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Broadway to Main Street : how show tunes enchanted America / Laurence Maslon.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Maslon, Laurence, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Musicals--New York (State)--New York--History and criticism.
- Musicals.
- Popular music--United States--History and criticism.
- Popular music.
- Sound recordings--Production and direction--History.
- Sound recordings.
- Original cast recordings.
- Dissemination of music.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (273 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2018.
- Summary:
- 'Broadway to Main Street' is a chronicle of how the songs of the American Musical Theater made their way - through sheet music, popular recordings, the radio, original cast albums, television, CDs, and the Internet - from the Theater District to living rooms across the country.
- Contents:
- Introduction : House seat : Music and the private space of Broadway
- Turn over for act two : content and the context of Broadway
- The Jewish population of Tennessee : sheet music and the imprimatur of Broadway
- Face the music (and dance) : the gramophone and the voice of Broadway
- The majestic theater of the air : radio and the personality of Broadway
- The farmer and the cowman should be friends : album sets and the narrative of Broadway
- Every home's a first night : the long-playing record and the commodity of Broadway
- Songs for swingin' show fans : hit singles and the catalog of Broadway
- "And My fair lady is a terrific show, they say" : the record producer and the blockbuster of Broadway
- Hymn for a Sunday evening : television and the mythology of Broadway
- A few of my favorite things : movie stars and the soundtrack of Broadway
- Was there too much of a crowd, all too lush and loud? : pop singles and the adult contemporaneity of Broadway
- Losing my timing this late in my career : the rock scene and the middle of the road for Broadway
- "You never seen a show like this before!" : compact discs and the digitization of Broadway
- History has its eyes on you : the internet and the mixtape of Broadway.
- Notes:
- Previously issued in print: 2018.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-19-062041-2
- 0-19-062042-0
- 0-19-983254-4
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