On The Writing Characteristics Of American Narrative Musicals

40-60 s of the 20 th century is the musical development of golden period,the period known as narrative musicals."WEST SIDE STORY," also known as "WEST end," was the most iconic work of its time and a landmark classic in the history of the musical.It really took jazz music,which used to be performed only in bars and other places,as the main means of musical performance.Since then,American musical music has its own cultural symbols and defined its own style--jazz musical style.Based on Shakespeare's romeo and Juliet,it makes a contemporary expression,breaking the previous theatrical tradition of flirtatiousness in operetta and confronting serious topics such as racial discrimination.Since then,American musical drama has a serious sociological value,aesthetic value and human relations value.? West side story ? has made an unprecedented contribution to the artistic ontology,and its integration degree of play,dance and music has reached its peak.IThe first part is the analysis of the background,from the time background of the birth of the works and the social background,the builder for the impulse of his works and creative source;And from the drama text on the work and the overall analysis of the characteristics of the script.The second part is the analysis of theme characteristics.As a commercial product,musicals will eventually go to the market.The author analyzes and studies the theme characteristics of west side story from the perspectives of sociology,anthropology and art.The third part is the analysis of the structural characteristics of the story.From the perspective of the vertical development of the story,the author analyzes and studies the strong conflicts in west side story,the combing of the relationship between the characters and the creation and placement of the drama poem.