A tanner's worth of tune : rediscovering the post-war British musical /
This book is not an encyclopaedia of the British musical in the twentieth century, but an examination of its progress as it struggled to find an identity. It shows how the British musical has reacted to social and cultural forces, suggesting that some of.
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Woodbridge ; Rochester, NY :
Boydell,
2010.
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Table of Contents:
- Frontcover; CONTENTS; LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; 1 Before and After: Identifying the British Musical; 2 Delusions of Grandeur: Ivor Novello; 3 Mastering Operetta: Noel Coward; 4 Pastiche and Esoteric: Sandy Wilson; 5 Resounding Tinkles: The plein air Musicals of Julian Slade and Dorothy Reynolds, Geoffrey Wright and Donald Swann; 6 Away from Home: Adopted British Musicals; 7 Community Singing: Realism and the British Verismo Musical; 8 Specifically British: David Heneker, Monty Norman, Julian More and Wolf Mankowitz; 9 To Whom it May Concern: The British Biomusical.
- 10 Fin de Partie: John Osborne, Lionel Bart and AfterAPPENDIX 1 Original Productions of British Musicals; APPENDIX 2 Adaptations from Other Works, 1946-78; SELECT BIBLIOGAPHY; INDEX OF MUSICAL WORKS; GENERAL INDEX; Backcover.
