Musical theatre : a history
Kenrick, John2008
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Musical theatre : a history / John Kenrick
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Imprint:
New York, NY : The Continuum International Publishing Group Inc., 2008
Notes:
CC
Contents:
Ancient times to 1850 : "Playgoers, I bid you welcome!"Continental operetta (1840-1900) : "Typical of France" - American explorations (1624-1880) : "The music of something beginning" - Gilbert & Sullivan (1880-1900) : "Object all sublime"The birth of musical comedy (1880-1899) : "It belong'd to my father before I was born"A new century (1900-1913) : "Whisper of how I'm yearning"American ascendance (1914-1919) : "In a class beyond compare"Al Jolson : "The world's greatest entertainer" - The jazz age (1920-1929) : "I want to be happy"Depression era miracles (1930-1940) : "Trouble's just a bubble" - A new beginning (1940-1950) : "They couldn't pick a better time"Broadway takes stage (1950-1963) : "The street where you live"Rock rolls in (1960-1970) : "Soon it's gonna rain"New directions (1970-1979) : "Vary my days"Spectacles and boardrooms : "As if we never said goodbye"Musical comedy returns (the 2000s) : "Where did we go right?"
ISBN:
9780826428608
Dewey class:
782.140973
Language:
English
BRN:
38593
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