02435nam 2200505 450 991079879580332120230808195253.00-8108-8901-3(CKB)3710000000850916(EBL)4578331(OCoLC)944014370(PQKBManifestationID)16356861(PQKBWorkID)14926140(PQKB)24513241(MiAaPQ)EBC4578331(DLC) 2016011285(EXLCZ)99371000000085091620160801h20162016 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrExperiencing Broadway music a listener's companion /Kat SherrellLanham, Maryland :Rowman & Littlefield,2016.©20161 online resource (259 p.)Listener's CompanionDescription based upon print version of record.0-8108-8900-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Series Editor's Foreword; Acknowledgments; Timeline; Introduction; 1 A Great Big Broadway Show; 2 The Roots of American Musical Theater; 3 The Beginnings of Integration; 4 The Great Depression and the Great American Songbook; 5 A Golden Age of Broadway; 6 Rock on Broadway; 7 Concept Musicals; 8 Megamusicals; 9 Musicals for the MTV Generation; 10 Diversity and Integration; Glossary; Selected Reading; Selected Listening; Index; About the AuthorKathryn Sherrell explores American musical theater, beginning with the early-twentieth-century shift from European-influenced operettas and bawdy variety shows to sophisticated works of seamlessly integrated song and dance that have become uniquely American. Experiencing Broadway Music provides listeners with the tools and background necessary to grasp or gain an understanding of the highly variegated structure and character of Broadway music as it has been written, performed, and enjoyed over the last century.Listener's companion.MusicalsUnited StatesAnalysis, appreciationMusicalsAnalysis, appreciation.782.1/4097471Sherrell Kat1581111MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910798795803321Experiencing Broadway music3862459UNINA