150 years of popular musical theatre / Andrew Lamb.

Author/creator Lamb, Andrew, 1942-
Format Book
Publication InfoNew Haven, CT : Yale University Press, ©2000.
Descriptionx, 380 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm
Subjects
Musicals--History and criticism.
Musical theater--History and criticism.

Variant title One hundred fifty years of popular musical theatre
Contents Part I. Continental European operetta from Offenbach to Lehar. Paris and the rise of Offenbach -- Third Republic Paris -- The Viennese waltz operetta -- Fin de Siecle -- Habsburg twilight -- Part II. Comic opera and musical comedy: Britain and America -- Gilbert and Sullivan and British comic opera -- Gaiety girls -- The American melting pot -- America ascendant -- The musical comes of age -- Part III. Continental European round-up -- The 1920s: the "Annees Folles" -- The troubled 1930s -- European national schools -- Part IV. The musical since World War II -- The golden age of the American musical -- Lyricists' musicals in the golden age -- Coleman, Kander and Ebb, Herman, and Sondheim -- Postwar London -- Towards the twenty-first century.
Abstract Covers the development of musicals, from the earliest European operetta styles of France and Germany to the modern musical of the United States and Britain.
General noteIncludes index.
LCCN 00025281
ISBN0300075383 (alk. paper)

Availability

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Music Music Stacks ML1700 .L24 2000 ✔ Available Place Hold