The Cambridge Companion to the Musical
3rd Edition
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Part of Cambridge Companions to Music
- Editors:
- William A. Everett, University of Missouri, Kansas City
- Paul R. Laird, University of Kansas
- Date Published: September 2017
- availability: Available
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107535299
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The expanded and updated third edition of this acclaimed Companion provides an accessible, broadly based survey of one of the liveliest and most popular forms of musical performance. It ranges from the American musical of the nineteenth century to the most recent productions on Broadway, in London's West End, and many other venues, and includes key information on singers, audiences, critical reception, and traditions. Contributors approach the subject from a wide variety of perspectives, including historical concerns, artistic aspects, important trends, attention to various genres, the importance of stars, the influence of race, the various disciplines of theatrical production, the musical in varied media, and changes in technology. Chapters related to the contemporary musical have been updated, and two new chapters cover the television musical and the British musical since 1970. Carefully organised and highly readable, it will be welcomed by enthusiasts, students, and scholars alike.
Read more- Considers the musical from a variety of perspectives - historical, important trends, genres, creators and race - so that readers will receive a multidimensional understanding of the musical
- Includes coverage of Broadway and the West End, in addition to European musicals, and musical films and television, helping readers to understand the multinational nature of the genre and its expression in other media
- The book's broad appeal, written for non-music specialists, means that all readers will find the work accessible
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- Edition: 3rd Edition
- Date Published: September 2017
- format: Paperback
- isbn: 9781107535299
- length: 502 pages
- dimensions: 246 x 174 x 22 mm
- weight: 0.99kg
- availability: Available
Table of Contents
1. How to create a musical: the case of Wicked Paul R. Laird
Part I. Adaptations and Transformations: before 1940:
2. American musical theatre before the twentieth century Katherine K. Preston
3. Non-English-language musical theatre in the United States John Koegel
4. Birth pangs, growing pains, and sibling rivalry: musical theatre in New York, 1900–20 Orly Leah Krasner
5. American and British operetta in the 1920s: romance, nostalgia, and adventure William A. Everett
6. Images of African Americans: African-American musical theatre, Show Boat and Porgy and Bess John Graziano
7. The melody (and the words) linger on: American musical comedies of the 1920s and 1930s Geoffrey Block
Part II. Maturations and Formulations:
1940–70:
8. 'We said we wouldn't look back': British musical theatre, 1935–69 John Snelson
9. The coming of the musical play: Rodgers and Hammerstein Ann Sears
10. The successors of Rodgers and Hammerstein from the 1940s to the 1960s Thomas L. Riis and Ann Sears
11. Musical sophistication on Broadway: Kurt Weill and Leonard Bernstein Bruce D. Mcclung and Paul R. Laird
Part III. Evolutions and Integrations: after 1970:
12. Stephen Sondheim and the musical of the outsider Jim Lovensheimer
13. Choreographers, directors, and the fully integrated musical Paul R. Laird
14. From Hair to Rent and beyond: has 'rock' ever been a four-letter word on Broadway? Scott Warfield
15. The megamusical: the creation, internationalisation, and impact of a genre Paul Prece and William A. Everett
16. 'In this England, in these times': redefining the British musical since 1970 Miranda Lundskaer-Nielsen
17. 'Tonight I will bewitch the world': the European musical Judith Sebesta and Laura MacDonald
18. New horizons: the musical at the dawn of the twenty-first century Bud Coleman
Part IV. Legacies and Transformations:
19. Why do they start to sing and dance all of a sudden? Examining the film musical Graham Wood
20. Revisiting classic musicals: revivals, films, television, and recordings Jessica Sternfeld
21. Big dreams on the small screen: the television musical Mary Jo Lodge.
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