The Cambridge companion to the musical / / edited by William A. Everett and Paul R. Laird [[electronic resource]] |
Edizione | [Second edition.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2008 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (xiv, 412 pages) : digital, PDF file(s) |
Disciplina | 782.1/4 |
Collana | Cambridge companions to music |
Soggetto topico |
Musicals - History and criticism
Musical theater - History |
ISBN |
1-107-48147-3
1-107-48646-7 1-139-00182-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | ; pt. I. Adaptations and transformations : before 1940. American musical theatre before the twentieth century / Katherine K. Preston ; Non-English-language musical theatre in the United States / John Koegel ; Birth pangs, growing pains and sibling rivalry : musical theatre in New York, 1900-1920 / Orly Leah Krasner ; American and British operetta in the 1920s : romance, nostalgia and adventure / William A. Everett ; Images of African Americans : African-American musical theatre, Showboat, and Porgy and Bess / John Graziano ; The melody (and the words) linger on : American musical comedies of the 1920s and 1930s / Geoffrey Block -- ; pt. II. Maturations and formulations : 1940-1970. 'We said we wouldn't look back' : British musical theatre, 1935-1960 / John Snelson ; The coming of the musical play : Rodgers and Hammerstein / Ann Sears ; The successors of Rodgers and Hammerstein from the 1940s to the 1960s / Thomas L. Riis and Ann Sears ; Musical sophistication on Broadway : Kurt Weill and Leonard Bernstein / Bruce D. McClung and Paul R. Laird -- ; pt. III. Evolutions and integrations : after 1970. Stephen Sondheim and the musical of the outsider / Jim Lovensheimer ; Choreographers, directors and the fully integrated musical / Paul R. Laird ; From Hair to Rent : is rock a four-letter word on Broadway? / Scott Warfield ; The megamusical : the creation, internationalisation and impact of a genre / Paul Prece and William A. Everett ; Something borrowed, something blue : the marriage of the musical and Europe / Judith Sebesta ; New horizons : the musical at the dawn of the twenty-first century / Bud Coleman. -- ; pt. IV. Legacies and transformations. Why do they start to sing and dance all of a sudden? : examining the film musical / Graham Wood ; Revisiting classic musicals : revivals, film, television and recordings / Jessica Sternfeld ; The creation of a Broadway musical : Stephen Schwartz, Winnie Holzman, and Wicked / Paul R. Laird. |
Record Nr. | UNISA-996210317603316 |
Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2008 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. di Salerno | ||
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Gestures of music theatre : the performativity of song and dance / / edited by Dominic Symonds and Millie Taylor |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (337 p.) |
Disciplina | 782.1/4 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
SymondsDominic
TaylorMillie |
Soggetto topico |
Music and dance
Music - Performance Musical theater Singing |
ISBN | 0-19-999717-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Singing the dance, dancing the song. The song's the thing : capturing the "sung" to make it "song" / Dominic Symonds ; The (un)pleasure of song : on the enjoyment of listening to opera / Carlo Zuccarini -- Performativity as dramaturgy. Relocating the song : Julie Taymor's jukebox musical Across the universe (2007) / George Rodosthenous ; Dynamic shape : the dramaturgy of song and dance in Lloyd Webber's Cats (1981) / Ben Macpherson -- Performativity as transition. Dance breaks and dream ballets : transitional moments in musical theater / Mary Jo Lodge ; "Love let me sing you" : the liminality of song and dance in La Chiusa's Bernarda Alba (2006) / Matthew Lockitt -- Performativity as identity. Tapping the ivories : jazz and tap dance in Jelly's last jam (1992) / Kathryn Edney ; Everything's coming up Kurt : the Broadway song in Glee / Jessica Sternfeld ; Angry dance : postmodern innovation, masculinities and gender subversion / Judith A. Sebesta --
