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  • The Best of Katherine Jenkins by Chester Music
    Chester Music

    The Best of Katherine Jenkins

    Thirteen of the very best songs from Katherine Jenkins' four number one albums, Premiere, Second Nature, Living A Dream and Serenade.Author: Chester MusicISBN-10: 1846099315ISBN-13: 9781846099311Publisher: Chester MusicLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/01/2007Pages: 72Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.70lbsSize: 11.70h x 8.80w x 0.30d
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  • Lakme: Opera In Three Acts (1890) by Delibes, Leo
    Leo Delibes

    Lakme: Opera In Three Acts (1890)

    Lakme: Opera In Three Acts is a classic French opera composed by Leo Delibes and first performed in 1883. The opera tells the story of a love affair between a British officer named Gerald and a Hindu priestess named Lakme, set against the backdrop...
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  • Songs, Duets, Trios, Chorusses, Etc. In The New Grand Original Opera Entitled Joan Of Arc! (1837) by Balfe, Michael William
    Michael William Balfe

    Songs, Duets, Trios, Chorusses, Etc. In The New Grand Original Opera Entitled Joan Of Arc! (1837)

    This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our...
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  • The Opera And Oratorio: A Study In Music Appreciation by Faulkner, Anne Shaw
    Anne Shaw Faulkner

    The Opera And Oratorio: A Study In Music Appreciation

    The Opera and Oratorio: A Study in Music Appreciation by Anne Shaw Faulkner is a comprehensive guide to understanding and appreciating two of the most important forms of classical music: opera and oratorio. The book provides a detailed history of both forms, tracing their...
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  • Gioachino Rossini: A Research and Information Guide by Gallo, Denise
    Denise Gallo

    Gioachino Rossini: A Research and Information Guide

    Giochino Rossini: A Research and Information Guide is designed as a tool for those beginning to study the life and works of Gioachino Rossini as well as for those who wish to explore beyond the established biographies and commentaries. The first edition was published...
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  • Richard Wagner: Der Fliegende Holl?nder by Grey, Thomas
    Thomas Grey

    Richard Wagner: Der Fliegende Holl?nder

    This handbook provides an in-depth account of the origins, style, and performance history of Der fliegende Holl nder (The Flying Dutchman), universally acknowledged as Wagner's first truly significant, original work. Designed for scholars, performers and the opera-going public, the book examines the biographical impulses...
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  • The Nation's Image: French Grand Opera as Politics and Politicized Art by Fulcher, Jane
    Jane Fulcher

    The Nation's Image: French Grand Opera as Politics and Politicized Art

    French grand opera, this book argues, was a different and more complex kind of theater than we ordinarily suppose. Focusing on the period of grand opera's rise, its dominance, and its final decline, Professor Fulcher shows that it was a subtly used tool of...
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  • Opera, Liberalism, and Antisemitism in Nineteenth-Century France: The Politics of Hal Vy's La Juive by Hallman, Diana R.
    Diana R. Hallman

    Opera, Liberalism, and Antisemitism in Nineteenth-Century France: The Politics of Hal Vy's La Juive

    This is the first critical study of the nineteenth-century French grand opera La Juive (Paris Opera, 1835) a powerful and successful work by the leading dramatist and librettist, Eugene Scribe, and conservatoire-trained composer, Fromental Hal vy. Hallman explores the politically charged messages of the...
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  • Titta Ruffo: An Anthology by Farkas, Andrew
    Andrew Farkas

    Titta Ruffo: An Anthology

    Author: Andrew FarkasISBN-10: 0313237832ISBN-13: 9780313237836Publisher: PraegerLanguage: EnglishPublished: 02/23/1984Pages: 289Format: HardcoverWeight: 1.33lbsSize: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.69d
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  • Gunmetal Blues by Wentworth, Scott
    Scott Wentworth

