The American musical : history & development Peter H. Riddle ; edited by Gay Riddle

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Riddle, Peter H., 1939-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Musicals--United States--History and criticism.

Physical Description:

215 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Oakville, Ontario ; Niagara Falls, NY : Mosaic Press, ©2003.

Summary:

"The American Musical: History & Development traces the origins of music theatre from its 18th century European roots through its transformation in 19th century America, and its relation to American popular forms of entertainment as the minstrel show, burlesque and the revue. The flowering of the true musical comedy is documented, as represented by the Princess Musicals of Jerome Kern and P.G. Wodehouse, which then gave birth to the first enduring masterpiece of American music drama, Kern and Hammersteins's Show Boat." "Music Theatre of the 1930s charted new courses of realism and satire in the hands of Cole Porter, the Gershwin Brothers, Rodgers and Hart. Then in 1943, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II revolutionized the form with the innovations of Oklahoma." "The book includes sections on Stephen Sondheim, Andrew Lloyd Webber and the development of music theatre through the sixties and beyond."--Jacket.

Contents:

Introduction

1. Pink tights

2. Of satire and slavery

3. The naughty shows

4. From across the sea

5. The book

6. Enter Oscar

7. That wonderful year

8. Coming of age

9. Before Porgy

10. "I loves you, Porgy"

11. More of the same

12. "No gags, no gals, no chance"

13. Some insights

14. Whither Oscar

15. Hammerstein to Sondheim

16. A tip of the hat

17. Fritz and Alan, and the "Lady"

18. Other voices

19. Milestones

20. The many shapes of songs

21. Another 'sixties revolution

22. Imagination and exploration

23. Two hits and a miss

24. Into the woods

25. Of death and opera

Afterword

Appendix : Broadway on film

Glossary

Bibliography

Endnotes

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 172-173) and index.

Local Notes:

Forrest Performing Arts Collection.

Other Format:

Online version: Riddle, Peter. American musical.

ISBN:

0889628289

9780889628281

OCLC:

53793983