Ganzl's Book of Musical Theatre by Kurt Ganzl

Ganzl's Book of Musical Theatre by Kurt Ganzl

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A guide to light musical theatre genres such as opera-comique, operetta, the musical comedy and the comic opera. It is a companion to "Kobbe's Complete Opera Book" and presents summaries of the libretti and songs from 300 popular musical shows, including "The Beggar's Opera" and "Les Miserables".

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Ganzl's Book of Musical Theatre by Kurt Ganzl

Ganzl and Lamb have written a guide to such light musical theatre genres as opera-comique, operetta, the musical comedy and the comic opera. Their book is a companion to "Kobbe's Complete Opera Book" and presents summaries of the libretti and songs of some 300 of the best and most popular musical shows from the contemporary and bygone repertoires of the English, French, German and Hungarian language stages. "Les Miserables", "Chess", "The Beggar's Opera" and "Robin Hood" are included. There are historical notes on the various traditions of the musical theatre and details of the principal productions of the shows discussed. An index of song titles provides a ready means of placing a song in its original context, and an appendix of recorded music gives the armchair listener easy access to the scores. Kurt Ganzl also wrote "The British Musical Theatre" which was awarded the Roger Machell Prize as best book on the performing arts in 1986. Andrew Lamb has written "Jerome Kern in Edwardian London".

Kurt Gänzl is one of the most important chroniclers of the world's history of musical theatre. His numerous works on the subject include The Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre (1994, 2001), The British Musical Theatre (1986), The Musical: A Concise History (1997), Gänzl's Book of the Musical Theatre (1988) and biographies of such artists as Lydia Thompson (2002), Willie Gill (2002) and Emily Soldene (In Search of a Singer, 2007).

SKU Non disponible
ISBN 13 9780370311579
ISBN 10 0370311574
Titre Ganzl's Book of Musical Theatre
Auteur Kurt Ganzl
État Non disponible
Type de reliure Other printed item
Éditeur Vintage Publishing
Année de publication 1988-10-27
Nombre de pages 1353
Note de couverture La photo du livre est présentée à titre d'illustration uniquement. La reliure, la couverture ou l'édition réelle peuvent varier.
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