Performativity as context. Deconstructing the singer : the concerts of Laurie Anderson / Ainhoa Kaiero Claver ; Singing and a song : the "intimate difference" in Susan Philipsz's Lowlands -- / Zeynep Bulut ; Acting operatically : body, voice and the actress in Beckett's theater / Marianne Sharp -- Performativity as practice. Vox elettronica : song, dance and live electronics in the practice of sound theater / Caroline Wilkins ; From ear to foot : how choreographers interpret music / Sabine Wilden ; Singing from stones : physiovocality and Gardzienice's Theater of musicality / Konstatinos Thomaidis -- Performativity as community. Singing the community : the musical theater chorus as character / Bethany Hughes ; Singing and dancing ourselves : the politics of the ensemble in A chorus line (1975) / Millie Taylor -- Performativity as writing. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910790842103321 |
Oxford [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , [2014] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Gestures of music theatre : the performativity of song and dance / / edited by Dominic Symonds and Millie Taylor |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Oxford [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , [2014] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (337 p.) |
Disciplina | 782.1/4 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
SymondsDominic
TaylorMillie |
Soggetto topico |
Music and dance
Music - Performance Musical theater Singing |
ISBN | 0-19-999717-9 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto |
Singing the dance, dancing the song. The song's the thing : capturing the "sung" to make it "song" / Dominic Symonds ; The (un)pleasure of song : on the enjoyment of listening to opera / Carlo Zuccarini -- Performativity as dramaturgy. Relocating the song : Julie Taymor's jukebox musical Across the universe (2007) / George Rodosthenous ; Dynamic shape : the dramaturgy of song and dance in Lloyd Webber's Cats (1981) / Ben Macpherson -- Performativity as transition. Dance breaks and dream ballets : transitional moments in musical theater / Mary Jo Lodge ; "Love let me sing you" : the liminality of song and dance in La Chiusa's Bernarda Alba (2006) / Matthew Lockitt -- Performativity as identity. Tapping the ivories : jazz and tap dance in Jelly's last jam (1992) / Kathryn Edney ; Everything's coming up Kurt : the Broadway song in Glee / Jessica Sternfeld ; Angry dance : postmodern innovation, masculinities and gender subversion / Judith A. Sebesta --
Performativity as context. Deconstructing the singer : the concerts of Laurie Anderson / Ainhoa Kaiero Claver ; Singing and a song : the "intimate difference" in Susan Philipsz's Lowlands -- / Zeynep Bulut ; Acting operatically : body, voice and the actress in Beckett's theater / Marianne Sharp -- Performativity as practice. Vox elettronica : song, dance and live electronics in the practice of sound theater / Caroline Wilkins ; From ear to foot : how choreographers interpret music / Sabine Wilden ; Singing from stones : physiovocality and Gardzienice's Theater of musicality / Konstatinos Thomaidis -- Performativity as community. Singing the community : the musical theater chorus as character / Bethany Hughes ; Singing and dancing ourselves : the politics of the ensemble in A chorus line (1975) / Millie Taylor -- Performativity as writing. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910807754703321 |
Oxford [England] : , : Oxford University Press, , [2014] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Historians on Hamilton : how a blockbuster musical Is restaging America's past / / edited by Renee C. Romano and Claire Bond Potter |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Brunswick, NJ : , : Rutgers University Press, , [2018] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 782.1/4 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
AdelmanJoseph M
AllgorCatherine CullenJim FreemanJoanne B HarrisLeslie M HerreraBrian Eugenio HerreraPatricia HogelandWilliam MonteiroLyra D O'MalleyMichael PasleyJeffrey L SchocketAndrew M WaldstreicherDavid WollmanElizabeth L |
Soggetto topico |
Alexander Hamilton
Hamilaria Hamilton Lin-Manuel Miranda broadway hip hop hip-hop history musical rap theater HISTORY / General |
Soggetto non controllato |
Alexander Hamilton
Hamilaria Hamilton Lin-Manuel Miranda broadway hip hop hip-hop history musical rap theater |
ISBN |
0-8135-9031-0
