Author: Steven SuskinPublisher: Amadeus Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 804
Book Description
Includes over 30 major composers and their work
Show Tunes, 1905-1991
Author: Steven SuskinPublisher: Amadeus Press
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 804
Book Description
Includes over 30 major composers and their work
Show Tunes
Author: Steven SuskinPublisher: OUP USA
ISBN: 0195314077
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 625
Book Description
Show Tunes, the most comprehensive musical theatre reference book ever, chronicles the work of Broadway's greatest composers, from 1904 through 2009. Almost 1,000 shows and 10,000 show tunes are included, with additional musicals and composers added to the fourth edition. This fact-packed volume is informative, insightful, provocative, and entertaining: the definitive survey of a fascinating field. It is a must for musical theatre enthusiasts, performers, students, collectors, and anyone who enjoys Show Tunes.
Show Tunes
Author: Steven SuskinPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780195125993
Category : Composers
Languages : en
Pages : 614
Book Description
This comprehensive musical theatre reference book chronicles the work of Broadway's great composers, from 1904 to 1999. Nine hundred shows and almost 9000 show tunes are included, comprising the entire theatrical output of 36 important Broadway composers along with notable musicals by others.
Treasury of Great Show Tunes
Author: William L. SimonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Musical revues, comedies, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 298
Book Description
The word 'treasury' in this collection's title is well chosen. There are 91 all-time gems by many music greats. The songs come from the earliest revues of the pre-World War I years and continue right up to musicals of the 1990s.
Broadway to Main Street
Author: Laurence MaslonPublisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190620412
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
The music of Broadway is one of America's most unique and popular calling cards. In Broadway to Main Street: How Show Tunes Enchanted America, author Laurence Maslon tells the story of how the most beloved songs of the American Musical Theater made their way from the Theater District to living rooms across the country. The crossroads where the music of Broadway meets popular culture is an expansive and pervasive juncture throughout most of the twentieth century--from sheet music to radio broadcasts to popular and original cast recordings--and continues to influence culture today through television, streaming, and the Internet. The original Broadway cast album--from the 78 rpm recording of Oklahoma! to the digital download of Hamilton--is one of the most successful, yet undervalued, genres in the history of popular recording. The challenge of capturing musical narrative with limited technology inspired the imagination of both the recording industry and millions of listeners: between 1949 and 1969, fifteen different original cast albums hit number one on the popular music charts, ultimately tallying more weeks at number one than all of the albums by Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, and The Beatles combined. The history of Broadway music is also the history of American popular music; the technological, commercial, and marketing forces of communications and media over the last century were inextricably bound up in the enterprise of bringing the musical gems of New York's Theater District to living rooms along Main Streets across the nation. Featuring new interviews with Stephen Schwartz, Chita Rivera, Steve Lawrence, and prominent record producers and music critics, the story of this commercial and emotional phenomenon is told here in full--from the imprimatur of sheet music from Broadway in the early 20th century to the renaissance of Broadway music in the digital age, folding in the immense impact of show music on American culture and in the context of the recording industry, popular tastes, and our shared national identity. A book which connects cherished cultural artifacts to the emotional narratives at the core of American popular music, Broadway to Main Street: How Show Tunes Enchanted America is an ideal companion for all fans of American musical theater and popular music.
The Sound of Broadway Music
Author: Steven SuskinPublisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0199790841
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 703
Book Description
This title examines the careers of Broadway's major orchestrators and follows the song as it travels from the composer's piano to the orchestra pit.
Broadway and Economics
Author: Matthew C. RousuPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351685732
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 223
Book Description
Economics has often been described as "the dismal science," with TV and movies reinforcing this description. However, economics is a powerful tool that can be used to understand how the world works, helping to answer confusing puzzles and solve the world’s problems. Surprisingly, Broadway musicals are an excellent way to show this. Musicals tell engaging stories through song and many are rich with economic concepts. This book analyzes 161 songs from 90 musicals to explore what they can teach us about supply and demand, monetary policy and numerous other core economic concepts. While some songs have an obvious connection to economics, other connections may seem less apparent. When you hear "Let it Go" from Frozen, does your mind think about a firm’s production decisions? After reading this book, it will. Whether showing how Hamilton can illustrate concepts of central banking, or how "Stars" from Les Miserables provides a perfect example of inelastic demand, the author presents complicated topics in an understandable and entertaining way. Featuring classic songs from some of the most popular shows ever produced, along with some hidden gems, Broadway and Economics will be of interest to anybody studying an introductory economics course as well as theatre aficionados.
Show Music on Record
Author: Jack RaymondPublisher: Washington, D.C. [i.e. Falls Church, VA] (3713 George Mason Dr. #1714, Falls Church 22041) : J. Raymond
ISBN:
Category : Motion picture music
Languages : en
Pages : 606
Book Description
A comprehensive list of original cast and studio cast performances issued on commercial phonograph records, covering music of the American stage, screen, and television, with composer performances and other selected collateral recordings.
Broadway Songs for Kids (Songbook)
Author: Hal Leonard Corp.Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 1458482049
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 186
Book Description
(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Songbook). More than 30 songs made famous by kids singing on stage, arranged in piano/vocal/guitar notation. Includes: Castle on a Cloud * Do-Re-Mi * Gary, Indiana * Getting Tall * I Just Can't Wait to Be King * I Whistle a Happy Tune * I Won't Grow Up * It's the Hard-Knock Life * Let Me Entertain You * Little People * So Long, Farewell * Tomorrow * Where Is Love? * You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile * and more.
"But He Doesn't Know the Territory"
Author: Meredith WillsonPublisher: U of Minnesota Press
ISBN: 1452965013
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
Chronicles the creation of Meredith Willson’s The Music Man—reprinted now as the Broadway Edition Composer Meredith Willson described The Music Man as “an Iowan’s attempt to pay tribute to his home state.” Now featuring a new foreword by noted singer and educator Michael Feinstein, this book presents Willson’s reflections on the ups and downs, surprises and disappointments, and finally successes of making one of America’s most popular musicals. Willson’s whimsical, personable writing style brings readers back in time with him to the 1950s to experience firsthand the exciting trials and tribulations of creating a Broadway masterpiece. Fresh admiration of the musical—and the man behind the music—is sure to result.