one hand one heart
the whole song is a musical rendition of the vows two lovers make on their wedding day, albeit this time there is a lot more focus on the idea that death will not not part them, which is a foreshadowing to events to come. the music as it is is a duet, meaning it must be sung by at least two people, preferably not more and hopefully between two people who see nothing but adoration in each others eyes
somewhere
this is a song of hope and somewhat of yearning. the hope is within the words and the fact that maybe there is a place where they can live in peace. the yearning comes from the meaning, they do not know if there is such a place where they can gor or even how to find it, so they are somewhat pleading for a direction for which they must go. the music of this song starts soft but then builds up to a point where it is very bright and cheerful near the middle, but then dies down to give the two lovers the peace they want.
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ReplyDeletePeter - thank you for your detailed blog entries concerning the West Side Story analyses throughout April. You did an excellent job and I appreciate you taking the time to really answer each question thoroughly and thoughtfully throughout each of your blog entries on on this music - good work!
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