Catalog of the American Musical
Author: Tommy Krasker
Publisher:
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 468
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The American Musical Theater
Author: Lehman Engel
Publisher:
Published: 1967
Total Pages: 264
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis 1967 book provides a critical history of 20th century musicals in the United States.
Broadway
Author: Laurence Maslon
Publisher: Applause Theatre & Cinema
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781423491033
DOWNLOAD EBOOK(Applause Books). A companion to the six-part PBS documentary series, Broadway: The American Musical is the first comprehensive history of the musical, from its roots at the turn of the 20th century through the smashing successes of the new millennium. The in-depth text is lavishly illustrated with a treasure trove of photographs, sheet-music covers, posters, scenic renderings, production stills, rehearsal shots and caricatures, many previously unpublished. Revised and updated, with a brand-new foreword by Julie Andrews and new material on all the Broadway musicals through the 2009-2010 season.
Approaches to the American Musical
Author: Robert Lawson-Peebles
Publisher: University of Exeter Press
Published: 1996
Total Pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9780859894050
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis new analysis of American film and stage musicals puts forward the argument that productions such as Kiss Me Kate were popular because they dealt with important issues such as ethnicity, rather than because of their value as escapism.
Mormons, Musical Theater, and Belonging in America
Author: Jake Johnson
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Published: 2019-06-30
Total Pages: 224
ISBN-13: 025205136X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints adopted the vocal and theatrical traditions of American musical theater as important theological tenets. As Church membership grew, leaders saw how the genre could help define the faith and wove musical theater into many aspects of Mormon life. Jake Johnson merges the study of belonging in America with scholarship on voice and popular music to explore the surprising yet profound link between two quintessentially American institutions. Throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Mormons gravitated toward musicals as a common platform for transmitting political and theological ideas. Johnson sees Mormons using musical theater as a medium for theology of voice--a religious practice that suggests how vicariously voicing another person can bring one closer to godliness. This sounding, Johnson suggests, created new opportunities for living. Voice and the musical theater tradition provided a site for Mormons to negotiate their way into middle-class respectability. At the same time, musical theater became a unique expressive tool of Mormon culture.
The American Musical
Author: Peter Riddle
Publisher: Oakville, Ont. : Mosaic Press
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 228
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book traces the origins of music theatre from its 18th century European roots through its transformation in 19th century America, and its relation to American popular forms of entertainment as the minstrel show, burlesque and the revue. The flowering of the true musical comedy is documented, as represented by the Princess Musical of Jerome Kern and P G Wodehouse, which then gave birth to the first enduring masterpieces of American music drama -- Kern and Hammerstein's 'Show Boat'. Includes section on Stephen Sondheim, Andrew Lloyd Webber and the development of music theatre through the sixties and beyond.
American Musical Comedy
Author: Gerald Martin Bordman
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press
Published: 1982
Total Pages: 280
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKA companion volume to American Operetta, this book traces the historical development of that quintessential American art form, the musical comedy. Full of fascinating details and telling insights, it also includes the long-lost text of the 1884 hit Adonis, the first musical comedy to run over 500 performances on Broadway.
Can't Help Singin'
Author: Gerald Mast
Publisher: Overlook Books
Published: 1987
Total Pages: 406
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKIncludes chapters on Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, the Gershwins, Busby Berkeley, Fred Astaire, Rodgers and Hart, Cole Porter, and Rodgers and Hammerstein.
The American musical
Author: Tom Vallance
Publisher:
Published: 1967
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKNew Complete Book of the American Musical Theater
Author: David Ewen
Publisher: Holt McDougal
Published: 1970
Total Pages: 892
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKCovers 500 musical shows from The Black Crook (1866) to Applause, including 160 composers, librettists, and lyricists, with plot summaries, production history, stars, and songs.
