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Author:   Jonas Westover (Freelance Writer, Freelance Writer)
Publisher:   Oxford University Press Inc
Imprint:   Oxford University Press Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.70cm , Height: 2.80cm , Length: 23.90cm
Weight:   0.590kg
ISBN:  

9780190219239

ISBN 10:   0190219238
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   01 December 2016
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand  
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Table of Contents

Contents Acknowledgements List of Figures List of Tables List of Examples A List of Passing Show Personages Introduction Chapter 1: A Twelve-Hour Show Squeezed Into Three: The Creative Forces Behind the Passing Shows. Chapter 2: A Matchless Mélange of Mirth and Melody: The Stars of the Passing Shows. Chapter 3: The Hebrew Messenger Boy and the Thespian: The Howard Brothers. Chapter 4: A Downpour of Talent, A Niagara of Beauty: Chorus Girls and Chorus Boys. Chapter 5: The Mastodon of Musical Extravaganza: Song, Dance, and Scenic Effects. Chapter 6: A Sure Cure for the Blues: Creating the Passing Show of 1914. Chapter 7: A Carnival of Travesty: Textual and Musical References in the Passing Shows. Chapter 8: America's Foremost Musical Institution: The Shuberts, Ziegfeld, and their Battle for Supremacy. Chapter 9: As New, Bright, and Welcome as the Morning Sun: The Birth of a Legend and the Demise of a Genre. Bibliography Appendices

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Westover's excellent, corrective study brings important balance to the subject, offering the first detailed study of the revue series produced by these theatrical brothers at New York's Winter Garden Theatre and on tour. Westover (independent scholar) also provides an exceptionally strong overview of the genre in general, offering insights into other individuals who contributed to this phenomenon, with examples of specific shows and individuals. Excellent throughout, this study is unique for its extensive use of the Shubert Organization's Shubert Archive. The book includes good illustrations, and a companion website provides additional useful material. Westover provides wonderful suggestions for subjects waiting to be tackled. --D.B. Wilmeth, Brown University, Choice

For readers interested in the entertainment world of New York City in the late 1910s and early 1920s, particularly musical theater and Broadway revues, this book offers insightful cultural analysis and highlights many long forgotten starts of the era. * Gretchen Martin, Journal Studies in American Humor * Ultimately, Westover's book constitutes a significant contribution to a richer understanding of the collaborative nature of revue shows and the Shuberts' critical, often overlooked role within the genre. In doing so, Westover lays an impressive foundation from which to rethink the revue. This book will be particularly interesting for scholars of musical theater history from a variety of disciplines and could easily be incorporated into graduate seminars. Additionally, some of the earlier chapters could and should be adopted for undergraduate musical theater history surveys. * American Music *

"""Westover's excellent, corrective study brings important balance to the subject, offering the first detailed study of the revue series produced by these theatrical brothers at New York's Winter Garden Theatre and on tour. Westover (independent scholar) also provides an exceptionally strong overview of the genre in general, offering insights into other individuals who contributed to this phenomenon, with examples of specific shows and individuals. Excellent throughout, this study is unique for its extensive use of the Shubert Organization's Shubert Archive. The book includes good illustrations, and a companion website provides additional useful material. Westover provides wonderful suggestions for subjects waiting to be tackled."" --D.B. Wilmeth, Brown University, Choice ""For readers interested in the entertainment world of New York City in the late 1910s and early 1920s, particularly musical theater and Broadway revues, this book offers insightful cultural analysis and highlights many long forgotten starts of the era."" -Gretchen Martin, Journal Studies in American Humor ""Ultimately, Westover's book constitutes a significant contribution to a richer understanding of the collaborative nature of revue shows and the Shuberts' critical, often overlooked role within the genre. In doing so, Westover lays an impressive foundation from which to rethink the revue. This book will be particularly interesting for scholars of musical theater history from a variety of disciplines and could easily be incorporated into graduate seminars. Additionally, some of the earlier chapters could and should be adopted for undergraduate musical theater history surveys."" --American Music"

Author Information

Dr. Jonas Westover (Ph.D., City University of New York 2010) has been an active violinist and musicologist in the Twin Cities area for the past five years. He is the author of The Shuberts and their Passing Shows: The Untold Tale of Ziegfeld's Rivals (Oxford University Press, 2016) and has written over 400 entries for the Grove Dictionary of American Music. He has taught violin since 1998 in both Minneapolis and New York, and regularly performs in chamber music and in orchestras for musical theater. He has also taught in numerous New York and Minnesota colleges and universities. As a musicologist, his interests are musical theater, film music, and videogame music. He is also the volunteer historian for the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, IA.

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