Musical theatre a history
playgoers, I bid you welcome! -- Continental operetta (1840-1900): typical of France -- American explorations (1624-1880): the music of something beginning -- Gilbert and Sullivan (1880-1900): object all sublime -- The birth of musical comedy (1880-1899): It belong'd to my father before I was b...
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New York u.a.
Continuum
2008
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Tag hinzufügen | Zusammenfassung: | playgoers, I bid you welcome! -- Continental operetta (1840-1900): typical of France -- American explorations (1624-1880): the music of something beginning -- Gilbert and 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? Introduction. Let's start at the very beginning -- 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 and 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? |
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| Beschreibung: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-393) and index |
| Beschreibung: | 408 S. Ill. 24 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780826428608 978-0-8264-2860-8 0826428606 0-8264-2860-6 |