    Gunmetal Blues

    Author: Scott Wentworth, Craig Bohmler, Marion AdlerISBN-10: 0573693854ISBN-13: 9780573693854Publisher: Concord TheatricalsLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/07/2017Pages: 72Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.18lbsSize: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.15d
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  • La Testa Di Bronzo O Sia La Capanna Solitaria: Melodramma Eroi-comico In 2 Atti by Soliva, Carlo Evasio
    Carlo Evasio Soliva

    La Testa Di Bronzo O Sia La Capanna Solitaria: Melodramma Eroi-comico In 2 Atti

    Get ready for a rip-roaring adventure with La Testa di Bronzo, a hilarious and heartwarming comic opera that will keep you entertained from start to finish. With catchy songs and lively characters, this classic Italian opera is a must-see for anyone who loves music,...
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  • Helena Citronova: libretto by Somtow, S. P.
    S. P. Somtow

    Helena Citronova: libretto

    Author's note: For the last five years I have been working on this opera, Helena Citr nov . I cannot get the subject out of my mind. The true story of a Slovak Jew in Auschwitz who had a passionate and searing relationship with...
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  • Il Barbieri di Sivilgia Sinfonia: Study score by Rossini, Gioachino
    Gioachino Rossini

    Il Barbieri di Sivilgia Sinfonia: Study score

    First heard with the disastrous premiere of the opera on February 20, 1816 in Rome at the Teatro Argentina, Rossini's overture, which was employed twice before as opener for the operas Aureliano in Palmira (1813) and Elisabetta, regina d'Inghilterra (1815), grew in popularity as...
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  • Aix: A History of the Aix-en-Provence Festival by Trowbridge, Simon
    Simon Trowbridge

    Aix: A History of the Aix-en-Provence Festival

    A history of the Aix-en-Provence Festival of opera and music, from its inception in 1948 to 2018. In this new study, the first book on the Aix Festival in English, Simon Trowbridge discusses artistic policy and describes each edition of the festival, with an...
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  • I Puritani: Libretto by Bellini, Vincenzo
    Vincenzo Bellini

    I Puritani: Libretto

    Author: Vincenzo BelliniISBN-10: 0793553970ISBN-13: 9780793553976Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 56Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.30lbsSize: 8.70h x 5.70w x 0.20d
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  • Faust: Libretto by Gounod, Charles
    Charles Gounod

    Faust: Libretto

    Author: Charles GounodISBN-10: 0793534240ISBN-13: 9780793534241Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 48Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.52lbsSize: 10.30h x 6.50w x 0.40d
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  • Opera in the Age of Rousseau: Music, Confrontation, Realism by Charlton, David
    David Charlton

    Opera in the Age of Rousseau: Music, Confrontation, Realism

    Historians of French politics, art, philosophy and literature have long known the tensions and fascinations of Louis XV's reign, the 1750s in particular. David Charlton's study comprehensively re-examines this period, from Rameau to Gluck and elucidates the long-term issues surrounding opera. Taking Rousseau's Le...
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  • Opera Buffa in Mozart's Vienna by Hunter, Mary
    Mary Hunter

    Opera Buffa in Mozart's Vienna

    This collection of essays, presented by an internationally known team of scholars, explores the world of Vienna and the development of opera buffa in the second half of the eighteenth century. Among the topics explored are the relationship of Viennese opera buffa to French...
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  • How to Enjoy Opera by Snelson, John
    John Snelson

    How to Enjoy Opera

    From Glyndebourne to the King's Head, in the flesh and streamed online: opera is reaching a broader audience than ever before. With over 400 years of history, and a beguiling mix of musical motifs, costumes, storytelling and song, opera has fascinated and enthralled audiences...
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  • Norma by Bellini, Vincenzo
    Vincenzo Bellini

    Norma

    La era cl疽ica de Vincenzo Bellini, con el libreto de Felice Romani. La trama sigue la historia de la tragedia del druida normando Pollione y su amor por la sacerdotisa Norma, que lo lleva a traicionar a su propia gente. Con una m俍ica emotiva...
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  • Joan Sutherland by Braddon, Russell
    Russell Braddon

