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Taylor & Francis Ltd Reflections on Elizabeth A. H. Greens Life and Career in Music Education
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Embodied Nostalgia
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Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales) In The Space Of A Song The Uses of Song in Film
Trade Review"This book offers a series of supremely detailed and insightful case studies, each illustrating what is at stake when songs are heard – and seen – in films. Dyer investigates commonplace ideas about the use of songs in film and shows how these are enacted in the detail of a particular sequence, of a single movie, across a genre or over a performer’s career. He demonstrates expertly that the coupling of song and film narrative also involves choreography in relationships of race, gender and sexuality. This ideological operation is powerful precisely because song sequences are often so enjoyable, eliciting a sense of pleasure that Dyer conveys sincerely yet critically, and that is mirrored in the easy authority with which he writes." Dr Ian Garwood, University of Glasgow, UK"Richard Dyer has spent his career at the leading edge of helping us understand what entertainment does for us, beyond merely entertain. With this compact, engaging exploration of songs in films — from classical Hollywood musicals to 1970s Blaxploitation films, to Italian and Hindi cinema — Dyer takes us from the initial question "What does it mean?" to the deeper, more challenging, and yet more telling question "How does it mean?" Intertwining narrative, performance analysis, and social history, Dyer adds a distinctive focus by siting moments of song within geographic and temporal, as well as narrative and emotional, space. Songs can create ruptures in time and space, meld them seamlessly, set them in pointed contrast, or create fluid spaces of affect within a linear narrative. Dyer’s close readings illuminate not only individual instances but help us grasp what we already "know" - how complex even the most "natural" and "spontaneous" moments of song can be." Robynn Stilwell, Georgetown University, USA"What a pleasure to find Richard Dyer returning to the musical! In the Space of a Song combines reprints of some older pieces with several substantive new ones in a collection of insightful essays about the double function of song and singing in the musical. Whether you study this genre or are just passionate about it, In the Space of a Song should be considered required reading. It is, simply put, Dyer at his very best." Steven Cohan, Syracuse University, USA"In the Space of a Song...is without doubt one of the best examples of Richard Dyer's magnificent style, always characterised by placing film production in its historical context and as such, with the cultural preconceptions which shape each cinematic tradition." Teresa Fraile Prieto, translated from Secuencias. Revista de Historia del CineTable of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction Something about singing; No musicals: Italian cinema; All musicals: Hindi cinema Chapter 2. The Perfection of Meet Me in St. Louis Chapter 3. A Star Is Born and the Construction of Authenticity Chapter 4. ‘I Seem to Find the Happiness I Seek’: Heterosexuality and Dance in the Musical Chapter 5. The Space of Happiness in the Musical Chapter 6. Singing Prettily: Lena Horne in Hollywood Chapter 7. Is Car Wash a Musical? Chapter 8. Music and Presence in Blaxploitation Cinema
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Taylor & Francis Leslie Stuart Composer of Florodora Forgotten Stars of the Musical Theatre
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Taylor & Francis Alice May Gilbert Sullivans First Prima Donna Forgotten Stars of the Musical Theatre
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Taylor & Francis Ltd William B Gill From the Goldfields to Broadway 3 Forgotten Stars of the Musical Theatre
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Harry B Smith Dean of American Librettists Forgotten Stars of the Musical Theatre
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Taylor & Francis Americas Songs The Stories Behind the Songs of Broadway Hollywood and Tin Pan Alley
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Musical A Research and Information Guide Routledge Music Bibliographies
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Milestones in Musical Theatre
Milestones in Musical Theatre tracks ten of the most significant moments in musical theatre history, from some of its earliest incarnations, especially those crafted by Black creators, to its rise as a global phenomenon. Designed for weekly use in musical theatre courses, these ten chosen snapshots chart the development of this unique art form and move through its history chronologically, tracking the earliest operettas through the mid-century Golden Age classics, as well as the creative explosion in directing talent, which reshaped the form and the movement toward inclusivity that has recast its creators. Each chapter explores how the musical and its history have been deeply influenced by a variety of factors, including race, gender, and nationality, and examines how each milestone represents a significant turning point for this beloved art form.Milestones are a range of accessible textbooks, breaking down the need-to-know moments in the social, cultural, pol
