Reflections on American music : the twentieth century and the new millennium : a collection of essays presented in honor of the College Music Society /

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American aria anthology.

Table of Contents: “…And where is the one who will mourn me / Kurt Weill -- Florencia en el Amazonas. Del destino / Daniel Catán -- The ghosts of Versailles. …”

Composers for the American musical theatre. by Ewen, David, 1907-1985

Table of Contents: “…Cohan -- Jerome Kern -- Irving Berlin -- George Gershwin -- Cole Porter -- Richard Rodgers -- Kurt Weill -- Frederick Loewe -- Frank Loesser -- Jerry Bock -- Leonard Bernstein.…”

Opera American style : arias for soprano /

Table of Contents: “…Somehow I never could believe / by Kurt Weill -- Treemonisha. The sacred tree / by Scott Joplin.…”

American aria anthology.

Table of Contents: “…Trouble man ; Stay well / Kurt Weill -- Madam Mao. Yes! I am she! / Bright Sheng -- Marco Polo. …”

The American popular ballad of the golden era, 1924-1950 / by Forte, Allen

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The harmonic language of the popular ballad --Rhythmic features of the popular ballad -- Melodic design : descriptive categories -- The lyric : its qualities and melodic roles -- Form : nomenclature and templates -- The large-scale view : a primer -- Ballads of Jerome Kern -- Ballads of Irving Berlin -- Ballads of Cole Porter --Ballads of George Gershwin -- Ballads of Richard Rodgers -- Ballads of Harold Arlen -- Ballads of Richard Whiting, Walter Donaldson, Harry Warren, Jimmy McHugh, Vincent Youmans, Duke Ellington, and Kurt Weill --Ballads of Hoagy Carmichael, Arthur Schartz, Vernon Duke, John Green, Burton Lane, and Jimmy Van Heusen -- Ballads of Kay Swift, Bernice Petkere, Ann Ronell, Dana Suesse, and Ruth Lowe -- Concluding reflections.…”

The American way

Table of Contents: “…Excerpts from: Rhapsody in blue / George Gershwin -- Decoration Day / Charles Ives -- First construction (in metal) / John Cage -- A celebration of some 100 x 150 notes / Elliott Carter -- Mme Press died last week at 90 / Morton Feldman -- Appalachian spring / Aaron Copland -- Harmonium / John Adams -- Lonely house (from Street scene) / Kurt Weill -- In C / Terry Riley -- Symphonic dances (from West side story) / Leonard Bernstein.…”

American aria anthology.

Table of Contents: “…Thousands of miles ; O Tixo, Tixo, help me! / Kurt Weill -- McTeague. Jehosophat! / William Bolcom -- The mighty Casey. …”

Tonality as drama : closure and interruption in four twentieth-century American operas / by Latham, Edward David

Table of Contents: “…Tonality as drama: an introduction -- Dramatic closure: the Stanislavsky system and the attainment of character objectives -- Tonal closure: a Schenkerian approach to tonal drama -- The completed background line with open-ended coda: Scott Joplin's grand opera Treemonisha (1911) -- The multi-movement Anstieg or initial ascent: George Gershwin's folk opera Porgy and Bess (1935) -- The multi-movement initial arpeggiation: Kurt Weill's Broadway opera Street scene (1947) -- The prolonged permanent interruption: Aaron Copland's operatic tone poem The tender land (1954).…”
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Show tunes : the songs, shows, and careers of Broadway's major composers / by Suskin, Steven

Table of Contents: “…Introduction ; Jerome Kern ; Irving Berlin ; George Gershwin ; Vincent Youmans ; Richard Rodgers ; Cole Porter ; Arthur Schwartz ; Harold Arlen ; Vernon Duke ; Burton Lane ; Kurt Weill ; Marc Blitzstein ; Harold Rome -- New composers of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. …”

The Democratic Gap : Transcultural Confrontations of German Immigrants and the Promise of American Democracy. by Mehring, Frank

Table of Contents: “…V Staging Americanness: Kurt WeillSelf-Americanization: Performing the "Self" as "Other"; Imaginary Spaces: Patriotic Musicals; Theatricality of "America": Kurt Weill and Langston Hughes; Summary; VI Afro-German-American Dissent: Hans J. …”
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A gambler's instinct : the story of Broadway producer Cheryl Crawford / by Barranger, Milly S.

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The German cabaret legacy in American popular music / by Farina, William, 1955-

Table of Contents: “…The Great American Cultural Invasion; 3. Kurt Weill and Die Dreigroschenoper; 4. Lotte Lenya, Future Tony Award Winner; 5. …”
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American aria anthology.

Table of Contents: “…Somehow I never could believe ; What good would the moon be / Kurt Weill -- A streetcar named desire. I want magic! …”

Opera for the people. by Graf, Herbert, 1903-

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Driven into paradise : the musical migration from Nazi Germany to the United States /

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Funny, it doesn't sound Jewish : how Yiddish songs and synagogue melodies influenced Tin Pan Alley, Broadway, and Hollywood / by Gottlieb, Jack

Table of Contents: “…Sons of Cantors -- Kurt Weill -- Jacques Offenbach -- Irving Berlin -- Harold Arlen -- Sammy Fain -- Cantors' Sons as Performers -- 10. …”
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Song Of America.

Table of Contents: “…Robinson (Guzelimian) (4:28) -- To what you said / Leonard Bernstein ; [text by] Walt Whitman (Rutenberg) (5:35) -- Look down fair moon / Charles Naginski ; [text by] Walt Whitman (Rutenberg) (2:47) -- Dirge for two veterans / Kurt Weill ; [text by] Walt Whitman (Rutenberg) (4:53) -- Ethiopia saluting the colors / Henry Thacker Burleigh ; [text by] Walt Whitman (Rutenberg) (6:32).…”
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Marc Blitzstein : his life, his work, his world / by Pollack, Howard

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One touch of Venus / by Ronell, Ann