Book Description
The Broadway Musical is a unique fusion between drama and music flowering in the 20th century. This is a detailed exploration of the evolution and development of music theatre in North America tracing the development of music theatre from its 18th century European roots through its growing pains in 19th century America, side by side with such popular forms of entertainment as the minstrel show, burlesque and the revue. Includes: * the Princess Musicals of Jerome Kern and P.G.Wodehouse * Kern and Hammerstein’s Show Boat * the 1930s of Cole Porter, the Gershwin Brothers, Rodgers and Hart * the 1940's of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II and Oklahoma * the 1960's and beyond, with Stephen Sondheim, Andrew Lloyd Webber and music theatre
About the Author
Riddle is professor of Music at Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. A former band director, he has taught theory, history, conducting and instrumentation. He has published ten non-fiction books and three novels, as well as numerous articles. He holds a Ph.D. from Southern Illinois University.
The American Musical: History and Development FROM THE PUBLISHER
"The American Musical: History & Development traces the origins of music theatre from its 18th century European roots through its transformation in 19th century America, and its relation to American popular forms of entertainment as the minstrel show, burlesque and the revue. The flowering of the true musical comedy is documented, as represented by the Princess Musicals of Jerome Kern and P. G. Wodehouse, which then gave birth to the first enduring masterpiece of American music drama, Kern and Hammersteins's Show Boat." "Music Theatre of the 1930s charted new courses of realism and satire in the hands of Cole Porter, the Gershwin Brothers, Rodgers and Hart. Then in 1943, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II revolutionized the form with the innovations of Oklahoma." The book includes sections on Stephen Sondheim, Andrew Lloyd Webber and the development of music theatre through the sixties and beyond.
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