0-8135-9033-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: History Is Happening in Manhattan / Romano, Renee C. / Bond Potter, Claire -- Act I. The Script -- 1. From Ron Chernow's Alexander Hamilton to Hamilton: An American Musical / Hogeland, William -- 2. " Can We Get Back to Politics? Please?": Hamilton's Missing Politics in Hamilton / Freeman, Joanne B. -- 3. Race-Conscious Casting and the Erasure of the Black Past in Hamilton / Monteiro, Lyra D. -- 4. The Greatest City in the World?: Slavery in New York in the Age of Hamilton / Harris, Leslie M. -- 5. " Remember . . . I'm Your Man": Masculinity, Marriage, and Gender in Hamilton / Allgor, Catherine -- Act II. The Stage -- 6. " The Ten-Dollar Founding Father": Hamilton, Money, and Federal Power / O'Malley, Michael -- 7. Hamilton as Founders Chic: A Neo-Federalist, Antislavery, Usable Past? / Waldstreicher, David / Pasley, Jeffrey L. -- 8. Hamilton and the American Revolution on Stage and Screen / Schocket, Andrew M. -- 9. From The Black Crook to Hamilton: A Brief History of Hot Tickets on Broadway / Wollman, Elizabeth L. -- 10. Looking at Hamilton from Inside the Broadway Bubble / Herrera, Brian Eugenio -- Act III. The Audience -- 11. Mind the Gap: Teaching Hamilton / Cullen, Jim -- 12. Reckoning with America's Racial Past, Present, and Future in Hamilton / Herrera, Patricia -- 13. Who Tells Your Story?: Hamilton as a People's History / Adelman, Joseph M. -- 14. Hamilton: A New American Civic Myth / Romano, Renee C. -- 15. "Safe in the Nation We've Made": Staging Hamilton on Social Media / Bond Potter, Claire -- Appendix: "Hamilton: A Musical Inquiry" Course Syllabus / Cullen, Jim -- Chronology -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910796858503321 |
New Brunswick, NJ : , : Rutgers University Press, , [2018] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Historians on Hamilton : how a blockbuster musical Is restaging America's past / / edited by Renee C. Romano and Claire Bond Potter |
Edizione | [1st ed.] |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Brunswick, NJ : , : Rutgers University Press, , [2018] |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource |
Disciplina | 782.1/4 |
Altri autori (Persone) |
AdelmanJoseph M
AllgorCatherine CullenJim FreemanJoanne B HarrisLeslie M HerreraBrian Eugenio HerreraPatricia HogelandWilliam MonteiroLyra D O'MalleyMichael PasleyJeffrey L SchocketAndrew M WaldstreicherDavid WollmanElizabeth L |
Soggetto topico |
Alexander Hamilton
Hamilaria Hamilton Lin-Manuel Miranda broadway hip hop hip-hop history musical rap theater HISTORY / General |
Soggetto non controllato |
Alexander Hamilton
Hamilaria Hamilton Lin-Manuel Miranda broadway hip hop hip-hop history musical rap theater |
ISBN |
0-8135-9031-0
0-8135-9033-7 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction: History Is Happening in Manhattan / Romano, Renee C. / Bond Potter, Claire -- Act I. The Script -- 1. From Ron Chernow's Alexander Hamilton to Hamilton: An American Musical / Hogeland, William -- 2. " Can We Get Back to Politics? Please?": Hamilton's Missing Politics in Hamilton / Freeman, Joanne B. -- 3. Race-Conscious Casting and the Erasure of the Black Past in Hamilton / Monteiro, Lyra D. -- 4. The Greatest City in the World?: Slavery in New York in the Age of Hamilton / Harris, Leslie M. -- 5. " Remember . . . I'm Your Man": Masculinity, Marriage, and Gender in Hamilton / Allgor, Catherine -- Act II. The Stage -- 6. " The Ten-Dollar Founding Father": Hamilton, Money, and Federal Power / O'Malley, Michael -- 7. Hamilton as Founders Chic: A Neo-Federalist, Antislavery, Usable Past? / Waldstreicher, David / Pasley, Jeffrey L. -- 8. Hamilton and the American Revolution on Stage and Screen / Schocket, Andrew M. -- 9. From The Black Crook to Hamilton: A Brief History of Hot Tickets on Broadway / Wollman, Elizabeth L. -- 10. Looking at Hamilton from Inside the Broadway Bubble / Herrera, Brian Eugenio -- Act III. The Audience -- 11. Mind the Gap: Teaching Hamilton / Cullen, Jim -- 12. Reckoning with America's Racial Past, Present, and Future in Hamilton / Herrera, Patricia -- 13. Who Tells Your Story?: Hamilton as a People's History / Adelman, Joseph M. -- 14. Hamilton: A New American Civic Myth / Romano, Renee C. -- 15. "Safe in the Nation We've Made": Staging Hamilton on Social Media / Bond Potter, Claire -- Appendix: "Hamilton: A Musical Inquiry" Course Syllabus / Cullen, Jim -- Chronology -- Acknowledgments -- Notes on Contributors -- Index |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910816020403321 |
New Brunswick, NJ : , : Rutgers University Press, , [2018] | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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West Side story : cultural perspectives on an American musical / / Elizabeth A. Wells |
