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100 1 a| Block, Geoffrey Holden,d| 1948-=| ^A665876;

245 10 a| Richard Rodgers /c| Geoffrey Block.;

300 a| xiii, 315 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 25 cm.;

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490 1 a| Yale Broadway masters;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-290) and indexes.;

505 0 a| From apprentice to musical dramatist -- A tale of two Connecticut Yankees -- Hits, long runs, and a musical comedy of errors -- World War II, the musical: South Pacific -- Broadway comes to television: the three Cinderellas -- After Hammerstein.;

520 a| Richard Rodgers was an icon of the musical theater, a prolific composer whose career spanned six decades and who wrote more than a thousand songs and forty shows for the American stage. In this absorbing book, the author examines Rodgers's entire career, providing rich details about the creation, staging, and critical reception of some of his most popular musicals. The author traces Rodgers's musical education, early work, and the development of his musical and dramatic language. He focuses on two shows by Rodgers and Hart (A Connecticut Yankee and The Boys from Syracuse) and two by Rodgers and Hammerstein (South Pacific and Cinderella), offering new insights into each one. He concludes with the first serious look at the five neglected and often maligned musicals that Rodgers composed in the 1960s and 1970s, after the death of Hammerstein.;

600 10 a| Rodgers, Richard,d| 1902-1979x| Criticism and interpretation.=| ^A633430;

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Richard Rodgers / Geoffrey Block.

Author/creator	Block, Geoffrey Holden, 1948-
Format	Book
Publication Info	New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2003.
Description	xiii, 315 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
Subjects	Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979--Criticism and interpretation.

Series	Yale Broadway masters Yale Broadway masters. ^A565598
Contents	From apprentice to musical dramatist -- A tale of two Connecticut Yankees -- Hits, long runs, and a musical comedy of errors -- World War II, the musical: South Pacific -- Broadway comes to television: the three Cinderellas -- After Hammerstein.
Abstract	Richard Rodgers was an icon of the musical theater, a prolific composer whose career spanned six decades and who wrote more than a thousand songs and forty shows for the American stage. In this absorbing book, the author examines Rodgers's entire career, providing rich details about the creation, staging, and critical reception of some of his most popular musicals. The author traces Rodgers's musical education, early work, and the development of his musical and dramatic language. He focuses on two shows by Rodgers and Hart (A Connecticut Yankee and The Boys from Syracuse) and two by Rodgers and Hammerstein (South Pacific and Cinderella), offering new insights into each one. He concludes with the first serious look at the five neglected and often maligned musicals that Rodgers composed in the 1960s and 1970s, after the death of Hammerstein.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-290) and indexes.
LCCN	2003002412
ISBN	0300097476 (cloth : alk. paper)

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