Rock in the musical theatre : a guide for singers / Joseph Church.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Church, Joseph, 1957- author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Oxford scholarship online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Musical theater--Instruction and study.

Musical theater.

Singing--Instruction and study.

Singing.

Rock music--Instruction and study.

Rock music.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 197 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2021.

Summary:

Today's musical theatre world rocks. This book is a practical guide to the many aspects of performing rock music in the theatre through a combination of aesthetic and theoretical study, extensive discussions of musical, vocal, and acting techniques, and chronicles of coaching sessions.

Contents:

Introduction

Part I : History, aesthetics, and literature. Background and rock aesthetics ; Popular song vs. theatre song

Part II. Theory and technique. Acting values in rock theatre songs ; Musical values in rock theatre songs ; Singing rock : vocal production and vocalism ; Rock songs : a selective, annotated survey

Part III. Process-Coaching sessions. Little shop of horrors : "Suddenly Seymour" ; Rent : "Take me or leave me" ; School of rock : "When I climb to the top of Mount Rock" ; Dreamgirls : "I am changing" ; The lion king : "Endless night" ; Beautiful : "Will you love me tomorrow" ; Kinky boots : "The history of wrong guys" ; Tommy : "Pinball wizard" and Spring awakening : "The bitch of living" ; Bare : a pop opera : "Plain Jane fat ass" and "All grown up".

Appendix.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on March 9, 2021).

Previously issued in print: 2019.

ISBN:

0-19-094349-1

0-19-005868-4

0-19-094348-3