| Description |
1 online resource (viii, 194 pages) |
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Ashgate interdisciplinary studies in opera |
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Ashgate interdisciplinary studies in opera.
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| 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 |
| Summary |
In Musical Theatre, Realism and Entertainment, Millie Taylor explores the ways in which musical theatre reaches out to and involves its audiences. Taylor investigates how pleasure is stimulated by vocal, musical and spectacular performances |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 173-185) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Musicals -- History and criticism.
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Musicals -- Characters
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Musical theater -- History
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Music and language.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- Broadway & Musical Revue.
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Music and language
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Musical theater
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Musicals
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Musical
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Musiktheater
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Unterhaltungskunst
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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History
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dissertations.
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Academic theses.
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Thèses et écrits académiques.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2011024575 |
| ISBN |
9781409438328 |
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1409438325 |
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9786613367839 |
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6613367834 |
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1317091361 |
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9781317091363 |
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1317091353 |
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9781317091356 |
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1283367831 |
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9781283367837 |
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