(1957)
Leonard Bernstein, composer
West Side Story has been characterized as America’s "Romeo and
Juliet."
With its romantic setting against a backdrop of social and racial strife,
Bernstein’s music reflects the thousand and one moods which permeate Stephen
Sondheim’s lyrics.
WGM
West Side Story has been characterized as an American Romeo and
Juliet.
With its romantic setting against a background of social and racial strife,
Bernstein’s music reflects the thousand and one moods which permeate Stephen
Sondheim’s lyrics.
From a basic mood of studied nonchalance and defiance by the juvenile set,
the music is at times devout and tender, or in contrasting sections, dynamic
in intensity.
Duthoit’s arrangement includes "I Feel Pretty," "Maria," "Something’s Coming,"
"Tonight," "One Hand, One Heart," "Cool," and "America."
Mark Hindsley, University of Illinois.
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