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Taylor & Francis Performance Trauma and Puerto Rico in Musical
Book SynopsisThis study positions four musicals and their associated artists as mobilizers of defiant joy in relation to trauma and healing in Puerto Rico. This book argues that the historical trajectory of these musicals has formed a canon of works that have reiterated, resisted or transformed experiences of trauma through linguistic, ritual, and geographic interventions. These traumas may be disaster-related, migrant-related, colonial or patriarchal. Bilingualism and translation, ritual action, and geographic space engage moments of trauma (natural disaster, incarceration, death) and healing (community celebration, grieving, emancipation) in these works. The musicals considered are West Side Story (1957, 2009, 2019), The Capeman (1998), In the Heights (2008), and Hamilton (2015). Central to this argument is that each of the musicals discussed is tied to Puerto Rico, either through the representation of Puerto Rican characters and stories, or through tTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroduction Chapter 1: Bilingualism and Translation as Caring Performance Chapter 2: Caring Performance in Public Art Chapter 3: Spaces of Care Chapter 4: Transforming Disaster through Defiant JoyAfterword Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Musical Theatre for the Female Voice
Book SynopsisFemale musical theatre singers produce some of the most exciting and expressive singing an audience can experience. They also face a unique and specific set of issues when approaching their craft, from negotiating the registers of their voice to enable them to belt, to vocal health challenges such as premenstrual voice syndrome. This is the only book that offers a full and detailed guide to tackling those issues and to singing with full expression and technical excellence. Musical Theatre for the Female Voice covers the origin of singing in musicals, from the bel canto style of 300 years ago through to the latest developments in high belting, in shows such as Wicked and Waitress. It offers the reader exercises and methods that have been used to train hundreds of singers at some of the UK's leading musical theatre training institutions and are underpinned by the latest academic research in journals on singing, psychology, and health. Every element of aTrade Review"I can recommend this book to students and professionals alike who can trust the insights given through Shaun's exhaustive study of voice production. This is not just a description of singing but a helpful guide to improvement and best practice." — Sylvia Young OBE, Founder and Principal of the Sylvia Young Theatre School, UK"The book lays out an approach to the singing voice that is filled with the warmth and wisdom of its experienced practitioner author, Shaun Aquilina. Not only is the book informative but it is accessible in tone and avoids any hint of expert condescension. It is clearly a must have for the singer who wishes to discover more about the full story of their voice from posture to performance in order to enhance their vocal artistry." — Jane Boston, Principal Lecturer Voice, The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama, UKTable of ContentsPart 1: Whole-Body Engagement, 1. Posture, 2. Breath, 3. Voice, 4. Vocal Health, Part 2: Expressive Singing, 5. Impression-Expression, 6. Words and Music
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Taylor & Francis Victorian Vocalists
Book SynopsisVictorian Vocalists is a masterful and entertaining collection of 100 biographies of mid- to late-19th-century singers and stars. Kurt GÃnzl paints a vivid picture of the Victorian operatic and concert world, revealing the backgrounds, journeys, successes, failures and misdemeanours of these singers. This volume is not only an outstanding reference work for anyone interested in vocalists of the era, but also a compelling, meticulously researched picture of life in the vast shark tank that was Victorian music.Table of ContentsADINI AGNESI ALBERTINI AMADEI AMBRE BAUERMEISTER BELLETTI BELOCCA BERRY GREENING BETTS BIRCH BRIGNOLI BRUCE BYRON CAMPOBELLO, E CANDIDUS CARADORI CARADORI ALLAN CASTLE CHIOMI CIAMPI CONDELL CSILLAG DE BEGNIS DELCY DI MURSKA DORUS GRAS DURAND, M ESCOTT FARQUHARSON FAVANTI FEDOR FIORENTINI FRAZER FRIEDLÄNDER GAVEAUX GORDOSA GOULD GREENFIELD GUILMETTE HALL HARRIS HIRLEMANN HÖLZEL HORTON-REED JONES, MRS C KENNETH LANCIA LAURENCE LIEBHART LOCKEY LYALL MASCALL MAYBRICK MENGIS MESSENT MIRAN MONBELLI NAU NIKITA NOUVER OSGOOD PACKARD PALMIERI PARRY PATON PAUL PEARCE, E PENCO PHILLIPS PICCOLOMINI PISCHEK POOLE, MISS PYNE ROBINSON ROUSBEY RUBINI RUDERSDORFF SAPIO SAROLTA SCOVEL SESSI SHAW, MRS SHIRREFF SINICO STAUDIGL SUSINI SUTTON THALBERG THOMAS, LEWIS TONNELLIER TORRIANI TREMAINE TURNER URIO VANERI VINNING VITELLI WHITWORTH YORKE
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Cambridge University Press The Politics of the Stuart Court Masque
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Cambridge University Press Madama ButterflyMadamu Batafurai
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Finale
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Oxford University Press Inc American Popular Song The Great Innovators
