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

Table of Contents: “…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 --…”