{"id":6246,"date":"2025-02-05T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/?p=6246"},"modified":"2025-02-04T12:37:28","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T17:37:28","slug":"arachnophonia-wicked-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/2025\/02\/arachnophonia-wicked-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Arachnophonia: Wicked"},"content":{"rendered":"

Editor\u2019s note:<\/strong> Arachnophonia<\/a> (\u201cArachno\u201d = spider \/ \u201c-phonia\u201d = sound) is a regular feature on our blog where members of the UR community can share their thoughts about resources from the Parsons Music Library<\/a>\u2018s collection.<\/p>\n

All links included in these posts will take you to either the library catalog record for the item in question<\/a> or to additional relevant<\/a> information from<\/a> around the web<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Today\u2019s installment of Arachnophonia<\/a> is by student assistant Rocio (class of 2027) and features the piano\/vocal selections score for the 2003 Broadway musical Wicked<\/strong><\/a>. Thanks, Rocio!<\/em><\/p>\n

Wicked<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Wicked\"<\/a><\/p>\n

One of my favorite items from the Music Library is the piano and vocal selections from Wicked<\/a><\/em>, the beloved Broadway musical by Stephen Schwartz that has made its comeback since the movie<\/a> and its iconic Broadway shows. <\/p>\n

Not only is Wicked<\/a><\/em> an iconic and transformative show in musical theater, but also its music is both emotionally powerful and technically engaging for performers. <\/p>\n

Wicked<\/a><\/em> is associated with a storyline of the wizard of Oz and basically describes who is wicked in the storyline or how does one become wicked. The songbook is full of catchy, dynamic numbers like “Defying Gravity”<\/a> and heartfelt ballads such as “For Good<\/a>,” each with its own unique, detailed vocal and piano arrangement. It’s a great tool for pianists and singers-be it preparing auditions, performances, or simply singing at home. It gives the musical theatre fan another way to access and enjoy the music, other than by simply listening to the cast album<\/a>. The collection also provides insight into Stephen Schwartz’s ability to combine appealing, accessible, and singable melodies with deeper emotional themes, which will make this a great study for anyone into musical theater composition and performance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Editor\u2019s note: Arachnophonia (\u201cArachno\u201d = spider \/ \u201c-phonia\u201d = sound) is a regular feature on our blog where members of the UR community can share their thoughts about resources from the Parsons Music Library\u2018s collection. All links included in these … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2182,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[231704,15223,15242],"tags":[61217,231411,15313,231278,93039,15309,191244,231432,191246,38013,38012,230907],"class_list":["post-6246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arachnophonia-arachnophonia","category-collection","category-promotional","tag-arachnophonia","tag-arachnophonia-24-25","tag-broadway","tag-broadway-musical","tag-broadway-musicals","tag-musicals","tag-piano-vocal-selections","tag-rocio","tag-scores","tag-stephen-schwartz","tag-wicked","tag-winnie-holzman"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgMV3E-1CK","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2182"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6246"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6249,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6246\/revisions\/6249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/parsons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}