{"product_id":"here-for-the-hearing-9780472039302","title":"Here for the Hearing","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWritten by a group of music analysts who care deeply about musical theatre, this collection provides new understanding of how musicals are put together, how composers and lyricists structure words and music to complement one another, and how music helps us understand the human relationships and historical and social contexts.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eList of Examples and Figures\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eList of Tables\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMichael Buchler and Gregory J. Decker\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart 1: Chapters that engage multiple works\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 1. “Was It Ever Real?”: Tonic Return via Stepwise Modulation in Broadway Songs\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNathan Beary Blustein (American University)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 2. Sondheim’s Dissonant Tonality\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eDrew Nobile (University of Oregon)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 3. Topical Interpretive Strategies in American Musical Theatre: Three Brief Case Studies\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGregory J. Decker (Bowling Green State University)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 4. A Phenomenological Approach to Music Theater Rhyme\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRichard Plotkin (New York, NY)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 5. The Changing Rhythms of Bridges and Ends\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRachel Short (Shenandoah Conservatory)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePart 2: Chapters that engage a single work, organized chronologically\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 6. Three Notions of Long-Range Form in Guys and Dolls\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMichael Buchler (Florida State University)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 7. Style, Tonality, and Sexuality in The Rocky Horror Show\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNicole Biamonte (McGill University)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 8. Music, Time, and Memory in Jason Robert Brown’s The Last Five Years\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJonathan De Souza (University of Western Ontario)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 9. Lesbian Desire in Fun Home\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRachel Lumsden (Florida State University)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 10. The Hip-Hop History of Hamilton\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eRobert Komaniecki (University of Iowa)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter 11. “Isn’t it queer?”: The Kinsey Sicks and the Art of Broadway Parody\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJ. Daniel Jenkins (University of South Carolina)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eList of Contributors\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cul\u003e\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"The University of Michigan Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49402713375063,"sku":"9780472039302","price":27.5,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780472039302.jpg?v=1730481309","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/here-for-the-hearing-9780472039302","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}