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Author : Barbara Lane Shallenberger
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (112 download)
Download or read book Contemporary Music Theatre and Contemporary Opera in America written by Barbara Lane Shallenberger and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Perspectives, Creating and Producing Contemporary Opera and Musical Theater written by and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert Marx
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (876 download)
Download or read book Contemporary American Musical Theater, Opera, and Experimental Music Theater written by Robert Marx and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Arthur Holmberg
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136118446
Total Pages : 1199 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (361 download)
Download or read book World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre written by Arthur Holmberg and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 1199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The second volume of the World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre covers the Americas, from Canada to Argentina, including the United States. Entries on twenty-six countries are preceded by specialist introductions on Theatre in Post-Colonial Latin America, Theatres of North America, Puppet Theatre, Theatre for Young Audiences, Music Theatre and Dance Theatre. The essays follow the series format, allowing for cross-referring across subjects, both within the volume and between volumes. Each country entry is written by specialists in the particular country and the volume has its own teams of regional editors, overseen by the main editorial team based at the University of York in Canada headed by Don Rubin. Each entry covers all aspects of theatre genres, practitioners, writers, critics and styles, with bibliographies, over 200 black & white photographs and a substantial index. This is a unique volume in its own right; in conjunction with the other volumes in this series it forms a reference resource of unparalleled value.
Author : Yayoi U Everett
Publisher : University of Michigan Press
ISBN 13 : 0472903586
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (729 download)
Download or read book Contemporary Opera in Flux written by Yayoi U Everett and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2024-10-15 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In twelve essays, Contemporary Opera in Flux discusses a series of shifts that, taken together, have radically redefined the production and reception of opera. Focusing on productions involving late twentieth- and twenty-first century scores and libretti, the contributors draw on conversations with members of creative teams and studies of archival material, dipping into a historical record that remains in flux as composers, librettists, directors, and designers revisit existing work and create anew. The contributors to this volume push the boundaries of contemporary opera scholarship by examining works that disrupt operatic conventions; tackle sociopolitical issues such as drug trafficking, racial injustice, and cultural trauma; and advance underrepresented works by female, African-American, Asian, and avant-garde composers around the globe. Contemporary Opera in Flux bridges the gaps between expanding literature on opera, theater, new music, postmodern dramaturgy, and posthuman aesthetics, while also confronting larger questions of identity, representation, and narrative agency that are at the forefront of contemporary music scholarship. This collection of essays engages critically with the past out of a conviction that, amid general public perceptions of opera as anachronistic or elitist, contemporary opera has emerged as an artistic incubator for experimentation.
Author : Nina Penner
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 0253049989
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (53 download)
Download or read book Storytelling in Opera and Musical Theater written by Nina Penner and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Storytelling in Opera and Musical Theater is the first systematic exploration of how sung forms of drama tell stories. Through examples from opera's origins to contemporary musicals, Nina Penner examines the roles of character-narrators and how they differ from those in literary and cinematic works, how music can orient spectators to characters' points of view, how being privy to characters' inner thoughts and feelings may evoke feelings of sympathy or empathy, and how performers' choices affect not only who is telling the story but what story is being told. Unique about Penner's approach is her engagement with current work in analytic philosophy. Her study reveals not only the resources this philosophical tradition can bring to musicology but those which musicology can bring to philosophy, challenging and refining accounts of narrative, point of view, and the work-performance relationship within both disciplines. She also considers practical problems singers and directors confront on a daily basis, such as what to do about Wagner's Jewish caricatures and the racism of Orientalist operas. More generally, Penner reflects on how centuries-old works remain meaningful to contemporary audiences and have the power to attract new, more diverse audiences to opera and musical theater. By exploring how practitioners past and present have addressed these issues, Storytelling in Opera and Musical Theater offers suggestions for how opera and musical theater can continue to entertain and enrich the lives of 21st-century audiences.
