150 Years of Popular Musical Theatre
150 Years of Popular Musical Theatre

Author: Andrew Lamb

Publisher: Yale University Press

Published: 2000-01-01

Total Pages: 400

ISBN-13: 9780300075380

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Covers the development of musicals, from the earliest European operetta styles of France and Germany to the modern musical of the United States and Britain.

Operetta
Operetta

Author: Richard Traubner

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2004-06

Total Pages: 511

ISBN-13: 1135887837

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Considered the classic history of this important musical theater form. Traubner's book, first published in 1983, is still recognized as the key history of the people and productions that made operetta a worldwide phenomenon.

Music and Cosmopolitanism
Music and Cosmopolitanism

Author: Cristina Magaldi

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2024

Total Pages: 425

ISBN-13: 0199744777

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In Music and Cosmopolitanism, Cristina Magaldi examines music making in a past globalized world. This volume focuses on one city, Rio de Janeiro, and how it became part of a larger world through music and performance. Magaldi describes a process of creating connections beyond national borders, one that is familiar to contemporary city residents, but which was already dominant at the turn of the 20th century, as new technological developments led to alternative ways of making and experiencing music.

Wartime Style
Wartime Style

Author: Lora Ann Sigler

Publisher: McFarland

Published: 2022-10-24

Total Pages: 215

ISBN-13: 1476648409

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This work is a comparative study of the three "great" American wars of the 20th century: World War I, World War II and Vietnam. The book explores several aspects of American popular culture, like fashion, film and societal mores. While a number of books have covered fashion during individual wars, this is the first study to compare several major conflicts, drawing some conclusions regarding the lasting influences of wardrobe over an entire century. This book provides short background information for each war, briefly covering earlier conflicts that shaped the hostilities of the 20th century. Although the emphasis is on women's clothing, participation and service, men are not ignored. Their fashions not only speak to the times, but the enormity of their sacrifices.