Broadway Musical
A Critical and Musical Survey
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1990
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-505434-7 (ISBN)
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-505434-7 (ISBN)
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This survey of successful Broadway musicals examines how the great show composers, from Kern, Gershwin and Rodgers to Lloyd-Webber, have used the traditional tools of musical composition to become powerful dramatists in their own right.
Moving behind the anecdotes and production histories of Broadway, this survey of the most important musicals examines how the great Broadway composers used the traditional tools of composition - melody, harmony, tonal movement, rhythm and texture - to become powerful dramatists in their own right. Over 150 musical examples show how "Showboat", "Oklahoma!", and "Carousel" changed the course of the Broadway tradition, and how such diverse material as Shakesperean drama ("Kiss Me Kate"), and modern conflict ("Fiddler on the Roof") was transformed by Broadway. Covering the work of composers - Jerome Kern, George Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein and Frank Loesser - and songwriting teams - Rodgers and Hammerstein, Lerner and Loewe, and Rice and Lloyd-Webber - this trip down memory lane ends with a look at the future of the Broadway musical play.
Moving behind the anecdotes and production histories of Broadway, this survey of the most important musicals examines how the great Broadway composers used the traditional tools of composition - melody, harmony, tonal movement, rhythm and texture - to become powerful dramatists in their own right. Over 150 musical examples show how "Showboat", "Oklahoma!", and "Carousel" changed the course of the Broadway tradition, and how such diverse material as Shakesperean drama ("Kiss Me Kate"), and modern conflict ("Fiddler on the Roof") was transformed by Broadway. Covering the work of composers - Jerome Kern, George Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein and Frank Loesser - and songwriting teams - Rodgers and Hammerstein, Lerner and Loewe, and Rice and Lloyd-Webber - this trip down memory lane ends with a look at the future of the Broadway musical play.
About the Author Joseph P. Swain is Associate Professor of Music at Colgate University.
| Zusatzinfo | music examples |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | New York |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 145 x 240 mm |
| Gewicht | 780 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Klassik / Oper / Musical |
| ISBN-10 | 0-19-505434-2 / 0195054342 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-19-505434-7 / 9780195054347 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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