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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Review of Geoffrey Block's 'Enchanted Evenings'
The contents of this book are very thorough, complete, and factual. The subject is very interesting, but if you don't understand music, he is sometimes hard to follow. He was my professor and this was a class text. Without his oral interpretation, I was, at times, left wondering what he meant. The book is filled with great pictures and original score. If your...
Published on January 29, 1998
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1 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
This author knows music but not theatre
Block clearly knows his music theory, but he doesn't really understand musical theatre in any serious way. If you want some college music theory analysis of some show tunes, you might like this -- if you want insights into musical theatre, you won't get much of value here. And more than that, he appears to be one of those who believes musicals today all suck and only the...
Published on December 10, 2005 by Scott E. Miller
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18 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Review of Geoffrey Block's 'Enchanted Evenings',
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This review is from: Enchanted Evenings: The Broadway Musical from Show Boat to Sondheim (Hardcover)
The contents of this book are very thorough, complete, and factual. The subject is very interesting, but if you don't understand music, he is sometimes hard to follow. He was my professor and this was a class text. Without his oral interpretation, I was, at times, left wondering what he meant. The book is filled with great pictures and original score. If your interested in how musicals are created, definately read this book.
4.0 out of 5 stars
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This review is from: Enchanted Evenings: The Broadway Musical from Show Boat to Sondheim (Hardcover)
A detailed analysis of the Broadway Musical. Very helpful to the student or scholar.
1 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
This author knows music but not theatre,
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This review is from: Enchanted Evenings: The Broadway Musical from Show Boat to Sondheim (Paperback)
Block clearly knows his music theory, but he doesn't really understand musical theatre in any serious way. If you want some college music theory analysis of some show tunes, you might like this -- if you want insights into musical theatre, you won't get much of value here. And more than that, he appears to be one of those who believes musicals today all suck and only the old-fashioned ones have any value. All in all, not a great book...
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Enchanted Evenings: The Broadway Musical from Show Boat to Sondheim by Geoffrey Holden Block (Hardcover - October 2, 1997)
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