Musical theatre, realism and entertainment / by Taylor, Millie

Table of Contents: “…Musical characterisation in HMS Pinafore and the Rocky horror show -- Encoding the voice : Show boat, Guys and dolls, and musical theatre post-1960 -- Integration and distance in musical theatre : the case of Sweeney Todd -- Layers of representation and the creation of irony : Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny, Merrily we roll along and The last 5 years -- Alternatives to linearity : Cabaret, Kiss of the spider woman and Assassins -- Illusions of realism in West Side story and actor-musician performances -- Experiencing live musical theatre performance : La Cage aux Folles and Priscilla, queen of the desert -- I've heard that song before : the jukebox musical and entertainment in The Jersey boys, Rock of ages, Mamma mia and We will rock you.…”
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Modern music and after / by Griffiths, Paul, 1947 November 24-

Table of Contents: “…1945 -- Rational and irrational : Western Europe, 1945-50 -- Silencing music : Cage, 1946-52 -- Total organization : Western Europe, 1949-54 -- Classic modernism and other kinds : the United States, 1945-55 -- The Cold War -- Extension and development : Western Europe, 1953-56 -- 1956 -- Mobile form : 1956-61 -- Elder responses -- Reappraisal and disintegration : 1959-64 -- 1965 -- Of elsewhen and elsewhere e-- Music theatre -- Politics -- Virtuosity and improvisation -- Orchestras and computers -- Minimalism and melody -- Ending -- 1975 -- Holy minimalisms -- New romanticisms -- New simplicities -- New complexities -- Old complexities -- Spectralisms -- (Unholy?) …”
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Women in the arts in the Belle Epoque : essays on influential artists, writers and performers /

Table of Contents: “…Posner)Keeping the House: Augusta Gregory and the National Theatre of Ireland (Bernadette Sweeney); Caldwell, Donnelly and Young: Women Writing in the American Musical Theatre (Ellen Marie Peck); Armande de Polignac: An Aristocratic Compositrice in Fin-de-siècle Paris (Laura Hamer); The Most Artistic Lady Artist on Earth: Vesta Victoria (Carol A. …”
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