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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Todd Decker (Associate Professor and Head of Musicology, Associate Professor and Head of Musicology, Washington University in St. Louis, St Louis)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 23.10cm , Height: 2.30cm , Length: 15.20cm Weight: 0.431kg ISBN: 9780190250539ISBN 10: 0190250534 Pages: 330 Publication Date: 04 June 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational 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 ContentsForeword by Geoffrey Block Acknowledgements Introduction: Magnolia's Black Voice Part One: Making 1. A Ferber Plot 2. The Robeson Plan 3. The Morgan Plan 4. A Ziegfeld Soprano and a Shubert Tenor 5. Colored Chorus Curtains Part Two: Remaking 6. Featuring Robeson: 1928-1940 7. Broadway Black, Hollywood White: 1943-1957 8. Landmark Status: 1954-1989 9. Queenie's Laugh: 1966-1998 Epilogue Appendix 1 Cast of Characters Appendix 2 Archival Sources for the 1927 Broadway Production Appendix 3 Select Stage and Screen Versions (1928-1998) References Notes IndexReviews...There is a great deal to ponder in it. * JAMS * [A] fascinating read about one of the true classics of the American stage. * Studies in Musical Theatre * Decker offers a persuasive argument for the continued relevance of this classic musical, [demonstrating] the productive potential for historiographies of American musical theatre written across rather than 'along divided racial lines.' * Theatre Journal * An excellent overview of all aspects of the show...Decker demonstrates a fine command of sources, furnishes good documentation, and includes some photos, illustrations, and musical examples...Recommended. * Choice * A well written, thoroughly researched and cogently presented new study on one of the most studied and, for that matter, most deserving of study musicals of the twentieth century. * Brad Hathaway - Theater Shelf * Todd Decker opens a wide window on the extraordinary cultural reach of Show Boat, with special focus on its racial complexities. For Decker, Show Boat is not a fixed text but rather a fascinating and fluid performance object that shifts with the social codes and commercial demands of its many eras. * Carol J. Oja, Professor, Harvard University, and author of Making Music Modern: New York in the 1920s * Traveling through seemingly familiar territory, one makes startling new discoveries on every page about American music, theater, identity, and racial history. Decker demonstrates forcefully and conclusively why Show Boat was and remains the 'most important [American] musical ever made.' * Thomas L. Riis, Director, American Music Research Center, University of Colorado at Boulder * A fascinating look at how Show Boat helped shape the American musical form and the significant role it continues to play in our conversation about race. Todd Decker has compiled an exhaustive, engaging, and immensely readable cultural history that resonates with the same vibrant emotional impact of the musical itself. * Susan Stroman, Director & Choreographer * A fascinating look at how Show Boat helped shape the American musical form and the significant role it continues to play in our conversation about race. Todd Decker has compiled an exhaustive, engaging, and immensely readable cultural history that resonates with the same vibrant emotional impact of the musical itself. Susan Stroman, Director & Choreographer Traveling through seemingly familiar territory, one makes startling new discoveries on every page about American music, theater, identity, and racial history. Decker demonstrates forcefully and conclusively why Show Boat was and remains the 'most important [American] musical ever made.' Thomas L. Riis, Director, American Music Research Center, University of Colorado at Boulder Todd Decker opens a wide window on the extraordinary cultural reach of Show Boat, with special focus on its racial complexities. For Decker, Show Boat is not a fixed text but rather a fascinating and fluid performance object that shifts with the social codes and commercial demands of its many eras. Carol J. Oja, Professor, Harvard University, and author of Making Music Modern: New York in the 1920s A well written, thoroughly researched and cogently presented new study on one of the most studied and, for that matter, most deserving of study musicals of the twentieth century. Brad Hathaway - Theater Shelf An excellent overview of all aspects of the show...Decker demonstrates a fine command of sources, furnishes good documentation, and includes some photos, illustrations, and musical examples...Recommended. Choice Decker offers a persuasive argument for the continued relevance of this classic musical, [demonstrating] the productive potential for historiographies of American musical theatre written across rather than 'along divided racial lines.' Theatre Journal [A] fascinating read about one of the true classics of the American stage. Studies in Musical Theatre ...There is a great deal to ponder in it. JAMS A fascinating look at how Show Boat helped shape the American musical form and the significant role it continues to play in our conversation about race. Todd Decker has compiled an exhaustive, engaging, and immensely readable cultural history that resonates with the same vibrant emotional impact of the musical itself. --Susan Stroman, Director & Choreographer Traveling through seemingly familiar territory, one makes startling new discoveries on every page about American music, theater, identity, and racial history. Decker demonstrates forcefully and conclusively why Show Boat was and remains the 'most important [American] musical ever made.' --Thomas L. Riis, Director, American Music Research Center, University of Colorado at Boulder Todd Decker opens a wide window on the extraordinary cultural reach of Show Boat, with special focus on its racial complexities. For Decker, Show Boat is not a fixed text but rather a fascinating and fluid performance object that shifts with the social codes and commercial demands of its many eras. --Carol J. Oja, Professor, Harvard University, and author of Making Music Modern: New York in the 1920s A well written, thoroughly researched and cogently presented new study on one of the most studied and, for that matter, most deserving of study musicals of the twentieth century. --Brad Hathaway - Theater Shelf An excellent overview of all aspects of the show...Decker demonstrates a fine command of sources, furnishes good documentation, and includes some photos, illustrations, and musical examples...Recommended. --Choice Decker offers a persuasive argument for the continued relevance of this classic musical, [demonstrating] the productive potential for historiographies of American musical theatre written across rather than 'along divided racial lines.' --Theatre Journal [A] fascinating read about one of the true classics of the American stage. --Studies in Musical Theatre ...There is a great deal to ponder in it. --JAMS Show Boat's voyage through the twentieth century offers a vantage point on more than just the Broadway musical. It tells a complex tale of interracial encounter performed in popular music and dance on the national stage during a century of profound transformations. --Broadway World Decker has woven many excellent historical threads together to form a unified narrative concerning race, both within and surrounding Show Boat. The importance of Robeson to the show and the importance of the character (Joe) and his music to Robeson's life are deftly considered here. As Decker explains, there is no question that race was far more important to the musical than it was to the book, and that the performance of the show has reflected that emphasis more and more throughout the decades. Another important contribution is to show where, exactly, performative elements (such as Andy's fiddle playing) come from. There are too few performance-based histories out there, especially for musical theater, and Decker's represents an excellent model for this type of approach. -- Journal of the Society for American Music Author InformationTodd Decker is Associate Professor of Music at Washington University in St. Louis and the author of Who Should Sing 'Ol' Man River'?: The Lives of an American Song and Music Makes Me: Fred Astaire and Jazz, winner of the Best First Book Award from the Society for Cinema and Media Studies. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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