The rise and fall of the Broadway musical

From soaring divas to growling rockers : how changes in singing forged and felled the show tune -- How mavericks, highbrows, and enlightened collectivism invented the book and lyrics and tweaked the music -- Revolutions in Broadway rhythm : how the rock groove decomposed the musical and dismantled t...

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1. Verfasser: Grant, Mark N. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Boston, Mass. u.a. Northeastern Univ. Press 2004
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Zusammenfassung:From soaring divas to growling rockers : how changes in singing forged and felled the show tune -- How mavericks, highbrows, and enlightened collectivism invented the book and lyrics and tweaked the music -- Revolutions in Broadway rhythm : how the rock groove decomposed the musical and dismantled the fourth wall -- The loudspeakers are alive with the sound of music : how electronics trumped the artful acoustics of Broadway -- Wagging the musical : how director-choreographers co-opted a writer's medium -- The age of McMusicals : vaudeville redux
From soaring divas to growling rockers : how changes in singing forged and felled the show tune -- How mavericks, highbrows, and enlightened collectivism invented the book and lyrics and tweaked the music -- Revolutions in Broadway rhythm and how the rock groove decomposed the musical and dismantled the fourth wall -- The loudspeakers are alive with the sound of music : how electronics trumped the artful acoustics of broadway -- Wagging the musical : how choreographer-directors coopted a writer's medium.
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references (p. ) and index
Beschreibung:365 S., [6] Bl.
Ill.
ISBN:1555536239
1-55553-623-9
1555536425
1-55553-642-5