| II9 = IV9 of upcoming key | % | VI maj = I of upcoming key | % | III maj = V of upcoming key | % || VI | % | IV min = III of upcoming key | III of new key (with 7th, 3rd inversion) || Here are the chords, then the harmonic analysis, and the explanation. In fact, most listeners would not have even known that the key changed that many times within such a short duration. John Lennon transitions from one to the next so smoothly that it doesn’t sound jarring at all to our ears. For one thing, each section: the verse, pre-chorus, and chorus, are each in a different key. As Ed interacts with the people in his life, he deals with ambitions, success, failures, and loves.A Harmonic Analysis of “Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds”Įven if you take away the psychedelic lyrics, eastern instruments, tempo changes, and cool bass lines, Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds would still be an interesting piece of music because of its harmonic structure. As the time shifts backwards, the friends reminisce about the songwriting workshop held by Lehman Engel (B.M.I. His friends and colleagues remember him and think back over the past. In 1988, a memorial service to Ed Kleban is being held at the Shubert Theatre. In addition to serving as a tribute to one of the award-winning collaborators of A Chorus Line, A Class Act provides a behind-the-scenes glimpse at how a musical is created and brought to the stage and offers a warning about how an artist’s personal life-including struggles with mental illness and cancer-can interfere with, obstruct, and doom his professional pursuits Story

The production was compiled by Kleban's friend Kline and by Price using a trunkful of songs that Kleban wrote for a number of musicals that never were produced. The musical uses flashbacks and the device of time running backwards to retrace the high and low points of Kleban's personal and professional life. The musical is based on the life of composer-lyricist Ed Kleban, who died at the age of 48 in 1987.

Landor Theatre, London - 2004 (Season) Synopsis

Manhattan Theatre Club (Stage II) - 3 October - 10 December, 2000 (38 perfs, 42 previews)Īmbassador Theatre, Broadway 11 March - 10 June, 2001 (105 perfs, 30 previews) Book by Linda Kline and Lonny Price music and lyrics by Edward Kleban.

Lucy and the chorus line