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Genre/Form: | Criticism, interpretation, etc History |
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Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Kislan, Richard. Musical. Englewood Cliffs, N.J. : Prentice-Hall, ©1980 (OCoLC)639600102 |
Document Type: | Book |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Richard Kislan |
ISBN: | 0136085474 9780136085478 0136085393 9780136085393 |
OCLC Number: | 5799981 |
Notes: | Includes index. |
Description: | ix, 262 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
Contents: | European forms in early America -- Minstrelsy -- Vaudeville -- Burlesque -- Revue -- Comic opera and operetta -- Jerome Kern -- Rodgers and Hammerstein -- Stephen Sondheim -- The book -- Lyrics -- The score -- Dance -- Design. |
Series Title: | Spectrum book. |
Responsibility: | Richard Kislan. |
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Abstract:
Traces the history of the musical from the eras of vaudeville and burlesque through today's revues and comic operas, with a behind-the-scenes look into the production of a musical.

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