In 2015 john franceschina authored the oxford press publication music theory through musical theatre putting it together in this very volume of this journal andrew gerles new music essentials for singers and actors 2018 is reviewed this year also saw the first doctoral thesis on the subject presented by justin cowan. Music theory for musical theatre is a textbook designed to demystify music theory and analysis to make it more accessible to the musical theatre student it aims to equip the student with a basic skill set that he or she can directly apply to the art form. Music theory for musical theatre is a textbook designed to demystify music theory and analysis to make it more accessible to the musical theatre student it aims to equip the student with a basic skill set that he or she can directly apply to the art form. Music theory for musical theatre is divided into three parts part 1 deals with the rudiments of musical language starting with melody and ending with form