Something's Coming

Something's Coming - Leonard Bernstein

Background:

• Written in 1957
  
• From West Side Story

Instrumentation:

• Sung by a solo tenor
• Full orchestra
  
• Flute, oboe, saxophone
• Muted trumpet
• Pizzicato&tremolo strings
• Band uses quiet dynamics and soft timbres so they don't overpower the voice

Harmony&Tonality:

• Bitonal - begins in D, and switches to and from C and D
  
• Uses tritones (augmented fourth) to show uncertainty
• Resolved tritones show that something good is going to happen
• Jazz based…