    Joan Sutherland

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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  • Music, Theatre and Politics in Germany: 1848 to the Third Reich by Bacht, Nikolaus
    Nikolaus Bacht

    Music, Theatre and Politics in Germany: 1848 to the Third Reich

    Music, theatre and politics have maintained a long-standing, if varying and problematic, relationship. In the Ancient World, the relationship used to be a harmonious one, scholars have us believe, glorifying the moment at the beginning of Western history when a political community, or polis,...
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  • Verdi in Victorian London by Zicari, Massimo
    Massimo Zicari

    Verdi in Victorian London

    Now a byword for beauty, Verdi's operas were far from universally acclaimed when they reached London in the second half of the nineteenth century. Why did some critics react so harshly? Who were they and what biases and prejudices animated them? When did their...
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  • The Twilight of Belcanto: Including an Interview with Virginia Zeani by Ciampa, Leonardo
    Leonardo Ciampa

    The Twilight of Belcanto: Including an Interview with Virginia Zeani

    Author: Leonardo CiampaISBN-10: 1418459569ISBN-13: 9781418459567Publisher: AuthorhouseLanguage: EnglishPublished: 05/21/2004Pages: 544Format: PaperbackWeight: 1.74lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 1.21d
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  • John Adams's Nixon in China: Musical Analysis, Historical and Political Perspectives by Johnson, Timothy A.
    Timothy A. Johnson

    John Adams's Nixon in China: Musical Analysis, Historical and Political Perspectives

    John Adams's opera, Nixon in China, is one of the most frequently performed operas in the contemporary literature. Timothy A. Johnson illuminates the opera and enhances listeners' and scholars' appreciation for this landmark work. This music-analytical guide presents a detailed, in-depth analysis of the...
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  • Opera and Society in Italy and France from Monteverdi to Bourdieu by Johnson, Victoria
    Victoria Johnson

    Opera and Society in Italy and France from Monteverdi to Bourdieu

    This edited volume brings together academic specialists writing on the multi-media operatic form from a range of disciplines: comparative literature, history, sociology, and philosophy. The presence in the volume's title of Pierre Bourdieu, the leading cultural sociologist of the late twentieth century, signals the...
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  • Aesthetics of Opera in the Ancien R馮ime, 1647-1785 by Thomas, Downing A.
    Downing A. Thomas

    Aesthetics of Opera in the Ancien R馮ime, 1647-1785

    This is the first study to recognize the wider picture of opera within early-modern French culture. Downing Thomas considers the place of music within a cultural environment--the employment of music by Louis XIV as a symbol of absolutism; the use of music as a...
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  • The Verdi Baritone: Studies in the Development of Dramatic Character by Edwards, Geoffrey
    Geoffrey Edwards

    The Verdi Baritone: Studies in the Development of Dramatic Character

    One of the most significant developments in 19th-century Italian opera was the genesis of the Verdi baritone. The authors argue that the composer's baritone characters embody "a quintessential humanity, expressing needs and temptations, confusions and understandings, griefs and joys that transcend the particulars of...
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  • Madama Butterfly: Libretto by Puccini, Giacomo
    Giacomo Puccini

    Madama Butterfly: Libretto

    Author: Giacomo PucciniISBN-10: 0793526140ISBN-13: 9780793526147Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 64Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.34lbsSize: 10.46h x 6.78w x 0.25d
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  • Chinese and Japanese Music-Dramas by Crump, J. I.
    J. I. Crump

    Chinese and Japanese Music-Dramas

    Chinese and Japanese Music-Dramas is the result of a conference on the relations between Chinese and Japanese music-drama held at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, on October 1-4, 1971. In addition to the Association for Asian Studies, four U-M departments participated in the...
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  • Giacomo Puccini: The Man, His Life, His Work by Specht, Richard
    Richard Specht