Author : Jessica Sternfeld
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 9781138684614
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (846 download)
Download or read book The Routledge Companion to the Contemporary Musical written by Jessica Sternfeld and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Companion to the Contemporary American Stage Musical is dedicated to the stage musical¿s changing, evolving relationship to American culture in the very late 20thand early 21st centuries. In the past decade-and-a-half, international scholars from an ever-widening number of disciplines and specializations have been actively contributing to the burgeoning, consciously interdisciplinary field of musical theater studies. American musicals have served to mirror the sociopolitical, economic, and cultural tenor of the times¿not just reflecting culture, they have helped shape and influence it. A genre that may seem, at first glance, to be light-hearted and escapist serves also as a bold commentary on society. Forty-five essays examine the American stage musical as an ever-shifting product of an ever-changing culture, and collectively shed new light on the American musical as a thriving, contemporary performing arts genre that could have died out in the post-Tin Pan Alley era, but instead has managed to remain culturally viable and influential, in part by newly embracing a series of complex contradictions. At present, the American stage musical is a live, localized, old-fashioned genre that has simultaneously developed into an increasingly globalized, tech-savvy, intensely mediated mass entertainment form. Similarly, as it has become increasingly international in its scope and appeal, the stage musical has also become more firmly rooted to Broadway¿the idea, if not the place¿and thus branded as a quintessentially American entertainment.
Author : Sean Mayes
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350242128
Total Pages : 174 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (52 download)
Download or read book Conversations in Color written by Sean Mayes and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-11-16 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Step into a world where the brightest creative minds of contemporary musical theatre share their insights and inspirations. Conversations in Color unveils the untold stories and perspectives of remarkable artists of color shaping the stage today. Delve into captivating interviews with visionaries like André De Shields, Alex Lacamoire, Baayork Lee, and many more, as they discuss the intricate artistry behind crafting unforgettable musical experiences. Unlike any other, this groundbreaking book offers an indispensable resource for the theatre industry. Explore the multifaceted process of musical creation through conversations with directors, choreographers, music directors, orchestrators, stage managers, writers, librettists, artistic directors, and fight directors. Discover the secrets of their craft, from project preparation to rehearsal techniques, career insights, and personal anecdotes. Drawing from Broadway and regional productions across North America, these exclusive interviews provide invaluable firsthand knowledge that transcends boundaries. Conversations in Color fills a vital void in musical theatre studies, shedding light on the absence of diverse perspectives. Immerse yourself in the minds of leading creative practitioners, gaining practical steps and inspiration for your own artistic endeavors. Whether you're a professional or aspiring performer, director, or designer, this book serves as a compass, guiding you towards excellence. Unlock the secrets of musical theatre's most extraordinary talents: a vibrant world of creativity awaits, where voices that have been under-acknowledged are finally heard, and where passion and innovation reign supreme.
Author : Eric Salzman
Publisher : OUP USA
ISBN 13 : 0195099362
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (95 download)
Download or read book The New Music Theater written by Eric Salzman and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2008-11-06 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The New Music Theater is the first comprehensive attempt in English to cover a still-emerging art form in its widest range. This book, written for the reader who comes from the contemporary worlds of music, theater, film, literature, and visual arts, provides a wealth of examples and descriptions, not only of the works themselves but of the concepts, ideas and trends that have gone into the evolution of what may be the most central performance art form of the post-modern world."--BOOK JACKET.
Author : Nathan Hurwitz
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317428323
Total Pages : 331 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)
Download or read book Songwriters of the American Musical Theatre written by Nathan Hurwitz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-09-01 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the favorites of Tin Pan Alley to today’s international blockbusters, the stylistic range required of a musical theatre performer is expansive. Musical theatre roles require the ability to adapt to a panoply of characters and vocal styles. By breaking down these styles and exploring the output of the great composers, Songwriters of the American Musical Theatre offers singers and performers an essential guide to the modern musical. Composers from Gilbert and Sullivan and Irving Berlin to Alain Boublil and Andrew Lloyd Webber are examined through a brief biography, a stylistic overview, and a comprehensive song list with notes on suitable voice types and further reading. This volume runs the gamut of modern musical theatre, from English light opera through the American Golden Age, up to the "mega musicals" of the late Twentieth Century, giving today’s students and performers an indispensable survey of their craft.
