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''Brigadoon'' is a musical with a book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe. Songs from the musical such as "Almost Like Being in Love" have become standards. The story involves two American tourists who stumble upon Brigadoon, a mysterious Scottish village which appears for only one day every hundred years. Tommy, one of the tourists, falls in love with Fiona, a young woman from Brigadoon. The original production opened on Broadway in 1947 and ran for 581 performances. It starred David Brooks, Marion Bell, Pamela Britton, and Lee Sullivan. ''Brigadoon'' then received a West End production opening in 1949 that ran for 685 performances, and many revivals followed. A 1954 film version starred Gene Kelly and Cyd Charisse. A 1966 television version starred Robert Goulet and Peter Falk. ==Background== Lyricist and book writer Alan Jay Lerner and composer Frederick Loewe had previously collaborated on three musicals; the first, ''Life of the Party'', closed during pre-Broadway tryouts, and the second and third, ''What's Up?'' and ''The Day Before Spring'' had met with moderate success.〔Bloom and Vlastnik, p. 40〕 Inspired by Rodgers and Hammerstein's successful collaborations ''Oklahoma!'' and ''Carousel'', they created ''Brigadoon'', about a magical village in the Scottish highlands.〔Kantor, Michael, and Maslon, Laurence. ''Broadway: The American Musical''. New York: Bullfinch Press, 2004, p. 205. ISBN 0-8212-2905-2〕 Like ''Oklahoma!'' and ''Carousel'', ''Brigadoon'' included a serious love story as the main plot and a lighter romance as subplot.〔Stempel, 350〕 Thematically, the musical depicted the contrast between empty city life and the warmth and simplicity of the country, focusing on a theme of love transcending time.〔〔Suskin, pp. 103–107〕 Agnes de Mille, who had previously choreographed ''Oklahoma!'' and ''Carousel'', was hired as choreographer, and her work for ''Brigadoon'' incorporated elements of traditional Scottish folk dance; her dances for the musical included a traditional sword dance, a chase scene, and a funeral dance.〔〔 Though Lerner and Loewe originally took ''Brigadoon'' to producer Billy Rose, Cheryl Crawford was the producer who actually brought ''Brigadoon'' to Broadway.〔 Lerner explained the change in producer by saying "The contract which (Rose ) wished us to sign negated Abraham Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation that freed the slaves".〔 Under Loewe's guidance, Ted Royal received a sole orchestrator credit for his work on the original production. His atmospheric arrangements have been frequently used for the revivals.〔Steven Suskin, ''The Sound of Broadway Music,'' Oxford University Press, New York, 2009, p. 83.〕 ''The New York Timess theatre critic George Jean Nathan wrote that Lerner's book was based on a much older German story by Friedrich Gerstäcker, later translated by Charles Brandon Schaeffer, about the mythical village of Germelshausen that fell under a magic curse.〔Lees, Gene.("Brigadoon" )''The musical worlds of Lerner and Loewe'', U. of Nebraska Press, 2005, ISBN 0-8032-8040-8, p. 49〕 However, Lerner denied that he had based the book on an older story, and, in an explanation published in ''The New York Times'', stated that he didn't learn of the existence of the Germelshausen story until after he had completed the first draft of ''Brigadoon''.〔Lerner, Alan. ''The Street Where I Live''. W.W. Norton & Company, New York. 1978, p. 26〕〔Lerner, Alan Jay. "Drama Mailbag". ''The New York Times'', March 30, 1947, p. X3〕 Lerner said that in his subsequent research, he found many other legends of disappearing towns in various countries' folklore, and he pronounced their similarities "unconscious coincidence".〔 Lerner's name for his imaginary locale was probably based on a well-known Scottish landmark, the Brig o' Doon (Bridge of Doon). Other sources suggest that the fictional village's name was constructed from the Celtic word "briga", which means "town" (such as in the old city names of Segobriga and Brigantium) and the Scottish Gaelic "dùn", which means a fort. The name may also be a reference to the Celtic goddess Brigid. However the simplest explanation remains the most likely. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brigadoon」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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