Autore | Wells Elizabeth Anne <1964-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Md. : , : Scarecrow Press, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (327 p.) |
Disciplina | 782.1/4 |
Soggetto topico |
Musicals - United States - History and criticism
Popular culture - New York (State) - New York |
Soggetto genere / forma | Electronic books. |
ISBN | 1-4616-7422-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | "There's a place for us" : reflections on an American musical -- From Gangway! to Broadway : genesis of the musical -- "Music about music" : Bernstein and West Side story -- "Mambo!" : West Side story and the Hispanic -- "I and Velma ain't dumb" : the women of West Side story -- "A boy like that" : the gangs of West Side story -- From the West Side to the East Side : reception and revision -- "Finale" -- Appendix A: Lyrics to select songs -- Appendix B: Chronology -- Appendix C: Cast and crew of various productions, including award nominations and wins. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910462963203321 |
Wells Elizabeth Anne <1964-> | ||
Lanham, Md. : , : Scarecrow Press, , 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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West Side story : cultural perspectives on an American musical / / Elizabeth A. Wells |
Autore | Wells Elizabeth Anne <1964-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Md. : , : Scarecrow Press, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (327 p.) |
Disciplina | 782.1/4 |
Soggetto topico |
Musicals - United States - History and criticism
Popular culture - New York (State) - New York |
ISBN | 1-4616-7422-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | "There's a place for us" : reflections on an American musical -- From Gangway! to Broadway : genesis of the musical -- "Music about music" : Bernstein and West Side story -- "Mambo!" : West Side story and the Hispanic -- "I and Velma ain't dumb" : the women of West Side story -- "A boy like that" : the gangs of West Side story -- From the West Side to the East Side : reception and revision -- "Finale" -- Appendix A: Lyrics to select songs -- Appendix B: Chronology -- Appendix C: Cast and crew of various productions, including award nominations and wins. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910787311203321 |
Wells Elizabeth Anne <1964-> | ||
Lanham, Md. : , : Scarecrow Press, , 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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West Side story : cultural perspectives on an American musical / / Elizabeth A. Wells |
Autore | Wells Elizabeth Anne <1964-> |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | Lanham, Md. : , : Scarecrow Press, , 2011 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (327 p.) |
Disciplina | 782.1/4 |
Soggetto topico |
Musicals - United States - History and criticism
Popular culture - New York (State) - New York |
ISBN | 1-4616-7422-0 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Nota di contenuto | "There's a place for us" : reflections on an American musical -- From Gangway! to Broadway : genesis of the musical -- "Music about music" : Bernstein and West Side story -- "Mambo!" : West Side story and the Hispanic -- "I and Velma ain't dumb" : the women of West Side story -- "A boy like that" : the gangs of West Side story -- From the West Side to the East Side : reception and revision -- "Finale" -- Appendix A: Lyrics to select songs -- Appendix B: Chronology -- Appendix C: Cast and crew of various productions, including award nominations and wins. |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910826798203321 |
Wells Elizabeth Anne <1964-> | ||
Lanham, Md. : , : Scarecrow Press, , 2011 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Who should sing Ol' man river? : the lives of an American song |
Autore | Decker Todd R |
Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 |
Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white) |
Disciplina | 782.1/4 |
Soggetto topico | Music and race - History - 20th century - United States |
ISBN |
0-19-938920-9
0-19-938922-5 |
Formato | Materiale a stampa |
Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
Record Nr. | UNINA-9910154322503321 |
Decker Todd R | ||
New York : , : Oxford University Press, , 2015 | ||
Materiale a stampa | ||
Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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