UID:
almafu_9959695697802883
Format:
1 online resource (xiv, 412 pages) :
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digital, PDF file(s).
Edition:
Second edition.
ISBN:
1-107-48147-3
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1-107-48646-7
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1-139-00182-5
Series Statement:
Cambridge companions to music
Uniform Title:
Cambridge companions online.
Content:
Tracing the development of the musical on both Broadway and in London's West End, this updated Companion continues to provide a broad and thorough overview of one of the liveliest and most popular forms of musical performance. Ordered chronologically, essays cover from the American musical of the nineteenth century through to the most recent productions, and the book also includes key information on singers, audience, critical reception, and traditions. All of the chapters from the first edition remain - several in substantially updated forms - and five completely new chapters have been added, covering: ethnic musicals in the United States; the European musical; Broadway musicals in revival and on television; the most recent shows; and a case study of the creation of the popular show Wicked based on interviews with its creators. The Companion also includes an extensive bibliography and photographs from key productions.
Note:
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 09 Nov 2015).
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Adaptations and transformations : before 1940.
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American musical theatre before the twentieth century /
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Non-English-language musical theatre in the United States /
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Birth pangs, growing pains and sibling rivalry : musical theatre in New York, 1900-1920 /
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American and British operetta in the 1920s : romance, nostalgia and adventure /
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Images of African Americans : African-American musical theatre, Showboat, and Porgy and Bess /
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The melody (and the words) linger on : American musical comedies of the 1920s and 1930s / Geoffrey Block --
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Maturations and formulations : 1940-1970.
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'We said we wouldn't look back' : British musical theatre, 1935-1960 /
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The coming of the musical play : Rodgers and Hammerstein /
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The successors of Rodgers and Hammerstein from the 1940s to the 1960s /
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Musical sophistication on Broadway : Kurt Weill and Leonard Bernstein /
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Evolutions and integrations : after 1970.
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Stephen Sondheim and the musical of the outsider /
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Choreographers, directors and the fully integrated musical /
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From Hair to Rent : is rock a four-letter word on Broadway? /
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The megamusical : the creation, internationalisation and impact of a genre /
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Something borrowed, something blue : the marriage of the musical and Europe /
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New horizons : the musical at the dawn of the twenty-first century /
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Legacies and transformations.
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Why do they start to sing and dance all of a sudden? : examining the film musical /
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Revisiting classic musicals : revivals, film, television and recordings /
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The creation of a Broadway musical : Stephen Schwartz, Winnie Holzman, and Wicked /
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English
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-68084-0
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0-521-86238-8
Language:
English
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