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Author:   Adolph S. Tomars
Publisher:   McFarland & Co Inc
Imprint:   McFarland & Co Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 17.80cm , Height: 1.10cm , Length: 25.40cm
Weight:   0.395kg
ISBN:  

9780786496150

ISBN 10:   0786496150
Pages:   211
Publication Date:   30 April 2020
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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"Table of Contents Acknowledgments by Adrea Tomars Nairne viii Preface by Adolph S. Tomars 1 Editor's Note by Adrea Tomars Nairne 3  1. Mr. Show Business 7  2. The Grand Alliance 25  3. The Prisoner in the Gilsey House 35  4. Glorifying the Human Form 49  5. Gala Performance—Unscheduled 65  6. Lawmen, Showmen and Shysters 78  7. Hammerstein's Folly 94  8. Olympian Splendor 107  9. The Great Guilbert 120 10. The War of the Music Halls 142 11. ""Stop Hammerstein!"" 147 12. Counterattack—Thrust and Parry 157 13. Mechanization of the Living Picture 171 14. Broadway Hits and Misses 175 15. The Great Fregoli 181 Epilogue 202 Chapter Notes 203 Index 205"

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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.

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