    Giacomo Puccini: The Man, His Life, His Work

    Giacomo Puccini: The Man, His Life, His Work is a comprehensive biography of the famous Italian composer, Giacomo Puccini. Written by Richard Specht, this book delves into the life and career of Puccini, exploring his upbringing, his education, his personal relationships, and his musical...
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  • Lohengrin: Zum Erstenmale Kritisch Herausgegeben by Rückert, Heinrich
    Heinrich R?kert

    Lohengrin: Zum Erstenmale Kritisch Herausgegeben

    This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you...
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  • Simon Boccanegra: Full Score by Verdi, Giuseppe
    Giuseppe Verdi

    Simon Boccanegra: Full Score

    (Study Score). With a colorful cover from Ricordi's Historical Archives, and an introduction in English, including a plot synopsis.Author: Giuseppe VerdiISBN-10: 0634079115ISBN-13: 9780634079115Publisher: RicordiLanguage: EnglishPublished: 04/01/2004Pages: 416Format: PaperbackWeight: 2.00lbsSize: 10.60h x 7.70w x 0.90d
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  • Creating Der Rosenkavalier: From Chevalier to Cavalier by Reynolds, Michael
    Michael Reynolds

    Creating Der Rosenkavalier: From Chevalier to Cavalier

    A full account of the making, during 1909-10, of Der Rosenkavalier with emphasis on its derivation from a French op駻ette of 1907, L'Ingenu libertin. L'Ingenu libertin was seen in Paris by Count Harry Kessler and formed the basis of the opera then to be...
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  • Memoirs And Letters Of Madame Malibran V2 (1840) by Malibran, Maria
    Maria Malibran

    Memoirs And Letters Of Madame Malibran V2 (1840)

    Memoirs and Letters of Madame Malibran V2 (1840) is a book that is a collection of memoirs and letters written by the famous opera singer Maria Malibran. The book is divided into two volumes, with the second volume containing more personal letters and memoirs....
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  • Angel of the Amazon: A New American Opera by Mack, Evan
    Evan Mack

    Angel of the Amazon: A New American Opera

    The entire piano-vocal score of the acclaimed opera, Angel of the Amazon by Evan Mack. In 2005, Dorothy Stang, a 73-year-old Sister of Notre Dame de Namur, from Dayton, Ohio was brutally murderedin the town of Boa Esperanza, located in the Brazilian rainforest. Paid...
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  • The Flagstad Manuscript: An Autobiography by Flagstad, Kirsten
    Kirsten Flagstad

    The Flagstad Manuscript: An Autobiography

    The Flagstad Manuscript is an autobiography written by the renowned Norwegian soprano Kirsten Flagstad. In this book, Flagstad shares her life story, from her childhood in Norway to her rise as one of the greatest opera singers of the 20th century. She discusses her...
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  • Operas Every Child Should Know by Bacon, Dolores
    Dolores Bacon

    Operas Every Child Should Know

    ""Operas Every Child Should Know"" is a book written by Dolores Bacon that aims to introduce children to the world of opera. The book features 12 popular operas, including ""Carmen"" by Georges Bizet, ""The Magic Flute"" by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and ""La Traviata"" by...
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  • Turandot: Vocal Score by Puccini, Giacomo
    Giacomo Puccini

    Turandot: Vocal Score

    (Vocal Score). Cloth binding. Italian and German text.Author: Giacomo PucciniISBN-10: 0634072706ISBN-13: 9780634072703Publisher: RicordiLanguage: EnglishPublished: 11/01/1986Pages: 306Format: HardcoverWeight: 2.20lbsSize: 10.60h x 8.00w x 0.90d
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  • Wagner in Context by Trippett, David
    David Trippett

    Wagner in Context

    Few composers embodied wider cultural interests than Wagner or had greater cultural consequences. This is the first collection to examine directly the rich array of intellectual, social and cultural contexts within which Wagner worked. Alongside fresh accounts of historical topics, from spa culture to...
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  • Puccini Without Excuses: A Refreshing Reassessment of the World's Most Popular Composer by Berger, William
    William Berger

    Puccini Without Excuses: A Refreshing Reassessment of the World's Most Popular Composer

