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1964 - Overture - Funny Girl - Broadway - Barbra Streisand

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Uploaded by on Aug 28, 2009

Overture,
Funny Girl,
Broadway,
Barbra Streisand, 1964

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  • New skating routine! well parts of it... My old one was bye bye birdie which also has a good overture!

  • Damn Yankees also has a really great overture(:

  • @damone77 Yes, and consider how Streisand's voice was often stylized--possibly at the Musical Director's request--to sound like a cornet in many songs.

  • the last bit before the trumpet blurts PARADEEEEE is so sweet!!

  • @trekmyster Legally Blonde the musical has a sweet overture

  • I agree - Funny Girl, Gypsy are 2 of the most quintessential Broadway overtures there are, in my opinion. 2 great scores, the likes of which we wont ever see again. Pure Broadway magic

  • @MsTruNorth I couldn't agree more. In addition to the Funny Girl overture, the overtures for "Bells are Ringing" and "Gypsy" are mighty wonderful Too. Great point about the coronet! I had forgotten about "Coronet man". Thanks for the reply:)!

  • @damone77 I think Styne used a lot of cornet in this overture as well as in other songs in Funny Girl. The cornet seems to have a "cleaner," crisper sound than a trumpet. The quality of the performance in this overture could well result from Styne's score and reputation being so strong that the best of the best lined up to come on board. It's probably the strongest overture ever written for Broadway.

  • @TheAgnessan i almost did this one, but then i picked the overture from gypsy because a pairs team at my club already had it

  • Do they make trumpets differently these days! I say this because if you listen to this Jule Styne overture the musicians actually care about what they're playing. In other words they are not blase. How many times have I been to a show recently where the musicians just don't care. Ah well...I guess it was a different time. Here are musicians playing at the peak of their powers with this phenomenal Jule Styne overture. God Bless him!

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