Omslagsbillede
Add first rating

Musical theatre song : a comprehensive course in selection, preparation and presentation for the modern performer /

THEATRE STUDIES. Musical Theatre Song is a handbook for musical theatre performers, providing them with the wide-ranging skill set they need for success in today's competitive musical theatre environment. Breaking down the process into knowing how to select your song material based upon your in...

Fuld beskrivelse

Saved in:
Bibliografiske detaljer
Hovedforfatter: Purdy, Stephen (Author)
Andre forfattere: Foster, Hunter
Format: Bog
Udgivet: London : Bloomsbury Methuen Drama, [2016]
Serier:Performance books
Fag:
Musical theater > instruction and study.
Singing > Instruction and study.
Musical theater.
Singing.
Methods (Music) > Self-instruction.
Indholdsfortegnelse:
  • Machine generated contents note: SECTION I Song Selection
  • 1.Introduction to Song Selection and Historical Context: What You Should Know (and Why You Should Care)
  • Introduction
  • The minstrel show, the saloon revue, and the first "musical"
  • The variety show and vaudeville in America
  • Tin Pan Alley and Irving Berlin
  • George Gershwin, the revue, and cultural crossovers
  • The musical comedy in the 1920s and 1930s
  • The "fully integrated" musical
  • Musical theatre in the 1950s
  • Musical theatre in the 1960s
  • The 1970s: The doldrums ... and then that happened
  • The 1980s
  • the wave of the mega-musical
  • and the 1990s
  • 2000 onward
  • 2.Song Selection for Singing Actors Part I: What to Sing and Where to Find It
  • the Philosophical
  • 3.Song Selection for Singing Actors Part II: The Song Is You
  • the Practical
  • The feeling's the thing
  • Forger "type": Sing who you are

Lignende værker