Sigmund Romberg / William A. Everett ; with a foreword by Geoffrey Block, general editor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Everett, William A., 1962-

Contributor:

Block, Geoffrey Holden, 1948-

Series:

Yale Broadway masters.

Yale Broadway masters

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Romberg, Sigmund, 1887-1951.

Romberg, Sigmund.

Operetta--United States--20th century.

Operetta.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (1 online resource (xvii, 362 p.) ) ill., music.

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Hungarian-born composer Sigmund Romberg (1887-1951) arrived in America in 1909 and within eight years had achieved his first hit musical on Broadway. This early success was soon followed by others, and in the 1920's his popularity in musical theater was unsurpassed. In this book, William Everett offers the first detailed study of the gifted operetta composer, examining Romberg's key works and musical accomplishments and demonstrating his lasting importance in the history of American musicals. Romberg composed nearly sixty works for musical theater as well as music for revues, for musical comedies, and, later in life, for Hollywood films. Everett shows how Romberg was a defining figure of American operetta in the 1910's and 1920's (Maytime, Blossom Time, The Student Prince), traces the new model for operetta that he developed with Oscar Hammerstein II in the late 1920's (The Desert Song, The New Moon), and looks at his reworked style of the 1940's (Up in Central Park). This book offers an illuminating look at Romberg's Broadway career and legacy.

Contents:

Front matter

Contents

List of Tables

Foreword

Acknowledgments

Prologue

Chapter 1. Sigmund Romberg: The Man and His Music

Chapter 2. Finding a Voice: Operetta, Revue, and Musical Comedy

Chapter 3. Staging Nostalgia: The Road to Maytime

Chapter 4. Continued Success: The Magic Melody and Blossom Time

Chapter 5. Young Love in Old Heidelberg: The Student Prince

Chapter 6. Romance and Exoticism in North Africa: The Desert Song

Chapter 7. Exploring New Possibilities: From Cherry Blossoms to The New Moon

Chapter 8. Emulating the Past: Later Stage Works

Chapter 9. Romberg in Hollywood

Chapter 10. Building a Legacy

Epilogue: Romberg's Influence on the American Musical Theater

Appendix A: Work List

Appendix B: Broadcasts of The Railroad Hour Featuring Operettas by Romberg

Appendix C: Selected Discography

Notes

Selected Bibliography

Index

Credits

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-341), discography (p. [302]-309), and index.

ISBN:

9786611729035

9781281729033

1281729035

9780300138351

0300138350

OCLC:

1024040134