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100 1 a| Mast, Gerald,d| 1940-1988.=| ^A52374;

245 10 a| Can't help singin' :b| the American musical on stage and screen /c| Gerald Mast.;

260 a| Woodstock, NY :b| The Overlook Press,c| 1987.;

300 a| x, 389 pages :b| illustrations ;c| 24 cm;

336 a| text2| rdacontent;

337 a| unmediated2| rdamedia;

338 a| volume2| rdacarrier;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 364-367) and index.;

505 0 a| Will it be Bach that I hear, or just a Cole Porter song?/Overture -- Before the ball/American musical theatre before American musicals (1866-1900) -- The Tin-Pan-tithesis of melody/American song, American sound -- Say it with music/Irving Berlin -- When e'er a cloud appears in the blue/Jerome Kern -- Pounding on tin/George and Ira Gershwin -- Only possible with music/movie musicals (1927-1932) -- The kaleidoscope waltz/Busby Berkeley -- Gonna write my footsteps on the sand of time/Fred Astaire in black and white -- It feels like neuritis, but nevertheless it's love/Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart -- Do do that voodoo that you do so well/Cole Porter -- As corny as Kansas in August, as restless as a willow in a windstorm/Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II -- The bigger the army and the navy, the better the loving will be/Warners, Paramount, Universal, and Fox (1936-1953) -- And best of all, he's American/Arthur Freed and MGM -- Mount Hollywood art school/five films of the fifties -- From the horse right here to the rain in Spain/Broadway and Hollywood (1948-1968) -- The state of the art, my friend/modernist musical metaphor on stage and screen (1970- ) -- And point me toward tomorrow/finale.;

520 a| This book argues that the history of the American Musical is also the history of American culture as a whole. What the 18th and 19th century called opera, America called the musical, and its star composers and performers enjoyed the same cultural power in their time as did Mozart, Puccini and Verdi. The author shows the musical roots of the stage and screen musical in the immigrant roots of the American melting pot--the British music hall and satiric opera, the sentimental ballads of the Irish, the minor harmonies of Jewish and gypsy violins. Includes chapters on Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, the Gershwins, Busby Berkeley, Fred Astaire, Rodgers and Hart, Cole Porter, and Rodgers and Hammerstein.;

650 0 a| Musicalsz| United Statesx| History and criticism.=| ^A234771;

650 0 a| Musical filmsz| United Statesx| History and criticism.=| ^A1005766;

650 0 a| Revuesz| United Statesx| History and criticism.=| ^A255925;

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Can't help singin' : the American musical on stage and screen / Gerald Mast.

Author/creator	Mast, Gerald
Format	Book
Publication Info	Woodstock, NY : The Overlook Press, 1987.
Description	x, 389 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects	Musicals--United States. --History and criticism. Musical films--United States. --History and criticism. Revues--United States. --History and criticism.

Contents	Will it be Bach that I hear, or just a Cole Porter song?/Overture -- Before the ball/American musical theatre before American musicals (1866-1900) -- The Tin-Pan-tithesis of melody/American song, American sound -- Say it with music/Irving Berlin -- When e'er a cloud appears in the blue/Jerome Kern -- Pounding on tin/George and Ira Gershwin -- Only possible with music/movie musicals (1927-1932) -- The kaleidoscope waltz/Busby Berkeley -- Gonna write my footsteps on the sand of time/Fred Astaire in black and white -- It feels like neuritis, but nevertheless it's love/Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart -- Do do that voodoo that you do so well/Cole Porter -- As corny as Kansas in August, as restless as a willow in a windstorm/Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II -- The bigger the army and the navy, the better the loving will be/Warners, Paramount, Universal, and Fox (1936-1953) -- And best of all, he's American/Arthur Freed and MGM -- Mount Hollywood art school/five films of the fifties -- From the horse right here to the rain in Spain/Broadway and Hollywood (1948-1968) -- The state of the art, my friend/modernist musical metaphor on stage and screen (1970- ) -- And point me toward tomorrow/finale.
Abstract	This book argues that the history of the American Musical is also the history of American culture as a whole. What the 18th and 19th century called opera, America called the musical, and its star composers and performers enjoyed the same cultural power in their time as did Mozart, Puccini and Verdi. The author shows the musical roots of the stage and screen musical in the immigrant roots of the American melting pot--the British music hall and satiric opera, the sentimental ballads of the Irish, the minor harmonies of Jewish and gypsy violins. Includes chapters on Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, the Gershwins, Busby Berkeley, Fred Astaire, Rodgers and Hart, Cole Porter, and Rodgers and Hammerstein.
Local note	Little-320103--305131018805Z
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 364-367) and index.
LCCN	87007986
ISBN	0879512830 :
ISBN	9780879512835 (hbk.)

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