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Broadway to Main Street : how show tunes enchanted America / Laurence Maslon.
LIBRA ML1711.8.N3 M372 2018
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Maslon, Laurence, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Musicals--New York (State)--New York--History and criticism.
- Musicals.
- Sound recordings--Production and direction.
- History.
- New York (State)--New York.
- Popular music--United States--History and criticism.
- Popular music.
- United States.
- Original cast recordings.
- Dissemination of music.
- Sound recordings--Production and direction--History.
- Sound recordings.
- Genre:
- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
- History.
- Physical Description:
- xix, 252 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
- Contents:
- 1 Turn Over for Act Two p. 1
- Content and the Context of Broadway
- 2 The Jewish Population of Tennessee p. 9
- Sheet Music and the Imprimatur of Broadway
- 3 Face the Music (and Dance) p. 21
- The Gramophone and the Voice of Broadway
- 4 The Majestic Theater of the Air p. 39
- Radio and the Personality of Broadway
- 5 The Farmer and the Cowman Should Be Friends p. 53
- Album Sets and the Narrative of Broadway
- 6 Every Home's a First Night p. 73
- The Long-Playing Record and the Commodity of Broadway
- 7 Songs for Swingin' Show Fans p. 91
- Hit Singles and the Catalog of Broadway
- 8 "And My Fair Lady Is a Terrific Show, They Say" p. 105
- The Record Producer and the Blockbuster of Broadway
- 9 Hymn for a Sunday Evening p. 123
- Television and the Mythology of Broadway
- 10 A Few of My Favorite Things p. 141
- Movie Stars and the Soundtrack of Broadway
- 11 Was There Too Much of a Crowd, All Too Lush and Loud? p. 153
- Pop Singles and the Adult Contemporaneity of Broadway
- 12 Losing My Timing This Late in My Career p. 173
- The Rock Scene and the Middle of the Road for Broadway
- 13 "You Never Seen a Show Like This Before!" p. 193
- Compact Discs and the Digitization of Broadway
- 14 History Has Its Eyes on You p. 209
- The Internet and the Mixtape of Broadway.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-235) and index.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Maslon, Laurence. Broadway to Main Street.
- ISBN:
- 9780199832538
- 0199832536
- OCLC:
- 1002722407
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