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The Broadway musical : a critical and musical survey

Title: The Broadway musical : a critical and musical survey / Joseph P. Swain.
Author: Swain, Joseph Peter.
Publication: Lanham, Md. : Scarecrow Press, 2002.

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Description

xii, 451 pages : illustrations, music; 24 cm

Subject

Musicals > United States > History and criticism

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 423-442) and index.

Contents

1. Introduction -- 2. First Maturity -- 3. America's Folk Opera -- 4. Second Maturity -- 5. Morality Play as Musical -- 6. Shakespeare as Musical -- 7. The Pure Love Story -- 8. Myth as Musical -- 9. Tragedy as Musical -- 10. The Ethnic Musical -- 11. Religious Experience as Musical -- 12. History as Musical -- 13. Frame Story as Musical -- 14. Thriller as Musical -- 15. Epic as Musical -- 16. Epilogue.

ISBN

0810843757 (alk. paper)
0810843765 (pbk. : alk. paper)

LCCN

2002004981

OCLC

ocm49518876
SCSB-4324337

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Columbia University Libraries