The Complete Musical Theatre Companion, 1900-1994 (Vols 1 and 2): The Complete Musical Theatre Companion 1877-1995 (American Song) - Hardcover

Bloom, Ken

9780028704845: The Complete Musical Theatre Companion, 1900-1994 (Vols 1 and 2): The Complete Musical Theatre Companion 1877-1995 (American Song)

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0028704843 ISBN 13: 9780028704845

Publisher: Macmillan Library Reference, 1996

This follow-up set to "American Song," Vols. 1 and 2 explores the work of major pop songwriters from "Tin Pan Alley" not included either in a Broadway show or film from the period 1880 to today. This carefully researched encyclopedia covers 125 composers with hundreds of entries on each. Entries include composer, lyricist and publisher information. From 1880 to present, here are some of the composers covered: Lee Adams Harold Arlen Burt Bacharach Irving Berlin Eubie Blake Ralph Blane Lew Brown Johnny Burke Sammy Cahn Hoagy Carmichael Sidney Clare Betty Comden Hal David Eddie DeLange Howard Dietz Ervin Drake Sammy Fain Dorothy Fields George Gershwin Mack Gordon Oscar Hammerstein II Lorenz Hart Edward Heyman James P. Johnson Irving Kahal Jerome Kern Jimmy McHugh Cole Porter Andy Razaf Billy Rose Jean Schwartz Harry B. Smith Stephen Sondheim Roy Turk James Van Heusen Harry Von Tilzer And many others

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Review:

"These volumes contain information about songwriters, lyricists, and collaborators who wrote for the sheet music industry (known as "Tin Pan Alley") from the 1880s to the present. Volume 3 includes alphabetical biographies of songwriters, with complete lists of their compositions by year; and Volume 4 provides an alphabetical song index, a chronological index of songs by year, and an index of collaborators."
-- "Music Educators Journal" (March 2002)

Synopsis:

Covering every major production containing music, this revised guide to the American musical theatre includes details of over 1000 additional shows. In all, the details on 4300 productions, from vaudeville, operetta, nightclub revues, and the Follies to the emergence of the modern musical theatre are featured. The two volumes focus on a wide array of shows: from Broadway musicals to regional productions; from television musicals to ice shows; from nightclub scores to foreign shows by many writers. The first part contains factual entries on the shows. Each entry contains not only more commonly known information - such as the name and type of the show, the cast list, composer, librettist, lyricist, director, producer and choreographer, but also the lesser-known facts such as the opening date, set designer, lighting technician, costumer and music director. A list of songs in each show is also included. The second part acts as three indexes to the set. These contain all the songs of American musicals, all the people connected with them and all the show titles.

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