The Oxford handbook of the American musical

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Raymond Knapp
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English
Pages
470

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Cover of: Oxford Handbook of the American Musical
Oxford Handbook of the American Musical
2013, Oxford University Press, Incorporated
in English
Cover of: The Oxford handbook of the American musical
The Oxford handbook of the American musical
2011, Oxford University Press
in English

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Table of Contents

Part I. Historiography. Narratives and values / Mitchell Morris ; Texts and authors / Jim Lovensheimer ; Musical styles and song conventions / Paul R. Laird ; Evolution of dance in the golden age of the American "book musical" / Liza Gennaro
Part II. Transformations. Minstrelsy and theatrical miscegenation / Thomas L. Riis ; Tin Pan Alley songs on stage and screen before World War II / Raymond Knapp and Mitchell Morris ; Integration / Geoffrey Block ; After the "golden age" / Jessica Sternfeld and Elizabeth L. Wollman
Part III. Media. Theater / Tamsen Wolff ; The filmed musical / Raymond Knapp and Mitchell Morris ; The television musical / Robynn J. Stilwell ; The animated film musical / Susan Smith ; The evolution of the original cast album / George Reddick
Part IV. Identities. Race, ethnicity, performance / Todd Decker ; Gender and sexuality / Stacy Wolf ; The politics of region and nation in American musicals / Chase A. Bringardner ; Class and culture / David Savran
Part V. Performance. The institutional structure of the American musical theater / David Sanjek ; Orchestration and arrangement : creating the Broadway sound / Dominic Symonds ; Musical theater directors / Barbara Wallace Grossman ; Sets, costumes, lights, and spectacle / Virginia Anderson ; Acting / John M. Clum ; Singing / Mitchell Morris and Raymond Knapp ; Dance and choreography / Zachary A. Dorsey
Part VI. Audiences. Box office / Steven Adler ; Audiences and critics / Michelle Dvoskin ; Stars and fans / Holley Replogle-Wong ; Knowing your audience / Jennifer Chapman ; Performance, authenticity, and the reflexive idealism of the American musical / Raymond Knapp.

Edition Notes

Series from jacket.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [423]-447) and index.

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New York
Series
[Oxford handbooks], Oxford handbooks

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
782.1/40973
Library of Congress
ML1711 .O95 2011, ML1711.O95 2011

The Physical Object

Pagination
x, 470 p. :
Number of pages
470

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL25130618M
ISBN 10
0195385942
ISBN 13
9780195385946
LCCN
2010049030
OCLC/WorldCat
683247815

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