Musical theatre : a history /
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Continuum,
2010.
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| Edition: | Pbk. ed. |
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Table of Contents:
- Ancient times to 1850 : "Playgoers, I bid you welcome!"
- Continental operetta (1840-1900) : "Typical of France"
- American explorations (1624-1880) : "The music of something beginning"
- Gilbert & Sullivan (1880-1900) : "Object all sublime"
- The birth of musical comedy (1880-1899) : "It belong'd to my father before I was born"
- A new century (1900-1913) : "Whisper of how I'm yearning"
- American ascendance (1914-1919) : "In a class beyond compare"
- Al Jolson : "The world's greatest entertainer"
- The jazz age (1920-1929) : "I want to be happy"
- Depression era miracles (1930-1940) : "Trouble's just a bubble"
- A new beginning (1940-1950) : "They couldn't pick a better time"
- Broadway takes stage (1950-1963) : "The street where you live"
- Rock rolls in (1960-1970) : "Soon it's gonna rain"
- New directions (1970-1979) : "Vary my days"
- Spectacles and boardrooms : "As if we never said goodbye"
- Musical comedy returns (the 2000s) : "Where did we go right?"