The Cambridge companion to the musical / edited by William A. Everett and Paul R. Laird.

Other author Everett, William A., 1962- editor.
Other author Laird, Paul R., editor.
Format Book
EditionSecond edition.
Publication InfoNew York : Cambridge University Press, ©2008.
Descriptionxv, 412 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Subjects

SeriesCambridge companions to music
Cambridge companions to music. ^A371619
Contents Adaptations and transformations: before 1940. American musical theatre before the twentieth century / Katherine K. Preston -- Non-English-language musical theatre in the United States / John Koegel -- Birth pangs, growing pains and sibling rivalry: musical theatre in New York, 1900-1920 / Orly Leah Krasner -- American and British operetta in the 1920s: romance, nostalgia and adventure / William A. Everett -- Images of African Americans: African-American musical theatre, Showboat, and Porgy and Bess / John Graziano -- The melody (and the words) linger on: American musical comedies of the 1920s and 1930s / Geoffrey Block -- Maturations and formulations: 1940-1970. We said we wouldn't look back: British musical theatre, 1935-1960 / John Snelson -- The coming of the musical play: Rodgers and Hammerstein / Ann Sears -- The successors of Rodgers and Hammerstein from the 1940s to the 1960s / Thomas L. Riis and Ann Sears -- Musical sophistication on Broadway: Kurt Weill and Leonard Bernstein / Bruce D. McClung and Paul R. Laird -- Evolutions and integrations: after 1970. Stephen Sondheim and the musical of the outsider / Jim Lovensheimer -- Choreographers, directors and the fully integrated musical / Paul R. Laird -- From Hair to Rent: is rock a four-letter word on Broadway? / Scott Warfield -- The megamusical: the creation, internationalisation and impact of a genre / Paul Prece and William A. Everett -- Something borrowed, something blue: the marriage of the musical and Europe / Judith Sebesta -- New horizons: the musical at the dawn of the twenty-first century / Bud Coleman -- Legacies and transformations. Why do they start to sing and dance all of a sudden?: examining the film musical / Graham Wood -- Revisiting classic musicals: revivals, film, television and recordings / Jessica Sternfeld -- The creation of a Broadway musical: Stephen Schwartz, Winnie Holzman, and Wicked / Paul R. Laird.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 372-385) and index.
LCCN 2007053042
ISBN9780521862387 (hardback)
ISBN0521862388 (hardback)
ISBN9780521680844 (pbk.)
ISBN0521680840 (pbk.)

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Music Music Stacks ML2054 .C35 2008 ✔ Available Place Hold