3/17/2024 0 Comments A whole new world french lyricsAlan found his first and best network for learning and growing into the composer he now has become.Įarly career Upon graduating from NYU, he took a collection of his songs and wrote a rock-ballet for The Downtown Ballet Company, called ‘Children Of The World’. Even though his plan was to become a rock-star-recording-artist, he would dabble in writing more musicals through that workshop. Most importantly, he escaped to the piano practice room every chance he got and wrote songs and a Musical for the Hall of Fame Players ‘Separate Ways’ (featuring that musical theater classic – “Thank God for Marijuana”.) Most importantly, to appease his parents, he auditioned for (and was admitted into) the BMI Musical Theater Workshop, taught by eminent conductor and composer, Lehman Engel. What could he do? That stress became a peptic ulcer in Junior High School, which Alan didn’t fully cure until those magical, psychedelic, wonderful hippie years of 1967 thru 1971, which just happened to coincide with the period he attended New York University’s College of Arts and Sciences, where Alan drifted from Pre-Med to Anthropology major to Philosophy major to finally graduating with a degree in Musicology. When his piano teacher, Emily Harris, or his violin teacher, Editha Braham realized what he was doing they wisely suggested that this be encouraged, so Alan began composing, as well as pretending to practice.Ĭollege years Too bad he’d never be able to make a living doing that. Instead of learning pieces, Alan would get the basic idea of a Beethoven Sonata or a Bartok Mikrokosmos and spend the rest of his practice time “faking it”. Studying was like pulling teeth (no pun intended) and even practicing piano was a trial. Much as he would have expected to become a dentist, like most of the other men in three generations of his family, he was a very ADHD child. Alan’s ambition, from his earliest memories, was to become a composer. He grew up in a home, filled with music and theater (and comedy and drama) in New Rochelle, New York, along with his sisters, Faye and Leah. So this is principally a project to write down the lyrics that aren't on the official recordings, such as the 1980 Lovely Ladies or the 1991 Fantine's Arrest, as well as to note down variations.Early years Alan Menken was born July 22nd, 1949 at French Hospital in New York City, to young aspiring actress/playwright, Judy Menken and boogie-woogie piano-playing dentist, Norman Menken, DDS. Marianne's translations of the 1991 lyrics MmeBahorel's translations of the 1980 lyrics The official French lyrics are available online: Since this project will be going on in several forums at once (Abaissé,, and the LiveJournal lesmiz community), there will be a master archive maintained at (with proper credit and links to all the original threads) unless anyone objects. If you want to contribute, but have no non-official recordings of the French lyrics, you are advised to take Courfeyrac's advice to Marius: look and you will see, listen and you will hear. Corrections, clarifications of uncertain lyrics, or addition of variations are always welcome. Post as much or as little as you want-there's no obligation to put down a full song or track down all the variations. In the transcription of the new French lyrics, if no official recording of a song exists, the "official" lyrics will be the ones on the 1992 Paris bootleg, as it's the best quality of the Paris audios, and to the best of my knowledge it's the only recording of the Paris revival that doesn't date from previews or very early in the run. Paris 1991 previews: On parlait de révolution)." Wherever the official lyrics on the studio recordings diverge from the performance lyrics, the lyrics on the official recording take precedence, but variations can be added in the form (alt. Phrases the poster is uncertain about go in italics. Unintelligible phrases get marked with a ? for each syllable. Setting down a few conventions to make things smoother and less confusing for everyone: Being a Project, by the most excellent Posters and Contributors of our Fandom, to produce, to the best of their collective Ability, a Faithful & Complete Record of the French lyrics of Les Misérables in both its 19 incarnations, not neglecting what Songs & Lyrics may not be on the official Recordings, nor what variations may exist between Official and Performance versions.
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