| Edition |
Third edition. |
| Description |
xvi, 917 pages ; 27 cm |
| Note |
Includes indexes. |
| Contents |
1. Prologue : origins to 1866 -- 2. Act one : early successes, 1866-1892 -- Scene one : opéra 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, 1937-1942 -- 10. Act five : the American musical as a conscious art form, 1942-1965 -- 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, 1969-1995 -- Scene one : startlingly new, delightfully old, 1969-1981 -- Scent two : a musical trade imbalance, 1981-1995 -- 13. Epilogue : technical spectacles, retrospectives, and revivals, 1995-? |
| Subject |
Musicals -- United States -- History and criticism.
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| ISBN |
019513074X |
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