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From Gilbert and Sullivan to Andrew Lloyd Webber, from Julie Andrews to Hugh Jackman, from Half a Sixpence to Matilda, Pick a Pocket Or Two is the story of the British musical: where it began and ho……続きを見る

Can't Stop Won't Stop is a powerful cultural and social history of the end of the American century, and a provocative look into the new world that the hip-hop generation created. Forged in the fires……続きを見る

Ethan Mordden has been hailed as "a sharp-eared listener and a discerning critic," by Opera News, which compares his books to "dinner with a knowledgeable, garrulous companion." The "preeminent hist……続きを見る

In a career that spanned nearly five decades, Dorothy Fields penned the words to more than four hundred songs, among them mega-hits such as "On the Sunny Side of the Street," "I Can't Give You Anyth……続きを見る

Armed with an eighth-grade education, an inexhaustible imagination, and an innate talent for dancing, Hermes Pan (1909-1990) was a boy from Tennessee who became the most prolific, popular, and memor……続きを見る

Harry B. Smith was the most prolific writer of librettos for the American musical theatre in history, with nearly half of his 300 works actually opening in New York City. In addition, Smith was inst……続きを見る

In Arranging Gershwin, author Ryan Ba?agale approaches George Gershwin's iconic piece Rhapsody in Blue not as a composition but as an arrangement -- a status it has in many ways held since its incep……続きを見る

The Grateful Dead are perhaps the most legendary American rock band of all time. For thirty years, beginning in the hippie scene of San Francisco in 1965, they were a musical institution, the origin……続きを見る

When the show was first produced in 1960, at a time when transatlantic musical theatre was dominated by American productions, Oliver! already stood out for its overt Englishness. But in writing Oliv……続きを見る

This inaugural volume in the Forgotten Stars of the Musical Theatre series sets Lydia Thompson, queen of burlesque, under the spotlight. The series will attempt to resurrect theatre performers and w……続きを見る

A survey of the history of musical theater in the United States. This ebook is a static version of an article from Grove Music Online, a continuously updated online resource, offering comprehensive ……続きを見る

Alternatives to grand opera and the popular musical can be traced at least as far back as the 1912 premiere of Schoenberg's "Pierrot Lunaire." Yet this ongoing history has never been properly sorted……続きを見る

The Ziegfeld Follies: A History in Song presents an account of the Follies through the musical productions contained in the show. Accessing primary sources such as magazines and extant programs, Ann……続きを見る

Music Theory through Musical Theatre takes a new and powerful approach to music theory. Written specifically for students in music theatre programs, it offers music theory by way of musical theatre.……続きを見る

In On Sondheim, renowned author Ethan Mordden takes the reader on a tour of Stephen Sondheim's work, arguing for the importance and appeal of the composer-lyricist in American theater and, even more……続きを見る

In On Sondheim, renowned author Ethan Mordden takes the reader on a tour of Stephen Sondheim's work, arguing for the importance and appeal of the composer-lyricist in American theater and, even more……続きを見る

This book explores the Broadway legacy of choreographer Agnes de Mille, from the 1940s through the 1960s. Six musicals are discussed in depth - Oklahoma!, One Touch of Venus, Bloomer Girl, Carousel,……続きを見る

Musicals of the 1990s felt the impact of key developments that forever changed the landscape of Broadway. While the onslaught of British imports slowed down, the so-called Disneyfication of Broadway……続きを見る

When films like The Jazz Singer started to integrate synchronized music, in the late 1920s many ambitious songwriting pioneers of the Great White Way - George and Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter, Richard ……続きを見る

“You have the luck of Croesus on stilts (as my Auntie Vi would have said) if you’ve had the sort of career, ups and downs, warts and all that I have in that wondrous little corner of show business c……続きを見る

Victorian Vocalists is a masterful and entertaining collection of 100 biographies of mid- to late-19th-century singers and stars. Kurt Gänzl paints a vivid picture of the Victorian operatic and conc……続きを見る

“The Yeomen of the Guard; or The Merryman and his Maid” is a comic musical opera written by Arthur Sullivan and W. S. Gilbert in 1888. Gilbert and Sullivan were a Victorian-era theatrical partnershi……続きを見る

Você já pensou em escrever músicas e cantar, mas vive adiando este sonho? Estou escrevendo e fazendo essa pergunta para fazer você se perguntar... Será que não seria melhor sair do anonimato e canta……続きを見る

"Birds in the Night - A Lullaby" is a song composed by Arthur Sullivan in 1869. Sullivan was an English composer best known for his comic musical opera collaborations with the librettist W. S. Gilbe……続きを見る

"The Absent-Minded Beggar" is an 1899 poem by Rudyard Kipling, set to music by Sir Arthur Sullivan. Sullivan was an English composer best known for his comic musical opera collaborations with the li……続きを見る

"Looking Back" is a song composed by Arthur Sullivan in 1870. Sullivan was an English composer best known for his comic musical opera collaborations with the librettist W. S. Gilbert. His works also……続きを見る

“The Pirates of Penzance; or, The Slave of Duty” is a comic musical opera written by Arthur Sullivan and W. S. Gilbert in 1879. Gilbert and Sullivan were a Victorian-era theatrical partnership of th……続きを見る

Um livro de composições e poesias inéditas, vindas direto do coração de momentos felizes e tristes. Textos próprios que vão tocar seus sentimentos. 続きを見る

“The Mikado; or, The Town of Titipu” is a comic musical opera written by Arthur Sullivan and W. S. Gilbert in 1885. Gilbert and Sullivan were a Victorian-era theatrical partnership of the librettist……続きを見る

"If Doughty Deeds, May Lady Please" is a song composed by Arthur Sullivan in 1866. Sullivan was an English composer best known for his comic musical opera collaborations with the librettist W. S. Gi……続きを見る