The stylistic range required of a musical theatre performer is expansive. From the favourites of Tin Pan Alley to today’s international blockbusters, musical 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, this book offers singers and performers an essential handbook. Each composer - from Gilbert and Sullivan and Irving Berlin to Alain Boublil and Andrew Lloyd Weber - is examined through a brief biography, a stylistic overview, and a comprehensive song list with notes on suitable voice types and further reading. Chapters run the gamut of the modern musical, 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.
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A Doll House
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Strategies for Success in Musical Theatre: A Guide for Music Directors in School, College, and Community Theatre
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Songwriters of the American Musical Theatre: A Style Guide for Singers
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Glengary Glen Ross
$525 -
13 Things About Ed Carpolotti
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From Backpacks to Broadway: Children’s Experiences in Musical Theatre
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Lost in Yonkers
$525 -
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
$525 -
Strategies for Success in Musical Theatre: A Guide for Music Directors in School, College, and Community Theatre
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Rodgers & Hammerstein’s Carousel: The Complete Book and Lyrics of the Broadway Musical
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Tin Pan Opera: Operatic Novelty Songs in the Ragtime Era
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The Complete Book of 2000s Broadway Musicals
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On Broadway: From Rent to Revolution
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The Importance of Being Earnest
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Crash! Boom! Bang!: How to Write Action Movies
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Julius Caesar
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Singing and Dancing to the Book of Mormon: Critical Essays on the Broadway Musical
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Oedipus the King
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British Musical Theatre Since 1950
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Pygmalion
$525