Musical theatre: a history
Auteur :
Kenrick, John
Éditeur :
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN :
9780826430137
Date de publication :
6 mai 2010
Dimensions :
23,5 x 15,5 cm
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Offers a comprehensive history of stage musicals from the earliest accounts of the ancient Greeks and Romans, for whom songs were common elements in staging, to Jacques Offenbach in Paris during the 1840s, to Gilbert and Sullivan in the UK, to the rise of music halls and vaudeville traditions in America, and eventually to 'Broadway's Golden Age'.