COMPARISON OF SONG TYPES

COMPARISON OF SONG TYPES IN
THE CLASSIC MUSICALS OF LERNER & LOEWE

A.  OPENING SET UPS

1.  "Once in the Highlands" / "Brigadoon"  (BRIGADOON)

2.  "I'm on My Way" ["Paint Your Wagon"]  (PAINT YOUR WAGON)

3.  "Why Can't the English"  (MY FAIR LADY)

4.  "Thank Heaven for Little Girls"  (GIGI)

5.  "Camelot" and marriage apprehension songs  (CAMELOT)

B.  CHARACTER (SELF-DECLARING)

1.  "C'est Moi"  (CAMELOT)

2.  "I'm an Ordinary Man"  (MY FAIR LADY)

3.  "I'll Go Home with Bonnie Jean"  (BRIGADOON)

4.  "In Between" (PAINT YOUR WAGON)

5.  "It's a Bore"  (GIGI)

C.  PLOT / THEME / SETTING

1.  Cards, champagne, visit to Trouville scenes (GIGI)

2.  "Ascot Gavotte" (MY FAIR LADY)

3.  "The Heather on the Hill"  (BRIGADOON)

4.  "They Call the Wind Maria"  (PAINT YOUR WAGON)

5.  "Follow Me" (CAMELOT)

D.  LOVE (ANTICIPATORY)

1.  "Waitin' for My Dearie"  (BRIGADOON)

2.  "How Can I Wait?"  (PAINT YOUR WAGON)

3.  "Wouldn't It Be Loverly"  (MY FAIR LADY)

4.  "Before I Gaze at You Again"  (CAMELOT)

5.  "Say a Prayer for Me Tonight"  (GIGI)

E.  LOVE (NON-DECLARATIVE)

1.  "Almost Like Being in Love"  (BRIGADOON)

2.  "I Talk to the Trees"  (PAINT YOUR WAGON)

3.  "I Could Have Danced All Night"  (MY FAIR LADY)

4.  "How to Handle a Woman" (CAMELOT)

5.   Cards, champagne, visit to Trouville scenes (GIGI) 

F.  LOVE (ARBITRARY)

1.  "Without You" (MY FAIR LADY)

2.  "Gaston's Soliloquy"  (GIGI)

3.  "Then You May Take Me to the Fair" (CAMELOT)

4.  "From This Day On" (BRIGADOON)

5.  "Another Autumn" (PAINT YOUR WAGON)

G.  LOVE (DECLARATIVE)

1.  "Come to Me, Bend to Me"  (BRIGADOON)

2.  "On the Street Where You Live"  (MY FAIR LADY)

3.  "If Ever I Would Leave You"  (CAMELOT)

4.  "Carino Mio"  (PAINT YOUR WAGON)

5.  "Gigi" (GIGI)

H.  COMEDIC (RISQUE)

1.  "The Love of My Life"  (BRIGADOON)

2.  "Rumson" / "What's Goin' on Here?"  (PAINT YOUR WAGON)

3.  "The Lusty Month of May"  (CAMELOT)

4.  "Show Me"  (MY FAIR LADY)

5.  "The Parisians" (GIGI)

I.  COMEDIC (GENERAL)

1.  "She is Not Thinking of Me" (GIGI)

2.  "Where are the Simple Joys of Maidenhood"

                   / "I Wonder What the King is Doing Tonight"  (CAMELOT)

3.  "Get Me to the Church on Time"  (MY FAIR LADY)

4.  "My Mother's Wedding Day" (BRIGADOON)

5.  "Whoop-Ti-Ay" (PAINT YOUR WAGON)

J.  OFF-STAGE ACTION

1.  "The Chase" (BRIGADOON)

2.  "Guenevere" (CAMELOT)

3.  "You Did It" (MY FAIR LADY)

4.  "There's a Coach Comin' In"  (PAINT YOUR WAGON)

5.  "Gaston's Soliloquy" / "Gigi"   (GIGI)

K.  MEMORY

1.  "I Loved You Once in Silence"  (CAMELOT)

2.  "I Remember It Well"  (GIGI)

3.  "I Still See Elisa" (PAINT YOUR WAGON)

4.  "I've Grown Accustomed to Her Face"  (MY FAIR LADY)

5.  "There But for You Go I"  (BRIGADOON)

L.  LIST OR CATALOG

1.  "Down on MacConnachy Square"  (BRIGADOON)

2.  "All for Him" (PAINT YOUR WAGON)

3.  "I'm Glad I'm Not Young Anymore" (GIGI)

4.  "The Seven Deadly Virtues" (CAMELOT)

5.  "A Hymn to Him" (MY FAIR LADY)

M.  NOVELTY

1.  "Jeannie's Packin' Up" (BRIGADOON)

2.  "Hand Me Down That Can of Beans"  (PAINT YOUR WAGON)

3.  "The Rain in Spain"  (MY FAIR LADY)

4.  "The Night They Invented Champagne"  (GIGI)

5.  "What Do the Simple Folk Do" (CAMELOT)

N.  RECOGNITION

1.  Gaston's Marriage Decision and Finale (GIGI)

2.  Bar Scene and Finale (BRIGADOON)

3.  Higgins Soliloquy and Finale (MY FAIR LADY)

4.  "Wanderin' Star" and Finale  (PAINT YOUR WAGON)

5.  "Camelot" reprised and Finale (CAMELOT)