Beautiful mornin' : the Broadway musical in the 1940s /

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"Music and girls are the soul of musical comedy," one critic wrote, early in the 1940s. But this was the age that wanted more than melody and a kick line from its musical shows. The form had been running on empty for too long, as a formula for the assembly of spare parts--star comics, gene...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mordden, Ethan, 1947-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: New York : Oxford University Press, 1999.
Subjects:
Rodgers, Richard, > 1902-1979.
Hammerstein, Oscar, > II, > 1895-1960.
Rodgers, Richard, > 1902-1979
Hammerstein, Oscar, > II, > 1895-1960
1941-1950
Musicals > New York (State) > New York > History and criticism.
Popular music > New York (State) > New York > 1941-1950 > History and criticism.
Comédies musicales > New York (État) > New York > Histoire et critique.
Musique populaire > New York (État) > New York > 1941-1950 > Histoire et critique.
MUSIC > Genres & Styles > Musicals.
Musicals
Popular music
Musical
Musicals.
Broadway (New York, N.Y.) > History.
Broadway (New York, N.Y.) > Histoire.
New York (State) > New York
New York (State) > New York > Broadway
New York <NY> > Broadway.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Musical comedy
  • Stars
  • The road to "Oklahoma!"
  • Rodgers and Hammerstein
  • Americana
  • The dance musical
  • Operetta
  • Fantasy
  • Revue
  • The musical comedy II
  • The concept musical
  • The cast album.

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