opening of Sweeney Todd, and discuss how brilliant the first six measures are.
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Introduction to Leitmotives: youtube.com/watch?v=duN9vvkdFE4
CBC- Dies Irae: youtube.com/watch?v=dLgvKwOYniY
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Songs used-
The Proms 2010 (BBC Orch)- Prelude
to Sweeney Todd: youtube.com/watch?v=duN9vvkdFE4
Dies Irae (Capella Antiqua München): youtube.com/watch?v=Dlr90NLDp-0
Opening Ballad - Sweeney Todd (OCR): youtube.com/watch?v=j8t4Ny39tt8