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was born on March 22, 1948 in London. His Father was the director of the
London College of Music, his mother was a piano teacher. He has been
married 3 times and has 5 children. One of his wives was Sarah Brightman
who was Christine in Phantom of the Opera. He became one of the 100
company. Webber also created a foundation that promotes the arts and
culture for the public. He has received many different awards for his work
Broadway productions.
He has played the piano and the violin since the age of 3, and knows
how to play the French horn. He began writing his own music by the time he
was 6 years old. Andrew initially studied history at Magdalen College but
wanted to follow his heart and started studying Musical Theater at the Royal
College of Music. While at the Royal College he wrote his first musical with
Tim Rice called, The Likes of Us. Around the same time, he also wrote a
religious concert pop-cantata version which was later known as Joseph and
from Egypt in the Bible. Joseph debuted on March 1, 1968 and the show was
a great success. Tim Rice and Webber also created Jesus Christ Superstar in
1971.
In 1976 Andrew Webber and Rice created Evita which is based on the
life of the Argentinian First Lady and her husband President Peron (a
dictator). In this musical, there is a very famous song (Dont Cry for Me
Argentina), which made this musical unforgettable and propelled the musical
to its hit status. This song creates a mix of emotions in people and the
He ended his partnership with Tim Rice and continued his work and
created Cats in 1981, based on the poetry of T.S. Eliot. Cats was one of the
oldest plays on the London stage. Cats saw its Broadway showing in London
end after more than 20 years, but there are still showings every now and
then on other stages. The musical is about a tribe of cats called Jellicle one of
the favorite songs from Cats is, Memory. This song has been sung by a lot
Cats, he created one of my favorite musicals The Phantom of the Opera that
disfigured man who wears a mask, a girl that he teaches his gift of music too,
and her love from a time before. In this musical, there are many favorite
songs some of which are, Think of Me, Masquerade, All I ask of you,
and Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again. This music makes me wonder
if this is the reason Webber records his album first and then creates the play.
I think it is because the music creates his vision for his plays. All the songs
from the play was redone by Boyzone called No Matter What, and became
internationally popular. The 21st century brought more writing and producing
popular, and creating new things he is unable to return to his accolades that
Bombay Dreams, Love Never Dies, Song and Dance, and Cricket which was
composed by him and the lyrics were by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber.
His work will be forever incorporated into Broadway and in peoples lives. He
created an amazing legacy with his work. Many famous singers bring his
more excited to know that Andrew Lloyd Webbers art and talents are shared
Memory (CATS)
This song is song by Gizabella the glamour cat in the show, she wants has
been shunned by her family and sings this song in hopes of being reunited with her
family. She is left to contemplate her memory, and is not accepted by the tribe until
the end as she reprises the song once again. This song has been performed by
many well-known artist. Elaine Page, Barbra Streisand, Nicole Scherzinger, and
Susan Boyle. It is one of the most famous songs from a musical. This musical has
the Opera. Raoul wants to protect Christine from the phantom he is telling her that
she need not fear the darkness and is expressing his love for her. Christine is asking
Raoul to take her from the darkness that the Phantom has created for her. She is
also asking Raoul to protect her and take her away from the Opera. They both are
asking the other one to love me, that is All I Ask of You. This song has been sung
by artist such as Sarah Brightman and Michael Crawford also with Steven Barton.
Kelly Clarkson and Josh Groban interpreted the song as well in a duet.
This show is about Joseph of Egypt from the bible and his brothers when they
sell him because they were jealous. This is the opening song which is a foretelling
of what is about to happen in the story. It is talking about dreams which Joseph had
the gift of interpreting dreams and was a reason he came into power in Egypt. It is a
popular song and main melody in the musical. This song has been performed by
This musical is related to Eva Peron a first lady in Argentina, Evita was loved
by all the people in Argentina due to her work. She created unions and
welfare systems to help the lower class in the country. She got sick and died
which was tragic for the country. This song is internationally known and sung
by many stars like Patty LuPone, Elaine Paige, Mandy Patinkin, and Madonna
in the movie Evita with Antonio Banderas which was recorded in Argentina.
You Must Love Me (Evita)
This song was sung when Evita was sick and Peron was always by her
side. This is one of my favorite songs in the musical. I like the message it
sends the people during the show and that is their love for each other. It was
Listening Guide
Dont Cry for Me Argentina
0:00 Strings and Brass start playing
0:22 Harp playing 3-4 notes every couple of measures
0:45 French horn comes in
0:52 Harp with strings playing under main melody
0:53 Start singing
1:42 French horns playing in the song
2:29 Orchestra
3:02 percussion and cymbals playing
3:24 Flutes
3:57 Chorus humming/ Orchestra playing
4:21 Enter singer again
4:48 Solo with strings
4:55 woodwinds enter
5:10 Orchestra powerful ending