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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Kurt Gänzl , Jamie FindlayPublisher: State University of New York Press Imprint: State University of New York Press Dimensions: Width: 21.60cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 27.90cm Weight: 0.227kg ISBN: 9781438487519ISBN 10: 1438487517 Pages: 504 Publication Date: 01 January 2022 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents"Preface Introduction to the Second Edition 1. The Early Days: 1700–1849 The Musical Stage before 1850 Popular Entertainments of the Early Eighteenth Century Operatic Entertainments of the Early Eighteenth Century The Rise of the Original Musical Play The Rise of the Romantic Some Notable Musicals: 1700–1849 2. Opéra-Bouffe: 1850–1869 Some Notable Musicals: 1850–1869 3. That First Fine Flowering: 1870–1889 Post the Prussians Operette The New Era of the English Musical Stage America Awakens The New Burlesque Some Notable Musicals: 1870–1889 4. Novelties of the Nineties The Gaiety of the Nations America Awakened ""Musical Comedy"" Par Excellence Some Notable Musicals: 1890–1899 5. Into the Twentieth Century: 1900–1914 The Musical with a Backbone Enter the Widow Some Notable Musicals: 1900–1914 FIRST CATCH YOUR FRENCH PLAY 6. Those Magnificent Madcap Years: 1915–1929 IT'S TIME TO DANCE Les Années Jazz! The Jazz Age in English THE INTERNATIONAL HIT PARADE OF AMERICAN MUSICAL COMEDIES OF 1910–1930 The Romantic Musical AN INTERNATIONAL HIT PARADE OF ENGLISH ROMANTIC MUSICALS OF THE 1920S Operette for All Some Notable Musicals: 1915–1929 7. Whither Go You, Musical Theater? The Merry Minnows over the ""Other Side"" Some Notable Musicals: 1930–1940 8. After the War Was Over: The 1940s Some Notable Musicals: 1941–1950 OPERETTA HIT PARADE 9. When Broadway Really Ruled the Stage: The 1950s The Merry Minnows Still over the Other Side Some Notable Musicals: 1951–1959 10. The Soaring Sixties Some Notable Musicals: 1960–1969 AMERICAN MUSICALS IN THE WEST END: 1945–1970 11. New Departures: From Rock Opera to Party Musical Some Notable Musicals: 1970–1980 12. Monumental Musicals Some Notable Musicals: 1980–1994 13. On the Twenty-First Century (by Jamie Findlay) Some Notable Musicals: 1995–Today Index"ReviewsAuthor InformationKurt Gänzl, an award-winning authority on musical theater, is a former opera singer, theatrical agent, casting director, and theater and opera critic. He is the author of numerous books, including Gilbert and Sullivan: The Players and the Plays, also by SUNY Press; Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre; The British Musical Theatre; Victorian Vocalists; and Gänzl's Book of the Broadway Musical. Jamie Findlay teaches English and performing arts at various universities throughout Japan. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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