"Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer" is a more complex Storyline, demanding more words to do the Exposition, the scene-setting.

It begins with a 'recitation', less 'sung' than 'recited';

You know Dasher, and Dancer, and Prancer, and Vixen, Comet, and Cupid, and Donner, and Blitzen.
But do you recall,
the most famous reindeer of all?

And the Chorus Refrain opens the Verse; (commas 'rest' the Phrasing)

Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, had a very shiny nose!
And if you ever saw it, you would even say it glows!
All of the other reindeer, used to laugh and call him names!
They wouldn't let poor Rudolph, join in any reindeer games!

Then the Melody changes, a change of dynamics, in what I will label a Bridge, breaking the monotony that more identical Repetition might risk.

Then one foggy Christmas Eve, Santa came to say,
"Rudolph, with your nose so bright, won't you guide my sleigh tonight?"

The Melody at that point Repeats from the previous Verse (All of the other reindeer)
Then all the reindeer loved him, and they shouted out with glee,
Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer, you'll go down in history!

And Verse I with the Chorus Refrain, Repeats, and the ear welcomes back the familiar Melody and Lyric.
Getting the story exposed demanded a lot of words. Structure simplified it, made it 'listenable' therefore 'memorable', memorizable, sing-along-able.

And that made it a classic, perennially played in Royalty-generating venues.


Last edited by Gary E. Andrews; 11/26/22 05:05 PM.
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