The Shubert name has been synonymous with Broadway for almost as long as Broadway entertainment itself. In The Shuberts and Their Passing Shows: The Untold Tale of Ziegfeld's Rivals, author Jonas Westover investigates beyond the Shuberts' business empire into their early revues and the centrifugal role they played in developing American theatre as an art form.
The Shubert name has been synonymous with Broadway for almost as long as Broadway entertainment itself. In The Shuberts and Their Passing Shows: The Untold Tale of Ziegfeld's Rivals, author Jonas Westover investigates beyond the Shuberts' business empire into their early revues and the centrifugal role they played in developing American theatre as an art form.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Dr. Jonas Westover (Ph.D., City University of New York 2010) has been an active violinist and musicologist in the Twin Cities area for the past five years. He is the author of The Shuberts and their Passing Shows: The Untold Tale of Ziegfelds Rivals (Oxford University Press, 2016) and has written over 400 entries for the Grove Dictionary of American Music. He has taught violin since 1998 in both Minneapolis and New York, and regularly performs in chamber music and in orchestras for musical theater. He has also taught in numerous New York and Minnesota colleges and universities. As a musicologist, his interests are musical theater, film music, and videogame music. He is also the volunteer historian for the Surf Ballroom in Clear Lake, IA.
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* Contents * Acknowledgements * List of Figures * List of Tables * List of Examples * A List of Passing Show Personages * Introduction * Chapter 1: A Twelve-Hour Show Squeezed Into Three: The Creative Forces Behind the Passing Shows. * Chapter 2: A Matchless Mélange of Mirth and Melody: The Stars of the Passing Shows. * Chapter 3: The Hebrew Messenger Boy and the Thespian: The Howard Brothers. * Chapter 4: A Downpour of Talent, A Niagara of Beauty: Chorus Girls and Chorus Boys. * Chapter 5: The Mastodon of Musical Extravaganza: Song, Dance, and Scenic Effects. * Chapter 6: A Sure Cure for the Blues: Creating the Passing Show of 1914. * Chapter 7: A Carnival of Travesty: Textual and Musical References in the Passing Shows. * Chapter 8: America's Foremost Musical Institution: The Shuberts, Ziegfeld, and their Battle for Supremacy. * Chapter 9: As New, Bright, and Welcome as the Morning Sun: The Birth of a Legend and the Demise of a Genre. * Bibliography * Appendices
* Contents * Acknowledgements * List of Figures * List of Tables * List of Examples * A List of Passing Show Personages * Introduction * Chapter 1: A Twelve-Hour Show Squeezed Into Three: The Creative Forces Behind the Passing Shows. * Chapter 2: A Matchless Mélange of Mirth and Melody: The Stars of the Passing Shows. * Chapter 3: The Hebrew Messenger Boy and the Thespian: The Howard Brothers. * Chapter 4: A Downpour of Talent, A Niagara of Beauty: Chorus Girls and Chorus Boys. * Chapter 5: The Mastodon of Musical Extravaganza: Song, Dance, and Scenic Effects. * Chapter 6: A Sure Cure for the Blues: Creating the Passing Show of 1914. * Chapter 7: A Carnival of Travesty: Textual and Musical References in the Passing Shows. * Chapter 8: America's Foremost Musical Institution: The Shuberts, Ziegfeld, and their Battle for Supremacy. * Chapter 9: As New, Bright, and Welcome as the Morning Sun: The Birth of a Legend and the Demise of a Genre. * Bibliography * Appendices
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