Music for the Melodramatic Theatre in Nineteenth-Century London and New York / Michael V. Pisani.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pisani, Michael V., author.

Series:

Studies in theatre history and culture.

Studies in theatre history and culture

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Dramatic music--New York (State)--New York--History and criticism.

Dramatic music.

Dramatic music--England--London--History and criticism.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (415 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Iowa City, Iowa : University of Iowa Press, 2014.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Throughout the nineteenth century, people heard more music in the theatre-accompanying popular dramas such as Frankenstein, Oliver Twist, Uncle Tom's Cabin, Lady Audley's Secret, The Corsican Brothers, The Three Musketeers, as well as historical romances by Shakespeare and Schiller-than they did in almost any other area of their lives. But unlike film music, theatrical music has received very little attention from scholars and so it has been largely lost to us. In this groundbreaking study, Michael V. Pisani goes in search of these abandoned sound

Contents:

Introduction, genres, concepts, and terms

Part one: Forging a new music-dramatic genre

The eighteenth-century roots of Melos

The rise of melodrama in the age of revolution

The early popular drama in the public theatres

Part two: Propagating the popular drama

The Anglo-American melodrama and its music

Victorian theatre bands and their leaders

The craft of Melos in rehearsal and performance

Music, suspense, and the sensation drama

Part three: Transforming the popular drama

Melos in crisis

Nationalism, "prestige music," and Irving's Lyceum

Melodrama and glamour at century's end

Conclusion: The legacy of Melos.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781609382650

160938265X

OCLC:

880827278