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  • The Year that Made the Musical

    1924 and the Glamour of Musical Theatre

    by William A. Everett ...
    Whether they appeared on Broadway or the Strand, the shows appearing in 1924 epitomized the glamor of popular musical theatre. What made this particular year so distinctive – so special – was the way it brought together the old and the new, the venerated and the innovative, and the traditional and the chic. William Everett, in his compelling new book, reveals this remarkable mid-Roaring Twenties ... Read more

    $32.79 USD

  • Intertextuality in Music

    Dialogic Composition

    Edited by Violetta Kostka, Paulo F. de Castro, William A. Everett ...
    The concept of intertextuality – namely, the meaning generated by interrelations between different texts – was coined in the 1960s among literary theorists and has been widely applied since then to many other disciplines, including music. Intertextuality in Music: Dialogic Composition provides a systematic investigation of musical intertextuality not only as a general principle of musical ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Sigmund Romberg

    by Mr. William A. Everett ...
    Series series Yale Broadway Masters Series
    Hungarian-born composer Sigmund Romberg (18871951) arrived in America in 1909 and within eight years had achieved his first hit musical on Broadway. This early success was soon followed by others, and in the 1920s his popularity in musical theater was unsurpassed. In this book, William Everett offers the first detailed study of the gifted operetta composer, examining Romberg’s key works and ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

  • The Cambridge Companion to the Musical

    Edited by William A. Everett, Paul R. Laird ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Music
    Tracing the development of the musical on both Broadway and in London's West End, this updated Companion continues to provide a broad and thorough overview of one of the liveliest and most popular forms of musical performance. Ordered chronologically, essays cover from the American musical of the nineteenth century through to the most recent productions, and the book also includes key information ... Read more

    $30.39 USD

  • The Cambridge Companion to the Musical

    Edited by William A. Everett, Paul R. Laird ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Music
    The expanded and updated third edition of this acclaimed Companion provides an accessible, broadly based survey of one of the liveliest and most popular forms of musical performance. It ranges from the American musical of the nineteenth century to the most recent productions on Broadway, in London's West End, and many other venues, and includes key information on singers, audiences, critical ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • The Palgrave Handbook of Musical Theatre Producers

    Edited by Laura MacDonald, William A. Everett ...
    This handbook is the first to provide a systematic investigation of the various roles of producers in commercial and not-for-profit musical theatre. Featuring fifty-one essays written by international specialists in the field, it offers new insights into the world of musical theatre, its creation and its promotion. Key areas of investigation include the lives and works of producers whose work is ... Read more

    $242.09 USD

  • Performing Music History

    Musicians Speak First-Hand about Music History and Performance

    Edited by John C. Tibbetts, Michael Saffle, William A. Everett ...
    Series series Literature, Cultural and Media Studies (R0)
    Performing Music History offers a unique perspective on music history and performance through a series of conversations with women and men intimately associated with music performance, history, and practice: the musicians themselves. Fifty-five celebrated artists—singers, pianists, violinists, cellists, flutists, horn players, oboists, composers, conductors, and jazz greats—provide interviews that ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Historical Dictionary of the Broadway Musical

    by William A. Everett, Paul R. Laird ...
    Series series Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts
    The Broadway musical has greatly influenced both American and world culture. Shows such as Oklahoma! and Annie Get Your Gun are as American as apple pie, while the long runs of imports such as Cats, The Phantom of the Opera, and Les Misérables have broken records. Shows filled with rock and pop music such as Mamma Mia! and Wicked enthrall audiences, and revivals of beloved shows play an important ... Read more

    $141.79 USD

  • The A to Z of the Broadway Musical

    by William A. Everett, Paul R. Laird ...
    Series series The A to Z Guide Series
    The Broadway musical has greatly influenced American (and world) culture. Such shows as Oklahoma! and Annie Get Your Gun are as "American as apple pie," while the long runs of imports like Cats, The Phantom of the Opera, and Les Misérables have broken records. Broadway has produced such cultural icons as Ethel Merman, Yul Brynner, and Julie Andrews, and composers and lyricists such as Irving ... Read more

    $47.99 USD

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  • Anything Goes

    A History of American Musical Theatre

    by Ethan Mordden ...
    Ethan Mordden has been hailed as "a sharp-eared listener and a discerning critic," by Opera News, which compares his books to "dinner with a knowledgeable, garrulous companion." The "preeminent historian of the American musical" (New York Times), he "brings boundless energy and enthusiasm buttressed by an arsenal of smart anecdotes" (Wall Street Journal). Now Mordden offers an entirely fresh and ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • Enchanted Evenings

    The Broadway Musical from 'Show Boat' to Sondheim and Lloyd Webber

    by Geoffrey Block ...
    This new second edition of Enchanted Evenings offers theater lovers an illuminating behind-the-scenes tour of some of America's best loved, most admired, and most enduring musicals. Readers will find such all-time favorites as Show Boat, Carousel, Kiss Me, Kate, Guys and Dolls, My Fair Lady, West Side Story, Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park with George, and Phantom of the Opera. Geoffrey Block ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • Sing for Your Supper

    The Broadway Musical in the 1930s

    by Ethan Mordden ...
    "[Mordden] excels at delineating the contrasting styles and personalities [of] Broadway's busiest—and in showbiz terms, best—songsmiths of the 1930s." ― Richmond Times-DispatchIn the 1930s, Broadway's lights still burned brightly. Ethan Mordden completes his history of the Broadway musical by taking a look at this forgotten era. Shows like Anything Goes brought the glitter of Cole Porter and ... Read more

    $12.99 USD