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American Musical Theater [Illustrated] [Paperback]

S. Porter (Author)

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Paperback: 146 pages
Publisher: Routledge; 1 edition (January 1, 1987)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 093501697X
ISBN-13: 978-0935016970
Product Dimensions: 10 x 8 x 2 inches
Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,148,454 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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First Sentence:
It is difficult to say exactly where the American musical was born. Read the first page

Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
directorial judgments, representational theatre, theatrical technology, production calendar, musical theatre, ensemble singing, media conversion, story theatre, musical tension, thousand performances, dimensional characterization, musical stage, hundred performances, solo singing, dramatic focus

Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Side Story, Fair Lady, New York, Sound of Music, World War, Pajama Game, River City, Victor Herbert, Cole Porter, Leonard Bernstein, Richard Rodgers, Sir Evelyn, Stephen Sondheim, Tin Pan Alley, Kurt Weill, Steam Heat, Brooks Atkinson, Frank Loesser, George Gershwin, Harold Hill, Jule Styne, Julie Andrews, Oscar Hammerstein, Charles Dickens, Czarist Russia

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This book cites 85 books:

West Side Story (Vocal Score) by Leonard Bernstein on 9 pages
Show Boat (Vocal Selections) (Song Book) by Oscar Hammerstein II on 6 pages
My Fair Lady (Score) by Alan Jay Lerner on 5 pages
Babes in Toyland by Victor Herbert on 4 pages
Tale of Two Cities (Penguin Readers Level 6) by Dickens on page 85, page 88, and page 106

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9 books cite this book:

The Musical: A Research and Information Guide (Routledge Music Bibliographies) by William Everett on page 33, and page 204
The Cambridge Companion to the Musical (Cambridge Companions to Music) by William A. Everett in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
A Most Ingenious Paradox: The Art of Gilbert and Sullivan by Gayden Wren in Back Matter
You've Got to Have a Dream: The Message of the Musical by Ian Bradley in Back Matter
Shakespeare and the American Popular Stage by Frances Teague in Back Matter

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