Author : Don Rubin
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136359281
Total Pages : 644 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (363 download)
Download or read book World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre written by Don Rubin and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-10-08 with total page 644 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new in paperback edition of World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre covers the Americas, from Canada to Argentina, including the United States. Entries on twenty six countries are preceded by specialist introductions on Theatre in Post-Colonial Latin America, Theatres of North America, Puppet Theatre, Theatre for Young Audiences, Music Theatre and Dance Theatre. The essays follow the series format, allowing for cross-referring across subjects, both within the volume and between volumes. Each country entry is written by specialists in the particular country and the volume has its own teams of regional editors, overseen by the main editorial team based at the University of York in Canada headed by Don Rubin. Each entry covers all aspects of theatre genres, practitioners, writers, critics and styles, with bibliographies, over 200 black & white photographs and a substantial index. This Encyclopedia is indispensable for anyone interested in the cultures of the Americas or in modern theatre. It is also an invaluable reference tool for students and scholars of a wide range of disciplines including history, performance studies, anthropology and cultural studies.
Author : Nathan Hurwitz
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317912047
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)
Download or read book A History of the American Musical Theatre written by Nathan Hurwitz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-27 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the diverse proto-theatres of the mid-1800s, though the revues of the ‘20s, the ‘true musicals’ of the ‘40s, the politicisation of the ‘60s and the ‘mega-musicals’ of the ‘80s, every era in American musical theatre reflected a unique set of socio-cultural factors. Nathan Hurwitz uses these factors to explain the output of each decade in turn, showing how the most popular productions spoke directly to the audiences of the time. He explores the function of musical theatre as commerce, tying each big success to the social and economic realities in which it flourished. This study spans from the earliest spectacles and minstrel shows to contemporary musicals such as Avenue Q and Spiderman. It traces the trends of this most commercial of art forms from the perspective of its audiences, explaining how staying in touch with writers and producers strove to stay in touch with these changing moods. Each chapter deals with a specific decade, introducing the main players, the key productions and the major developments in musical theatre during that period.
Author : Dominic Symonds
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199997152
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (999 download)
Download or read book Gestures of Music Theater written by Dominic Symonds and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014-02 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Gestures of Music Theater explores examples of Song and Dance as performative gestures that entertain and affect audiences. The chapters interact to reveal the complex energies of performativity. In experiencing these energies, music theatre is revealed as a dynamic accretion of active, complex and dialogical experiences.
Author : American Society for Theatre Research
Publisher : Praeger
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 472 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Musical Theatre in America written by American Society for Theatre Research and published by Praeger. This book was released on 1984-04-23 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A notable addition to the literature on the American musical and especially its history, this collection of essays and edited panel discussions is diverse and rich in its scope. Based on the combined efforts of theater and dance specialists, musicologists, librarians and archivists, and professional musical theater practitioners, this volume attempts to cover aspects of the American musical from its 18th-century beginnings to the synthesizing of the contemporary musical as a work of art. In between there are sections on the musical in the 19th century, 20th-century variety and revue formats, the book musical of this century, dance in the musical, and various methods of preserving the musical theater heritage.
Author : Symonds, Dominic
Publisher : Rodopi
ISBN 13 : 9789042036918
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (369 download)
Download or read book The Legacy of Opera. written by Symonds, Dominic and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Legacy of Opera: Reading Music Theatre as Experience and Performance is the first volume in a series of books compiled by the Music Theatre Working Group of the International Federation for Theatre Research. The series explores the widening of the meaning of the term “music theatre” to reflect new ways of thinking about this creative practice beyond the genres circumscribed by discourses of theatre studies and musicology. Specifically it interrogates the experience of music theatre and its performance energies for contemporary audiences who engage with the emergence of new expressive idioms, new performative paradigms, new technologies and new ways of thinking.The Legacy of Opera considers some of the ways in which opera's influence has informed our understanding of and approach to the musical stage, from the multiple perspectives of the ideological, historical, corporeal and artistic. With contributions from international scholars in music theatre, its chapters explore both canonic and experimental examples of music theatre, spanning a period from the seventeenth century to the present day.
Author : Lehman Engel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The American Musical Theater written by Lehman Engel and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 1967 book provides a critical history of 20th century musicals in the United States.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 340 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (318 download)
Download or read book Directory of Contemporary Operas & Music Theater Works & North American Premieres 1980-1989 written by and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 340 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
