02944nam 22006374a 450 991077784840332120230617001951.01-281-74097-797866117409790-300-12754-510.12987/9780300127546(CKB)1000000000471863(StDuBDS)AH23049427(SSID)ssj0000238155(PQKBManifestationID)11187770(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000238155(PQKBWorkID)10222452(PQKB)11194496(MiAaPQ)EBC3420150(DE-B1597)485022(OCoLC)952732038(DE-B1597)9780300127546(Au-PeEL)EBL3420150(CaPaEBR)ebr10170840(OCoLC)923591603(EXLCZ)99100000000047186320030205d2003 uy 0engur|||||||||||txtccrRichard Rodgers[electronic resource] /Geoffrey BlockNew Haven Yale University Pressc20031 online resource (336 p.)Yale Broadway mastersBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph0-300-09747-6 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.From apprentice to musical dramatist -- A tale of two Connecticut Yankees -- Hits, long runs, and a musical comedy of errors -- World War II, the musical : South Pacific -- Broadway comes to television : the three Cinderellas -- After Hammerstein.Richard Rodgers was an icon of the musical theater, a prolific composer whose career spanned six decades and who wrote more than a thousand songs and forty shows for the American stage. In this absorbing book, Geoffrey Block examines Rodgers's entire career, providing rich details about the creation, staging, and critical reception of some of his most popular musicals. Block traces Rodgers's musical education, early work, and the development of his musical and dramatic language. He focuses on two shows by Rodgers and Hart (A Connecticut Yankee and The Boys from Syracuse) and two by Rodgers and Hammerstein (South Pacific and Cinderella), offering new insights into each one. He concludes with the first serious look at the five neglected and often maligned musicals that Rodgers composed in the 1960's and 1970's, after the death of Hammerstein.Yale Broadway masters.CompositeursBiographiesÉtats-UnisMUSIC / GeneralbisacshCompositeursBiographiesÉtats-Unis.MUSIC / General.782.1/4/092BBlock Geoffrey Holden1948-936001MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910777848403321Richard Rodgers3742735UNINA