| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 272 pages) : illustrations, music |
| Series |
The Broadway legacies series |
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Broadway legacies.
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| Contents |
Introduction: Meredith Willson's The Music Man -- Seeking the roots of The Music Man: Meredith Willson's cultural eclecticism -- From the Silver Triangle to The Music Man: creating the book for an original musical -- Composing the score for a musical about music -- Marching still right today: The Music Man from Philadelphia to Broadway and beyond -- After The Music Man: The Unsinkable Molly Brown in the shadow of a hit -- Singing through evil times: Here's Love, Miracle on 34th Street, and the challenge of the musical adaptation -- 1491: the final voyage |
| Summary |
Though Meredith Willson is best remembered for The Music Man, there is a great deal more to his career as a composer and lyricist. In The Big Parade, author Dominic McHugh uses newly uncovered letters, manuscripts, and production files to reveal Willson's unusual combination of experiences in his pre-Broadway career that led him to compose The Music Man |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-251) and index |
| Notes |
Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on Oct. 12, 2021) |
| Subject |
Willson, Meredith, 1902-1984 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Willson, Meredith, 1902-1984. Music man.
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Willson, Meredith, 1902-1984. Unsinkable Molly Brown.
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Willson, Meredith, 1902-1984. 1491
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Willson, Meredith, 1902-1984. Here's love.
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Willson, Meredith, 1902-1984. Miracle on 34th Street
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| SUBJECT |
Willson, Meredith, 1902-1984 fast |
| Subject |
Composers -- United States.
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Musicals -- Writing and publishing.
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Composers
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United States
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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Music criticism and reviews.
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Comptes rendus de musique.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
019755475X |
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9780197554760 |
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0197554768 |
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9780197554753 |
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