About Pacific Overtures
Pacific Overtures is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, a libretto by John Weidman, and additional material by Hugh Wheeler, set in 1853 Japan. The title of the work is ironic, nodding toward "overture" as a musical form, and archly noting that the initiatives of the Western powers for commercial exploitation of the Pacific nation were anything but pacific overtures. Built around a quasi-Japanese pentatonic scale, the music contrasts Japanese contemplation ("There is No Other Way") with Western ingeniousness ("Please Hello
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Top Tracks
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Someone In A Tree
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Pretty Lady
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A Bowler Hat
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Poems
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Chrysanthemum Tea
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The Advantages of Floating in the Middle of the Sea
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Four Black Dragons
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There is No Other Way
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Welcome To Kanagawa
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Next
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Please Hello
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March To The Treaty House
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Prologue
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Please Hello!
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"Whatever happened inside the treaty house..."
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1976 Original Broadway Cast
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"My Lord Governor of Uraga, you have saved my life."
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"Kayama Yesaemon. A Samurai, but one of little consequence."
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"Disaster! The Americans insist upon landing."
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Someone In A Tree (1976)
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Prayers (Bonus Track)
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Pretty Lady (from "Pacific Overtures")
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Pretty Lady (1976)
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Kayama Yesaemon. A samurai, but one of little consequence
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Please Hello (1976)
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Welcome to Kanagawa!
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The Advantages of Floating in the Middle of the Ocean
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"Disaster! the americans insist upon landing!"
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"Whatever Happened Inside The Treaty House"
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Track 8 Please Hello
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"Kayama Yesaemon. A Samurai, But One Of Little Consequence"
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"Disaster! The Americans Insist Upon Landing"
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My Lord Governor Of Uraga, You Have Saved My Life"
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Pacific Overtures
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11 - Next
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Pretty Ladies
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Prayers [bonus track]
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Advantages of Floating in the Middle of the Sea
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Chrysamthemum Tea
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Track 4 Crysanthemum Tea
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Bowler Hat, A
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There is No Other Way/Four Black Dragons
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Isao Sato, Sab Shimono - A Bowler Hat
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"My Lord Governor of Uraga..."
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Prayers
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"Kayama Yesaemon. A samurai..."
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"Disaster! The Americans insist on landing..."
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"My Lord Govenor Of Uraga..."
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What Did The Councillors Say?
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Lion Dance
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