Cargando…
American Musical Theater : a Chronicle.
The new edition of the leading survey of the American musical has been expanded and updated to cover the 1999-2000 season. Covering more than 250 years o musical theater history, the new edition of the book Newsweek called "the best reference of its kind" is an ummatched blend of narrative...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
|---|---|
| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
| Publicado: |
Oxford University Press, USA
2001.
|
| Temas: | |
| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 1 PROLOGUE: Origins to 1866
- 2 ACT ONE: Early Successes, 1866-1892
- Scene One: Opéra Bouffe and Native Elements, 1866-1878
- Scene Two: H.M.S. Pinafore and the Great Transformation, 1878-1892
- 3 INTERMISSION: Further British Influences and New Stirrings, 1892-1902
- 4 ACT TWO: The Emergence of American Talent, 1902-1907
- 5 INTERMISSION: Viennese Operetta and the American Retreat, 1907-1914
- 6 ACT THREE: The Birth of the Modern Musical, 1914-1921
- 7 INTERMISSION: The Cinderella Era, 1921-1924
- 8 ACT FOUR: The Golden Age of the American Musical, 1924-1937.
- Scene One: Songwriters' Shows as Pure Entertainment, 1924-1929
- Scene Two: Depression and ""Talkies""-Broadway's Answer, 1929-1937
- 9 INTERMISSION: Broadway's Response to the Swing Era, 1937-1942
- 10 ACT FIVE: The American Musical as a Conscious Art Form, 1942-1965
- Scene One: Americana Amid a New Seriousness, 1942-1951
- Scene Two: Increasing Problems-Lowering Standards, 1951-1965
- 11 INTERMISSION: Exhaustion, 1965-1969
- 12 ACT SIX: Full Circle?
- or, Return of the Brits, 1969-1995
- Scene One: Startlingly New, Delightfully Old, 1969-1981.
- Scene Two: A Musical Trade Imbalance, 1981-1995
- 13 EPILOGUE: Technological Spectacles, Retrospectives, and Revivals, 1995-?
- Indexes
- Shows and Sources
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y
- Z
- Songs
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y
- Z
- People
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- V
- W
- Y
- Z.