An Analysis Of Belle And The Beast

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Belle and the Beast stage in the story of an unexpected love story, led by the spell cast upon the Beast. This in the end is overcome after professing their love for one another. The two songs that will be compared are: Be Our Guest – sung by Lumiere and the castle's staff and Beauty and the Beast – sung by Mrs. Potts. The first piece "Be Our Guest" takes place shortly after Belle, sacrificed her own freedom in return for her father's, and is confined to her bedroom. Hungry, Belle soon ventures into the kitchen, where she is greeted by Lumiere and the castle's staff of enchanted objects in an elaborate attempt to officially welcome Belle to the Beast's castle. The second piece “Beauty and the Beast” is performed by Mrs. Potts, and is heard while Belle and the Beast dance in the castle ballroom.

First is "Be Our Guest" performed by Lumiere and the castle's staff is written in the key of B major. Lumiere presents this as an elaborate musical performance for Belle after just sacrificing her freedom to the Beast in return her father is set free. Whilst Belle is confined to her room, she ventures out in search of something to eat. Wandering to the kitchen Belle is then greeted by Lumiere. Instantly, Lumiere leads the castle's staff of enchanted objects in an elaborate production – as an attempt to officially welcome Belle to the Beast's castle, literally to "be [their] guest”. The lyrics in this song are given as warm and welcoming, by insisting Belle ‘go on, unfold your menu / take a glance and then you’ll / be our guest / oui, our guest / be our guest’, Lumiere also sings about being human again and his desire to serve, feeling that if he doesn’t he is useless, ‘good old days when we were useful’, ‘life is so unnerving/For a servan...

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...uring the song ‘Be Our Guest’ various pitches and tonalities have produced the boisterous mood and have captured this using a B major key and baritone vocal range, from the low note of F to the high note of D. Conversely in ‘Beauty and the Beast’ used an F major key to help the audience in order to connect to the romantic side of the musical piece with Mrs. Potts emotions of love and friendship. Therefore the obvious difference is the effect that the pitch and mood have over the style and tonality of the music.

In conclusion Beauty and the Beast has successfully produced two pieces with comparable tone and pitch by integrating similar instrumentation and mood to two different circumstances with further success by making the audience feel the desired emotions. Therefore Beauty and the Beast have successfully used the musical elements in creating these two pieces.

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