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" American musical theatre : "
Gerald Bordman.
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BL
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1028185
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b782555
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Bordman, Gerald Martin.
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| Title & Author
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American musical theatre : : a chronicle /\ Gerald Bordman.
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3rd ed.
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Oxford ;New York :: Oxford University Press,, 2001.
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1 online resource (xvi, 917 pages)
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019513074X
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: 0199771170
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: 1280560037
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: 1423729153
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: 9780195130744
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: 9780199771172
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: 9781280560033
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: 9781423729150
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| Notes
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Includes indexes.
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| Contents
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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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| Abstract
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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.
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Musicals-- United States-- History and criticism.
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MUSIC-- Genres Styles-- Musicals.
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Musicals.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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782.1/4/0973
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| LC Classification
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ML1711.B67 2001eb
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| Parallel Title
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American musical theater
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