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The big parade : Meredith Willson's musicals from The music man to 1491 / Dominic McHugh.
LIBRA ML410.W714 M34 2021
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Broomfield-McHugh, Dominic, author.
- Series:
- Broadway legacies
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Willson, Meredith, 1902-1984.
- Musicals--Writing and publishing.
- Musicals.
- Composers--United States.
- Composers.
- Criticism and interpretation.
- United States.
- Willson, Meredith, 1902-1984--Criticism and interpretation.
- Willson, Meredith.
- Willson, Meredith, 1902-1984. Music man.
- Willson, Meredith, 1902-1984. Unsinkable Molly Brown.
- Willson, Meredith, 1902-1984. 1491.
- Willson, Meredith, 1902-1984. Here's love.
- Willson, Meredith, 1902-1984. Miracle on 34th Street.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 272 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
- Summary:
- Though Meredith Willson is best remembered for The Music Man, there is a great deal more to his career as a composer and lyricist. In The Big Parade, author Dominic McHugh uses newly uncovered letters, manuscripts, and production files to reveal Willson's unusual combination of experiences in his pre-Broadway career that led him to compose The Music Man.
- Contents:
- Machine generated contents note: 1. Seeking the Roots of The Music Man: Meredith Willson's Cultural Eclecticism
- 2. From The Silver Triangle to The Music Man: Creating the Book for an Original Musical
- 3. Composing the Score for a Musical about Music
- 4. Marching Still Right Today: The Music Man from Philadelphia to Broadway and Beyond
- 5. After The Music Man: The Unsinkable Molly Brown in the Shadow of a Hit
- 6. Singing through Evil Times: Here's Love, Miracle on 34th Street, and the Challenge of the Musical Adaptation
- 7. 1491: The Final Voyage.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-251) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Alfred Reginald Allen Memorial Fund of The Savoy Company.
- Other Format:
- Online version: McHugh, Dominic. Big Parade. $dNew York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2021]
- ISBN:
- 0197554733
- 9780197554739
- OCLC:
- 1235869612
- Publisher Number:
- 99988833355
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