The Rise And Fall of the Broadway Musical

Grant, Mark N.; Mark N. Grant

ISBN 10: 1555536425 / ISBN 13: 9781555536428

Verlag: Northeastern University Press/ Published by the University Press of New England, Hanover, NH and London, 2004

Beschreibung

365 pp. Flawless book.

Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1iiEe0036

Bibliografische Details

• Titel: The Rise And Fall of the Broadway Musical
• Verlag: Northeastern University Press/ Published by the University Press of New England, Hanover, NH and London
• Erscheinungsjahr: 2004
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN-10: 1555536425
• ISBN-13: 9781555536428
• Einband: Trade Paperback
• Illustrator: Joan Roberts as Laurey in the Original 1943 Cast of 'Oklahoma !' (Cover Photos)
• Zustand: Like New
• Verkäuferkataloge:
  • Music, Music History & Studies, Musicology, etc.
  • Academic, Scholarly, Research
  • Art, Art Criticism, Art History & Studies, etc.

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Inhaltsangabe

Many of today's Broadway shows, from Rent to The Lion King, have become commercial hits, but do they have the cultural importance or the dramatic and musical artistry of such enduring productions as Oklahoma!, Show Boat, or Kiss Me, Kate? Mark N. Grant traces the transformation of singing and melody, libretto and lyric writing, dance rhythms, sound design, and choreography and stage direction through three distinct eras: the formative period (1866-1927), the golden age (1927-1966), and the fall (1967 to the present). He explores how and why the unsophisticated genre of pre-1927 musical comedy evolved into the creative, innovative, and immensely popular theatre produced by the likes of Rodgers and Hammerstein and then steadily faded as a significant entertainment genre in American culture, giving rise to the"McMusicals" of today. This provocative, sometimes irreverent work offers a refreshing perspective on the history of American musical theatre and provides strong views on restoring the genre to its former greatness.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

MARK N. GRANT is a composer and writer. His concert music and theater pieces have been performed in the United States and Europe. He is the author of Maestros of the Pen: A History of Classical Music Criticism in America, winner of the ASCAP - Deems Taylor Award. He lives in New York City.