America's musical stage : two hundred years of musical theatre / Julian Mates.

Author/creator Mates, Julian
Format Book
Publication InfoWestport, CT : Greenwood Press, 1985.
Descriptionxii, 252 pages, 20 pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 22 cm.
Subjects
Musicals--History and criticism. --United States.
Revues--History and criticism. --United States.

SeriesContributions in drama and theatre studies ; no. 1, 0163-3821 ; no. 18
Contributions in drama and theatre studies ; no. 18. ^A137224
Contents Overture: Some history, an analysis, and a Polemic -- Act I: History: The development of an indigenous form -- Act II: An analysis of the interrelatinships among musical stage forms -- Epilogue -- Bibliographical essay.
Abstract This book discusses the musical stage in all its forms--from burlesque to musical comedy to grand opera--from its beginnings in pre-Revolutionary America to the present day. It deals sensitively with the recurrent aesthetic question of popular versus highbrow art and also looks at critical reactions to popular theatrical forms of musical entertainment. The reader is introduced to various types of theatrical companies, the changing repertory, and the many kinds of musical performers who have animated the stage. The book also focuses on the creative relationships between the different forms of opera, the minstrel show and circus, melodrama and dance, burlesque, revue, vaudeville, and musical comedy.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliography (pages 225-231) and index.
LCCN 85000935
ISBN0313239487 (alk. paper)

Availability

Library Location Call Number Status Item Actions
Music Music Stacks ML1711 .M42 1985 ✔ Available Place Hold