《Annie, Get Your Gun》 - Get Your Freedom

Japanese: 《アニーよ銃をとれ》 - あにーよじゆうをとれ

…After that, he wrote famous songs such as “Always” (1925) and “Blue Skies” (1928), wrote a series of Broadway revues, including “Watch Your Step” in 1914, and wrote many film scores, including “Top Hat” in 1935. His biggest hit was “White Christmas” (1942), made famous by Crosby, and his musical masterpiece “Annie, Get your Gun” (1946), and his greatest characteristic was his familiarity with the common people. [Nakamura Toyo] …

From the Musical

…The main composers who appeared a little later than Kahn and were active before or after World War II were I. Berlin, G. Gershwin, K. Weill, C. Porter, and R. Rogers. Berlin also wrote lyrics, and initially worked mainly in revues, producing countless hit songs, but he also achieved great success in full-scale musicals, such as Annie Get Your Gun (1946), a wild and lively work about a girl who is skilled at shooting. Gershwin, teaming up with his brother Ira Gershwin (1896-1983), who was also a lyricist, also started out in revues, but moved on to urbane, light-hearted romantic comedies, and created a musical of great literary value with I Sing Thee (1931), a satire of the presidential election, with a libretto by GS Kaufman and Morrie Ryskind. …

*Some of the terminology used in "Annie Get Your Gun" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…その後，《オールウェーズ》(1925)，《ブルー･スカイズ》(1928)などの名曲を作り，14年の《ウォッチ･ユア･ステップ》をはじめブロードウェーのレビューを次々に手がけ，35年の《トップ･ハットTop Hat》など映画音楽も数多く書いた。最大のヒット曲にクロスビーが歌って有名にした《ホワイト･クリスマスWhite Christmas》(1942)，ミュージカルの名作に《アニーよ銃をとれAnnie,Get your Gun》(1946)があり，庶民的な親しみやすさを最大の特徴とした。【中村とうよう】。…

【ミュージカル】より

…カーンにやや遅れて現れ，第2次大戦前の時期に，あるいは戦後まで，活躍したおもな作曲者は，I.バーリン，G.ガーシュウィン，K.ワイル，C.ポーター，R.ロジャーズなどである。バーリンは詞も書き，最初はおもにレビューの仕事をして無数のヒット･ソングを生んだが，射撃が巧みな娘を主人公にした野趣と生気の充満する《アニーよ銃をとれ》(1946)によって，本格的なミュージカルでも優れた業績を残した。ガーシュウィンは作詞家の兄アイラ･ガーシュウィンIra Gershwin(1896‐1983)と組み，やはりレビューから出発して都会的で軽い恋愛喜劇に進み，大統領選挙を風刺したG.S.カウフマンとリスキンドMorrie Ryskindの台本による《われ汝を歌う》(1931)で文学的価値の高いミュージカルを手がけた。…

※「《アニーよ銃をとれ》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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