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The Cambridge companion to Rodgers and Hammerstein / edited by William A Everett.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Cambridge companions to music .
- Cambridge companions to music. Composers
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. Musicals.
- Rodgers, Richard.
- Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979--Criticism and interpretation.
- Hammerstein, Oscar, II, 1895-1960--Criticism and interpretation.
- Hammerstein, Oscar.
- Musicals--New York (State)--New York--History and criticism.
- Musicals.
- Musicals--History and criticism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxxiii, 347 pages) : digital, PDF file(s).
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2026.
- Summary:
- Sixty years after their final collaboration Rodgers and Hammerstein remain central figures in the world of musical theatre, and their global influence continues to be felt. This Companion presents their iconic work for a new generation of students, teachers and fans, giving both historical context and new perspectives on the partners, the people with whom they collaborated, and the shows they created. A chapter is devoted to each musical, from Oklahoma! to The Sound of Music, providing key information about that work in both its staged and film versions, and analysis of its distinctive features including those that present challenges for practitioners, audiences and researchers today. The volume also introduces the early careers of both creators and Rodgers's work after Hammerstein's death. The contributions represent a variety of complementary disciplinary backgrounds that can serve as models for future study not just on Rodgers and Hammerstein but also on musical theatre more generally.
- Contents:
- Part I. Before Rodgers and Hammerstein. Rodgers before Hammerstein / Dominic Symonds ; Oscar Hammerstein's Early Career / John Graziano
- Part IV. Legacies. Rodgers After Hammerstein / Dominic Broomfield-McHugh ; Daniel Fish and the 'White Noise' of Oklahoma! / Sarah Whitfield ; Many a New Day : Rodgers and Hammerstein's Staying Power / Laura MacDonald.
- Part III. The Musicals of Rodgers and Hammerstein. Oklahoma! A Musical for Its Times / Phoebe Rumsey ; State Fair and Us / Jake Johnson ; How Do You Solve a Problem Like Carousel? / Trudi Wright ; Allegro : A Musical Tale of a Medical Everyman / William A. Everett and Christopher Crenner / Minor Thoughts about South Pacific / Broderick D.V. Chow ; The King and I : Beyond Performing Geopolitics / Sissi Liu ; Me and Juliet : Innovative Metatheatrical Musical Comedy / George Burrows ; Pipe Dream : Rodgers and Hammerstein's Zeitoper? / Marida Rizzuti ; Cinderella on Television : The Transformational Power of Adaptive Dramaturgy / Jordan Ealey and Stacy Wolf ; The Bridges of Flower Drum Song / Hsun Lin ; 'Climb Ev'ry Mountain' : Places, Mobilities and Identities in The Sound of Music / Nils Grosch
- Part II. Being Rodgers and Hammerstein. The Sounds of Rodgers and Hammerstein / Paul R. Laird ; Getting to Know Them: Rodgers and Hammerstein's Co-Creators / Arianne Johnson Quinn ; 'That's When They Take It to the Bank' : The Business of Rodgers and Hammerstein / Michael Schwartz ; Rodgers and Hammerstein, the 'Integrated Musical' and 'The Golden Age' / Alex Bádue
- Notes:
- Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 31 Jul 2026).
- ISBN:
- 9781009075077
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