    Puccini is the most beloved composer of opera in the world: one quarter of all opera performances in the U.S. are of his operas, his music pervades movie soundtracks, and his plots have infiltrated our popular culture. But, although Puccini's art still captivates audiences...
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  • D'Oyly Carte: The Decline and Fall of an Opera Company by Seeley, Paul
    Paul Seeley

    D'Oyly Carte: The Decline and Fall of an Opera Company

    This book considers and discuss aspects of the management of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company in the twentieth century since the death of its founder Richard D'Oyly Carte and concentrate on key events which contributed to its demise in 1982. Author: Paul SeeleyISBN-10: 0367610574ISBN-13:...
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  • Animation, Plasticity, and Music in Italy, 1770-1830 by Lockhart, Ellen
    Ellen Lockhart

    Animation, Plasticity, and Music in Italy, 1770-1830

    This path-breaking study of stage works in Italian musical performances reconsiders a crucial period of music history. Through an interdisciplinary examination of the statue animated by music, Ellen Lockhart deftly shows how Enlightenment ideas influenced Italian theater and music, and vice versa. As Lockhart...
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  • Anthony and Cleopatra: Opera in Three Acts by Barber, Samuel
    Samuel Barber

    Anthony and Cleopatra: Opera in Three Acts

    Author: Samuel BarberISBN-10: 0793508983ISBN-13: 9780793508983Publisher: G. Schirmer, Inc.Language: EnglishPublished: 06/01/1991Pages: 45Format: PaperbackWeight: 0.25lbsSize: 10.20h x 6.50w x 0.20d
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  • Charles Villiers Stanford: Man and Musician: Revised and Expanded Edition by Dibble, Jeremy
    Jeremy Dibble

    Charles Villiers Stanford: Man and Musician: Revised and Expanded Edition

    Substantially revised and expanded edition that sheds new light on Stanford's career as composer, conductor and teacher, as well as promoter of opera in English and arranger of Irish folk music. The Anglo-Irish composer Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924) is often remembered as the teacher...
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  • Seeing Through: A Chronicle of Sex, Drugs, and Opera by Gordon, Ricky Ian
    Ricky Ian Gordon

    Seeing Through: A Chronicle of Sex, Drugs, and Opera

    The true confessions of a working opera composer: an exhilarating story of "a life that comes out of chaos." At eight years old, Ricky Ian Gordon pulled The Victor Book of Opera off his piano teacher's bookshelf, and his world shifted on its axis....
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  • Der Fliegende Holl舅der (the Flying Dutchman) by Wagner, Richard
    Richard Wagner

    Der Fliegende Holl舅der (the Flying Dutchman)

    Der fliegende Holl nder is the first of Wagner's operas considered to be representative of his mature style. It embodies one of the major themes that recur throughout his work, that of a central character seeking redemption from a loving woman. Originally taken from...
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  • The Bartered Bride - Prodana nevesta: Performance Guide with Translations and Pronunciation by Cheek, Timothy
    Timothy Cheek

    The Bartered Bride - Prodana nevesta: Performance Guide with Translations and Pronunciation

    Bedrich Smetana's comic opera Prodaná nevesta/The Bartered Bride is cherished as the Czech national opera and is the most popular Czech opera in the world. As performances in English-speaking countries have moved from German to English back to the original Czech, The Bartered Bride...
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  • Staging Voice by Grover-Friedlander, Michal
    Michal Grover-Friedlander

    Staging Voice

    Staging Voice is a unique approach to the aesthetics of voice and its staging in performance. This study reflects on what it would mean to take opera's decisive attribute--voice--as the foundation of its staged performance. The book thinks of staging through the medium of...
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  • The American Musical: Evolution of an Art Form by West, Ben
    Ben West

    The American Musical: Evolution of an Art Form

    The American Musical is a comprehensive history of an American art form. It delivers a detailed and definitive portrait of the American musical's artistic evolution over the course of seven distinct, newly defined eras, with a unique perspective gleaned from research at more than...
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