Autore	Block Geoffrey Holden <1948->
Edizione	[2nd ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Oxford ; ; New York, : Oxford University Press, 2009
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (615 p.)
Disciplina	782.1/4097471
Soggetto topico	Musicals - New York (State) - New York - History and criticism
Soggetto genere / forma	Electronic books.
ISBN	0-19-974150-6
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Introduction : setting the stage -- Act I : Before Rodgers and Hammerstein. Show boat : in the beginning ; Anything goes : songs ten, book three ; Porgy and Bess : Broadway opera ; On your toes and Pal Joey : dance gets into the act and "sweet water from a foul well" ; The cradle will rock : a labor musical for art's sake ; Lady in the dark and One touch of Venus : the Broadway stranger and his American dreams ; Stage versus screen (1) : before Rodgers and Hammerstein -- Act II : the Broadway musical after Oklahoma!. Carousel: the invasion of the integrated musical ; Kiss me, Kate : the taming of Cole Porter ; Guys and dolls and The most happy fella : the greater Loesser ; My fair lady : from Pygmalion to Cinderella ; West side story : the very model of a major musical ; Stage versus screen (2) : after Oklahoma! -- Epilogue : the age of Sondheim and Lloyd Webber. Sweeney Todd, the demon barber of Fleet Street and Sunday in the park with George : happily ever after West side story with Sondheim ; The Phantom of the opera : the reigning champion of Broadway.
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910456910703321

Autore	Block Geoffrey Holden <1948->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2017
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (291 p.)
Disciplina	780.92
Collana	The listener's companion
ISBN	1-4422-4546-8
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Contents; Timeline; Introduction; 1 "The Spirit of Mozart" (1770-1792); 2 "From the Hands of Haydn" (1792-1801); 3 The "Heroic" Style (1802-1806); 4 Fidelio: Beethoven's One and Only Opera (1805-1806 and 1814); 5 Symphonic Alternatives to the Heroic Style (1808-1814); 6 Beethoven and Song; 7 The Late Piano Music (1816-1824); 8 Daiku: The Big Ninth (1824); 9 The String Quartet in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131 (1826); Notes; Glossary; Selected Bibliography; Selected Discography; Index; About the Author
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910798777703321

Autore	Block Geoffrey Holden <1948->
Pubbl/distr/stampa	Lanham, Maryland : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2017
Descrizione fisica	1 online resource (291 p.)
Disciplina	780.92
Collana	The listener's companion
ISBN	1-4422-4546-8
Formato	Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico	Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione	eng
Nota di contenuto	Contents; Timeline; Introduction; 1 "The Spirit of Mozart" (1770-1792); 2 "From the Hands of Haydn" (1792-1801); 3 The "Heroic" Style (1802-1806); 4 Fidelio: Beethoven's One and Only Opera (1805-1806 and 1814); 5 Symphonic Alternatives to the Heroic Style (1808-1814); 6 Beethoven and Song; 7 The Late Piano Music (1816-1824); 8 Daiku: The Big Ninth (1824); 9 The String Quartet in C-Sharp Minor, Op. 131 (1826); Notes; Glossary; Selected Bibliography; Selected Discography; Index; About the Author
Record Nr.	UNINA-9910822503203321