Song & Dance the Complete Story of Stage Musicals Kurt Ganzl Hardcover Book

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Song & Dance The Complete Story of Stage Musicals Kurt Ganzl Hardcover Book.
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Smithmark Pub (January … Read more Song & Dance The Complete Story of Stage Musicals Kurt Ganzl Hardcover Book.
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Smithmark Pub (January 1, 1995)
Language ‏ : ‎ English Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 240 pages
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 9.5 x 1 x 12 inches.
A history of stage musicals in the United States and Europe as well as an illustrated collection of some of the most memorable. This book does a very good job starting with what Gånzl holds are the proto-musicals, the opera-bouffes of the 19th century and follows the genre through the Gilbert & Sullivan operetta, Strauss’s Viennese concoctions, the French farce musicals of the 1920s (a great fan of these, Gånzl acutely regrets that they were so bowdlerized in translation they never got an audience outside France) and the birth of the Broadway musical (though he scoffs at the idea the musical is a uniquely American form, and certainly makes his point) before ending at BEAUTY AND THE BEAST.
While covering general trends, Gånzl also highlights both the big successes, major songs and the shows and creators that redefine the genre and the various shows’ success in revivals, tours and international productions become a hit.
Dimensions: Height: 12.5 in (31.75 cm)Width: 9 in (22.86 cm)Depth: 1 in (2.54 cm) See less