Songwriters of the American Musical Theatre: A Style Guide for Singers - Softcover

Hurwitz, Nathan

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1138914428 ISBN 13: 9781138914421

Publisher: Routledge, 2016

Synopsis

From the favorites of Tin Pan Alley to today’s international blockbusters, the stylistic range required of a musical theatre performer is expansive.

Musical theatre 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, Songwriters of the American Musical Theatre offers singers and performers an essential guide to the modern musical. Composers from Gilbert and Sullivan and Irving Berlin to Alain Boublil and Andrew Lloyd Webber are examined through a brief biography, a stylistic overview, and a comprehensive song list with notes on suitable voice types and further reading.

This volume runs the gamut of modern musical theatre, 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.

About this title

About the Author:

Nathan Hurwitz is a tenured associate professor of music theatre at Rider University, USA. He is the author of A History of American Musical Theatre: No Business Like It (2014).

About this edition

• Publisher: Routledge
• Publication date: 2016
• ISBN 10: 1138914428
• ISBN 13: 9781138914421
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 332