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1 online resource |
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data file rda |
| Note |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed May 14, 2020). |
| Summary |
""Oscar Hammerstein I came to New York in the 1860s, a Prussian runaway with $1.50 his pocket, and found work at a cigar factory. A decade later he was publishing the nation's leading tobacco trade journal and held dozens of patents for cigar-rolling machinery. He made a fortune and turned his efforts to theater. He built eight of them, including four around Longacre Square-later Times Square-which became a thriving theater district. A daring impresario, he was involved at all levels, from booking to composition to stagecraft. Throughout the Gay Nineties and early 20th century, he billed the world's top actors, prima donnas and vaudeville acts. Then, as now, show business was speculation and high adventure, with rivalries fought in the headlines. Always a storm center, Hammerstein played a skillful chess game with both partners and performers while staging first-class shows for capacity crowds. This biography-from an unfinished manuscript by the son of one of his stage managers-recounts the heyday of his bold productions, his often turbulent relationships with associates, and the birth of Broadway."--Provided by publisher"-- Provided by publisher |
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Cover -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgments by Adrea Tomars Nairne -- Preface by Adolph S. Tomars (date unknown) -- Editor's Note by Adrea Tomars Nairne -- 1. Mr. Show Business -- 2. The Grand Alliance -- 3. The Prisoner in the Gilsey House -- 4. Glorifying the Human Form -- 5. Gala Performance-Unscheduled -- 6. Lawmen, Showmen and Shysters -- 7. Hammerstein's Folly -- 8. Olympian Splendor -- 9. The Great Guilbert -- 10. The War of the Music Halls -- 11. "Stop Hammerstein!" -- 12. Counterattack-Thrust and Parry -- 13. Mechanization of the Living Picture -- 14. Broadway Hits and Misses |
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15. The Great Fregoli -- Epilogue -- Chapter Notes -- Index |
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Hammerstein, Oscar, 1846-1919.
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Hammerstein, Oscar, 1846-1919. (OCoLC)fst00425770
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Impresarios -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.
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Musical theater -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 19th century.
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Musical theater -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th century.
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Impresarios. (OCoLC)fst00968246
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Musical theater. (OCoLC)fst01030807
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New York (State) -- New York.
(OCoLC)fst01204333
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1800-1999
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| Genre/Form |
Biography.
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Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Tomars, Adolph S., 1908-1985. First Oscar Hammerstein and New York's Golden age of theater and music. Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland and Company, Inc., 2020 9780786496150 0786496150 (DLC) 2020009867 (OCoLC)1120742509 |
| ISBN |
9781476639130 (electronic book) |
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1476639132 (electronic book) |
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