| Edition |
Second edition. |
| Description |
821 pages ; 25 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
1. Origins to 1866 -- 2. Act one: early successes -- Scene one: Opera Bouffe and native elements, 1866-1878 -- Scene two: H.M.S. Pinafore and the great transformation, 1878-1892 -- 3. Intermission: further British influences and new stirrings, 1892-1902 -- 4. Act two: the emergence of American talent, 1902-1907 -- 5. Intermission: Viennese operetta and the American retreat, 1907-1914 -- 6. Act three: the birth of the modern musical, 1914-1921 -- 7. Intermission: the Cinderella era, 1921-1924 -- 8. Act four: the golden age of the American musical, 1924-1937 -- Scene one: songwriters' shows as pure entertainment, 1924-1929 -- Scene two: depression and "talkies": Broadway's answer, 1929-1937 -- 9. Intermission: Broadway's response to the swing era -- 10. Act five: the American musical as a conscious art form -- Scene one: Americana amid a new seriousness, 1942-1951 -- Scene two: increasing problems: lowering standards, 1951-1965 -- 11. Intermission: exhaustion, 1965-1969 -- 12. Act six: full circle?; or, return of the Brits -- Scene one: startlingly new, delightfully old, 1969-1981 -- Scene two: a musical trade imbalance, 1981-1990. |
| Subject |
Musicals -- United States -- History and criticism.
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| Indexed Term |
Musicals History |
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United States |
| Chronological Term |
Geschichte 1866-1990.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Bordman, Gerald Martin. American musical theatre. 2nd ed. New York : Oxford University Press, 1992 (OCoLC)608693886 |
| ISBN |
0195072421 (acid-free paper) |
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9780195072426 (acid-free paper) |
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