re: The difference between opera and musical theatre Jun 6
2008, 03:46:12 AM
I have read alot of how the focus of the works are different and how the music will sound different to some and not to others. what i hav not really heard alot about if at all (i have drolled through this thread for awhile) is what was socially acceptable in the mentioned time periods. back in the day certain musical scales were considered satanic or blasphemous because the church did not approve of it. thusly the scales would not be played for obvious reasons and we ended up with things like gr
