Dominic Mchugh

The Big Parade

Meredith Willson's Musicals from the Music Man to 1491

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Produktbeschreibung

Though Meredith Willson is best remembered for The Music Man, there is a great deal more to his career as a composer and lyricist. In The Big Parade , author Dominic McHugh uses newly uncovered letters, manuscripts, and production files to reveal Willson's unusual combination of experiences in his pre-Broadway career that led him to compose The Music Man.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hurst & Co.
• Seitenzahl: 288
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Mai 2021
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 240mm x 163mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 565g
• ISBN-13: 9780197554739
• ISBN-10: 0197554733
• Artikelnr.: 61150433

Autorenporträt

Dominic McHugh is Professor of Musicology at the University of Sheffield. He has published widely on the Broadway and Hollywood musicals, including six previous books, and has collaborated with many of the world's leading arts organisations, ranging from the Sydney Opera House to the Library of Congress.

Inhaltsangabe

* Foreword by Series Editor Geoffrey Block
* Chapter 1: Seeking the Roots of The Music Man: Meredith Willson's
Cultural Eclecticism
* Chapter 2: From The Silver Triangle to The Music Man: Creating the
Book for an Original Musical
* Chapter 3: Composing the Score for a Musical about Music
* Chapter 4: Marching Still Right Today: The Music Man from
Philadelphia to Broadway and Beyond
* Chapter 5: After The Music Man: The Unsinkable Molly Brown in the
Shadow of a Hit
* Chapter 6: Singing through Evil Times: Here's Love, Miracle on 34rd
Street, and the Challenge of the Musical Adaptation
* Chapter 7: 1491: The Final Voyage
* Index