narrative song?

[Charactress!]

Posted: 1/12/08 at 4:20pm

Okay, for one of my classes I need to have a narrative mt song. I need help!! Alto/Mezzo belter. Any suggestions would be VERY much appreciated!!!
Thanks

[Shelleybaby]

Posted: 1/12/08 at 4:44pm

i don't know what a narrative song is..

but here are som suggestions for alto/mezzo songs :)

Uptempo:
Nothing - A Chorus Line
Ease On Down The Road - The Wiz
I'm looking for something baby - Dreamgirls
Love you I do - Dreamgirls
Look at me i'm Sandra Dee - Grease
Some People - Gypsy

Ballads:
What I did for love - A chorus line
His eye is on the sparrow - Sister act 2
Out here on my own - Fame
Hopelessely devoted to you - Grease
There are worse things I could do - Grease
Easy to be hard - Hair


<3

[Shelleybaby]

Posted: 1/12/08 at 4:45pm

what is a narrative musical theatre song btw?

[Charactress!]

Posted: 1/12/08 at 5:07pm

that's my problem! haha.. I don't really know. I think it's just supposed to be a song that tells a story (ex: Meadowlark, Sun and the Moon) but not those examples. Know what I mean? Isn't it weird?

Thanks for your suggestions though!!

[Sporti2005]

Posted: 1/12/08 at 8:28pm

A narrative song is a song that tells a story...as opposed to a lot of MT songs that are used to elaborate on emotions.

[myshikobit]

Posted: 1/12/08 at 10:29pm

Sweeney Todd has a lot of narrative songs. Or Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat (although I hate that show).

[justagirl2]

Posted: 1/13/08 at 2:40pm

I think "Nothing" is a great suggestion.

[dramatothemax]

Posted: 1/13/08 at 5:39pm

Narrative songs tell a story...its not directed towards one specific person.

Here I Am from Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Meadow Lark from the Bakers Wife
When Hope Goes from The Spitfire Grill
Way Back to Paradise from Marie Christine
I Know Things Now from Into the Woods
Taylor the Latte Boy
Everybody's Girl from Steel Pier

[Juliash]

Posted: 1/14/08 at 9:03pm

Almost anything by William Finn

[exhalemusic]

Posted: 1/15/08 at 1:32am

hmm...
Sunday - tick, tick...BOOM!
Nothing - ACL
a lot of songs from Tommy are also narrative...Pinball Wizard, It's a Boy (although that's really short...)

[dancingthrulife04]

Posted: 1/15/08 at 12:56pm

"Nothing" is a really good suggestion.

[ducdebrabant]

Posted: 12/28/15 at 11:16am

"Guinevere" - CAMELOT
"My Mother's Wedding Day" - BRIGADOON

""Everything's Up to Date in Kansas City" - OKLAHOMA

"The Butterfly" - ZORBA

"The Shmuel Song" - THE LAST FIVE YEARS

"Meeskite" - CABARET

"Penny in My Pocket" - HELLO, DOLLY! (cutout)

"I Never Do Anything Twice" - THE SEVEN PERCENT SOLUTION (film)