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Record Nr.

UNINA9910783860603321

Autore

Franceschina John Charles <1947-, >

Titolo

Harry B. Smith : dean of American librettists / / John Franceschina

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

ISBN

1-135-94908-5

1-138-99211-9

1-135-94907-7

1-280-05751-3

0-203-48976-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (310 p.)

Collana

Forgotten stars of the musical theatre

Disciplina

782.1/092

B

Soggetti

Librettists - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Contents; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; SERIES INTRODUCTION; FROM BUFFALO TO BURLESOUE; BURLESQUE TO BROADWAY; ~COME TO SHERWOOD;  JOIN OUR JOLLY CREW~; ~AM I A WIZ?~; ~I'D LIKE TO HAVE A PHOTOGRAPH OF THAT~; ~IF I ONLY HAD A THEATRE ON BROADWAY~; FOLLIES OF THE YEAR; GERMAN IMPORTS; JEROME KERN AND IRVING BERLIN; ~HARRY-B-SMITHING~; ~A LONG WALK UPHILL AGAINST THE WIND~; APPENDIX; INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Harry B. Smith was the most prolific writer for the American musical theatre in history, working with every major American composer between 1880 and 1920. This examination of his work is thus highly instructive of the history of the American musical.