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American musical theatre :

(Number (ISBN

019513074X

(Number (ISBN

0199771170

(Number (ISBN

1280560037

(Number (ISBN

1423729153

(Number (ISBN

9780195130744

(Number (ISBN

9780199771172

(Number (ISBN

9781280560033

(Number (ISBN

9781423729150

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b782555

Title Proper

American musical theatre :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

a chronicle /

First Statement of Responsibility

Gerald Bordman.

Edition Statement

3rd ed.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Oxford University Press,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

2001.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xvi, 917 pages)

Text of Note

Includes indexes.

Text of Note

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-?

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Text of Note

The new edition of the leading survey of the American musical has been expanded and updated to cover the 1999-2000 season. Covering more than 250 years o musical theater history, the new edition of the book Newsweek called "the best reference of its kind" is an ummatched blend of narrative history, expert critical judgement, and detailed, show-by-show, season-by-season decscription.

Title

American musical theatre.

International Standard Book Number

019513074X

Parallel Title

American musical theater

Musicals-- United States-- History and criticism.

MUSIC-- Genres & Styles-- Musicals.

Musicals.

United States.

7

AV

MUS-- 046000

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Bordman, Gerald Martin.

Date of Transaction

20201206210412.0

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Electronic name

[Book]

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