Musical Stages

Musical Stages PDF Author: Richard Rodgers
Publisher: New York : Random House
ISBN:
Category : Composers
Languages : en
Pages : 382

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Musical Stages

Musical Stages PDF Author: Richard Rodgers
Publisher: New York : Random House
ISBN:
Category : Composers
Languages : en
Pages : 382

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Something Wonderful

Something Wonderful PDF Author: Todd S. Purdum
Publisher: Henry Holt
ISBN: 162779834X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 400

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"Even before they joined forces, Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II had written dozens of Broadway shows, but together they pioneered a new art form: the serious musical play. Their songs and dance numbers served to advance the drama and reveal character, a sharp break from the past and the template on which all future musicals would be built. [This is a portrait of that creative partnership]"--Amazon.com

Up in the Cheap Seats

Up in the Cheap Seats PDF Author: Ron Fassler
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780998168623
Category : Performing Arts
Languages : en
Pages : 246

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Actor and theatre aficionado Ron Fassler recalls his upbringing on Broadway, in conversation with Harold Prince, Stephen Sondheim, Bette Midler, Sheldon Harnick, James Earl Jones, Austin Pendleton, Ken Howard, Hal Linden, Stacy Keach, Jane Alexander and Mike Nichols among many others.

The Complete Lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein II

The Complete Lyrics of Oscar Hammerstein II PDF Author: Oscar Hammerstein II
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 0375413588
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 450

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From every “beautiful mornin’” to “some enchanted evening,” the songs of Oscar Hammerstein II are part of our daily lives, his words part of our national fabric. Born into a theatrical dynasty headed by his grandfather and namesake, Oscar Hammerstein II breathed new life into the moribund art form of operetta by writing lyrics and libretti for such classics as Rose-Marie (music by Rudolf Friml), The Desert Song (Sigmund Romberg), The New Moon (Romberg) and Song of the Flame (George Gershwin). Hammerstein and Jerome Kern wrote eight musicals together, including Sweet Adeline, Music in the Air, and their masterpiece, Show Boat. The vibrant Carmen Jones was Hammerstein’s all-black adaptation of the tragic opera by Georges Bizet. In 1943, Hammerstein, pioneer in the field of operetta, joined forces with Richard Rodgers, who had for the previous twenty-five years taken great strides in the field of musical comedy with his longtime writing partner, Lorenz Hart. The first Rodgers and Hammerstein work, Oklahoma!, merged the two styles into a completely new genre—the musical play—and simultaneously launched the most successful partnership in American musical theater. Over the next seventeen years, Rodgers and Hammerstein wrote eight more Broadway musicals: Carousel, Allegro, South Pacific, The King and I, Me and Juliet, Pipe Dream, Flower Drum Song, and The Sound of Music. They also wrote a movie musical (State Fair) and one for television (Cinderella). Collectively their works have earned dozens of awards, including Pulitzers, Tonys, Oscars, Grammys, and Emmys. Throughout his career, Hammerstein created works of lyrical beauty and universal feeling, and he continually strove—sometimes against fashion—to seek out the good and beautiful in the world. “I know the world is filled with troubles and many injustices,” he once said. “But reality is as beautiful as it is ugly . . . I just couldn’t write anything without hope in it.” All of his lyrics are here—850, more than a quarter published for the first time—in this sixth book in the indispensable Complete Lyrics series that has also brought us the lyrics of Cole Porter, Lorenz Hart, Ira Gershwin, Irving Berlin, and Frank Loesser. From the young scribe’s earliest attempts to the old master’s final lyric—“Edelweiss”—we can see, read, and, yes, sing the words of a theatrical and lyrical genius.

A Lonely Romeo

A Lonely Romeo PDF Author: Malvin M. Franklin
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Musicals
Languages : en
Pages : 188

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The Rodgers and Hammerstein Song Book

The Rodgers and Hammerstein Song Book PDF Author: Richard Rodgers
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Musical revues, comedies, etc
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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The Best of Richard Rodgers

The Best of Richard Rodgers PDF Author: Richard Rodgers
Publisher: Hal Leonard Publishing Corporation
ISBN: 9780634036668
Category : Guitar music, Arranged
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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This collection features 20 terrific Rodgers songs from favorite Broadway productions, arranged for fingerstyle guitar with notes and tab. Includes: Bali Ha'i * Bewitched * Edelweiss * Hello, Young Lovers * If I Loved You * Isn't It Romantic? * It Might as Well Be Spring * My Favorite Things * My Funny Valentine * Oh, What a Beautiful Mornin' * Some Enchanted Evening * The Sound of Music * You'll Never Walk Alone * and more!

Babes in Arms

Babes in Arms PDF Author: Richard Rodgers
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Musicals
Languages : en
Pages : 154

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The Best Plays of 1989-1990

The Best Plays of 1989-1990 PDF Author: Otis L. Guernsey
Publisher: Hal Leonard Corporation
ISBN: 9781557830906
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 676

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Gathers highlights from the season's ten best plays and information on plays produced in the United States

Classic American Popular Song

Classic American Popular Song PDF Author: David Jenness
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136797440
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 462

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Classic American Popular Song: The Second Half-Century, 1950-2000 addresses the question: What happened to American popular song after 1950? There are numerous books available on the so-called Golden Age of popular song, but none that follow the development of popular song styles in the second half of the 20th century. While 1950 is seen as the end of an era, the tap of popular song creation hardly ran dry after that date. Many of the classic songwriters continued to work through the following decades: Porter was active until 1958; Rodgers until the later 1970s; Arlen until 1976. Some of the greatest lyricists of the classic era continued to do outstanding and successful work: Johnny Mercer and Dorothy Fields, for example, continued to produce lyrics through the early '70s. These works could be explained as simply the Golden Age's last stand, a refusal of major figures to give in to a new reality. But then, how can we explain the outstanding careers of Frank Loesser, Cy Coleman, Jerry Herman, Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick, Fred Kander and John Ebb, Jule Styne, Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, and several other major figures? Where did Stephen Sondheim come from? For anyone interested in the development of American popular song -- and its survival -- this book will make fascinating reading.