The First Oscar Hammerstein and New York's Golden Age of Theater and Music
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-9615-0 (ISBN)
Oscar Hammerstein I came to New York in the 1860s, a Prussian runaway with $1.50 in his pocket, and found work at a cigar factory. A decade later he was publishing the nation's leading tobacco trade journal and held dozens of patents for cigar-rolling machinery. He made a fortune and turned his efforts to theater.
He built eight of them, including four around Longacre Square--later Times Square--which became a thriving theater district. A daring impresario, he was involved at all levels, from booking to composition to stagecraft. Throughout the Gay Nineties and early 20th century, he billed the world's top actors, prima donnas and vaudeville acts.
Then, as now, show business was speculation and high adventure, with rivalries fought in the headlines. Always a storm center, Hammerstein played a skillful chess game with both partners and performers while staging first-class shows for capacity crowds. This biography--from an unfinished manuscript by the son of one of his stage managers--recounts the heyday of his bold productions, his often turbulent relationships with associates, and the birth of Broadway.
The late sociologist Adolph S. Tomars, PhD, was a professor at City University of New York for 41 years. In 1959, he received a Guggenheim award to pursue the history of opera, which began decades of research, bringing together his family history and great love of music.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments by Adrea Tomars Nairneviii
Preface by Adolph S. Tomars
Editor’s Note by Adrea Tomars Nairne
1. Mr. Show Business
2. The Grand Alliance
3. The Prisoner in the Gilsey House
4. Glorifying the Human Form
5. Gala Performance—Unscheduled
6. Lawmen, Showmen and Shysters
7. Hammerstein’s Folly
8. Olympian Splendor
9. The Great Guilbert
10. The War of the Music Halls
11. “Stop Hammerstein!”
12. Counterattack—Thrust and Parry
13. Mechanization of the Living Picture
14. Broadway Hits and Misses
15. The Great Fregoli
Epilogue
Chapter Notes
Index
| Erscheinungsdatum | 01.02.2020 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 22 photos, notes, index |
| Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
| Gewicht | 390 g |
| Themenwelt | Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Film / TV |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Musik ► Klassik / Oper / Musical | |
| Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Theater / Ballett | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7864-9615-0 / 0786496150 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7864-9615-0 / 9780786496150 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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