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction by Robert Rawlins 1. The Transition Era: 1885 to World War I 2. Jerome Kern (1885-1945) 3. Irving Berlin (1888-1989) 4. George Gershwin (1898-1937) 5. Richard Rodgers (1902-1979) 6. Cole Porter (1891-1964) 7. Harold Arlen (1905-1986) 8. Vincent Youmans (1898-1946) and Arthur Schwartz (1900-1984) 9. Burton Lane (1912- 1997), Hugh Martin (1914-2011), and Vernon Duke (1903-1969) 10. The Great Craftsmen Hoagy Carmichael (1899-1981) Walter Donaldson (1893-1947) Harry Warren (1893-1981) Isham Jones (1894-1956) Jimmy McHugh (1894-1969) Duke Ellington (1899-1974) Fred Ahlert (1892-1953) Richard Whiting (1891-1938) Ray Noble (1907-1978) John Green (1908-1989) Rube Bloom (1902-1976) Jimmy Van Heusen (1913-1990) 11. Outstanding Individual Songs: 1920 to 1950 12. Additional Songs and Composers Index
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The University of Michigan Press A Problem like Maria
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The University of Michigan Press Broadway Rhythm
Book SynopsisA guide to Manhattan like nothing you've ever read. Author Dominic Symonds calls it a performance cartography, and argues that the city of New York maps its iconicity in the music of the Broadway songbook. A series of walking tours takes the reader through the landscape of Manhattan, clambering over rooftops, riding the subway, and flying over skyscrapers.Trade ReviewA witty, whimsical exploration of how the physical place of Broadway has been represented in song. The book brings place into an ongoing scholarly conversation about the ways in which Broadway musicals do important cultural work and adds layers of meaning to a form that is generally considered solely in terms of words and music."" - Andrea Most, University of Toronto""With an ear attuned to the rhythmic and harmonic structures of the musical, Symonds proposes inventive and sometimes audacious new interpretations of classic Broadway songs and songwriters. His examples explore how form and experience shape each other and provide affective maps of the city. . . . Broadway Rhythm offers a new way to read the American musical."" - Shane Vogel, Indiana University
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Random House USA Inc In the Heights
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Hal Leonard Corporation Grease Is Still the Word
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Hal Leonard Corporation Singers Musical Theatre Mezzo Soprano Volume 3
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Hal Leonard Corporation Guettel and Landau Vocal Score
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Hal Leonard Corporation Parade
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Hal Leonard Corporation Essential Elements Broadway Favorites for Strings
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Hal Leonard Corporation Broadways Best Arr Phillip Keveren the Phillip
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Hal Leonard Corporation First Book of Broadway Solos MezzoSopranoAlto
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Hal Leonard Singers Musical Theatre Mezzo Soprano Volume 2
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Hal Leonard Corporation The Lyric Library Broadway Volume II Complete
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Hal Leonard Corporation MUSICALES Musical Theatre Anthology For Teens
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Hal Leonard Corporation The Norman Gimbel Songbook 50 of the Lyricists
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Hal Leonard Corporation Singers Musical Theatre Soprano Volume 2 CD
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Hal Leonard Corporation Singers Musical Theatre Soprano Volume 1 CD
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Hal Leonard Corporation Singers Musical Theatre. Soprano 3 CD
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Hal Leonard Corporation Singers Musical Theatre. Mezzo Sop 3 CD
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Hal Leonard Corporation Singers Musical Theatre Tenor Volume 1 CD
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Hal Leonard Corporation Singers Musical Theatre. Tenor 2 CD
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Hal Leonard Corporation Singers Musical Theatre Tenor 3 CD Singers
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Hal Leonard Corporation Singers Musical Theatre. BarBass 2 CD
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Hal Leonard Corporation Singers Musical Theatre. Mezzo Sop 2 CD
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Hal Leonard Corporation The Woman in White
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Hal Leonard Corporation Gypsy Broadway Revival vocal selections
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Berklee Press The Wright Forrest Songbook 22 Songs by the
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Hal Leonard Corporation Pal Joey Souvenir Folio Edition
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Hal Leonard Corporation Broadway Today AllNew 48 Songs from 26 Hit
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Hal Leonard Corporation The David Zippel Songbook
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Hal Leonard Corporation Essential Elements Film Favorites CD
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Hal Leonard Corporation Kids Broadway Songbook Accompaniment CD
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