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1 online resource (342 pages) |
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Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of contents; Introduction; Using this book; Note; Chapter 1 Light opera: Jacques Offenbach, Johann Strauss II, W.S. Gilbert, Sir Arthur Sullivan, Franz Lehár, Victor Herbert, Rudolf Friml, and Sigmund Romberg; Jacques Offenbach (1819-1880); Stylistic approach; Body of work; Soprano; Mezzo-soprano; Tenor; Baritone/Bass; Biography; References; Johann Strauss II (1825-1899): The Waltz King; Stylistic approach; Body of work; Soprano; Mezzo; Tenor; Baritone; Biography; Resources; W.S. Gilbert (1836-1911) and Sir Arthur Sullivan (1842-1900) |
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Stylistic approachBody of work; Soprano; Mezzo-soprano; Tenor; Baritone/Bass; Biography; Resources; Franz Lehár (1870-1948); Stylistic approach; Body of work; Soprano; Tenor; Baritone/Bass; Biography; Resources; Victor Herbert (1859-1924); Stylistic approach; Body of work; Soprano; Mezzo; Tenor; Baritone; Biography; Resources; Rudolf Friml (1879-1972); Stylistic approach; Body of work; Biography; Resources; Sigmund Romberg (1887-1951); Stylistic approach; Body of work; Soprano; Mezzo; Tenor; Baritone; Biography; Resources; In summary; Notes |
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Chapter 2 Popular musical theatre songs of the early 1900s: George M. Cohan, Irving Berlin, and Jerome KernGeorge M. Cohan (1878-1942): The Yankee Doodle Boy; Stylistic approach; Body of work; Biography; Resources; Irving Berlin (1888-1989); Stylistic approach; Body of work; Biography; Resources; Jerome Kern (1885-1945); Stylistic approach; Body of work; Biography; Resources; In summary; Notes; Chapter 3 The great songwriters of Tin Pan Alley: Harry Warren, Jimmy McHugh, Buddy DeSylva, Lew Brown, Ray Henderson, George Gershwin, Ira Gershwin, Arthur Schwartz, Howard Dietz, and Harold Arlen |
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Vocal styleHarry Warren (1893-1981): Great character songs; Stylistic approach; Body of work; Biography; Resources; Jimmy McHugh (1894-1969): Some of the best of "Jazz Age" jazz; Stylistic approach; Body of work; Biography; Resources; Buddy DeSylva (1895-1950), Lew Brown (1893-1958) and Ray Henderson (1896-1970): Personality songs -- great songs for entertainers; Stylistic approach; Body of work; Biography; Resources; George Gershwin (1898-1937) and Ira Gershwin (1896-1983): The preeminent popular songs of the 1920s and 1930s; Stylistic approach; Body of work; Biography; Resources |
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Arthur Schwartz (1900-1984) and Howard Dietz (1896-1983): Sophisticated songsStylistic approach; Body of work; Biography; Resources; Harold Arlen (1905-1986): Composer of the number one song of the twentieth century; Stylistic approach; Body of work; Biography; Resources; In summary; Notes; Chapter 4 The great wits and sophisticates: Cole Porter, Richard Rodgers, and Lorenz Hart, E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, Johnny Mercer, Dorothy Fields and Vernon Duke; Cole Porter (1891-1964): One of America's greatest wits and sophisticates; Stylistic approach; Body of work; Biography; Resources |
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Richard Rodgers (1902-1979) and Lorenz Hart (1895-1943): America's most popular songwriting team of the 1920s and 1930s |
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Singing -- Instruction and study.
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Musicals -- United States -- History and criticism
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Musicals
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Singing -- Instruction and study
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United States
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Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781317428329 |
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1317428323 |
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