The New Music Theater
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The New Music Theater
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Author : Eric Salzman
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2008-11-06
The New Music Theater written by Eric Salzman and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-11-06 with Music categories.
Alternatives to grand opera and the popular musical can be traced at least as far back as the 1912 premiere of Schoenberg's "Pierrot Lunaire." Yet this ongoing history has never been properly sorted out, its complex ideas and philosophy as well as musical and theatrical achievements never brought fully to light. The New Music Theater is the first comprehensive attempt in English to cover this still-emerging art form in its widest range. This book provides a wealth of examples and descriptions not only of the works themselves, but of the concepts, ideas, and trends that have gone into the evolution of what may be the most central performance art form of the post-modern world. Authors Salzman and Desi consider the subject of music theatre from a social as well as artistic point of view, exploring how theatre works in culture, and how music works in the theatre. Illuminating their discussion with illustrations from current artists and their works, The New Music Theater both describes where we have been and points the way to the future of this all-encompassing art form.
New Music Theatre In Europe
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Author : Robert Adlington
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2019-04-02
New Music Theatre In Europe written by Robert Adlington and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-04-02 with Music categories.
Between 1955 and 1975 music theatre became a central preoccupation for European composers digesting the consequences of the revolutionary experiments in musical language that followed the end of the Second World War. The ‘new music theatre’ wrought multiple, significant transformations, serving as a crucible for the experimental rethinking of theatrical traditions, artistic genres, the conventions of performance, and the composer’s relation to society. This volume brings together leading specialists from across Europe to offer a new appraisal of the genre. It is structured according to six themes that investigate: the relation of new music theatre to earlier and contemporaneous theories of drama; the use of new technologies; the relation of new music theatre to progressive politics; the role of new venues and environments; the advancement of new conceptions of the performer; and the challenges that new music theatre lays down for music analysis. Contributing authors address canonical works by composers such as Berio, Birtwistle, Henze, Kagel, Ligeti, Nono, and Zimmermann, but also expand the field to figures and artistic developments not regularly represented in existing music histories. Particular attention is given to new music theatre as a site of intense exchange – between practitioners of different art forms, across national borders, and with diverse mediating institutions.
The New Singing Theatre
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Author : Michael Bawtree
language : en
Publisher: New York : Oxford University Press
Release Date : 1991
The New Singing Theatre written by Michael Bawtree and has been published by New York : Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Music categories.
The book attempts a first definition that brings under the heading "New Singing Theatre" all the disparate works loosely known as musical theatre, everything from Broadway musicals to complex chamber works by avant-garde composers, through voguish multimedia events to whittled-down traditional opera too embarrassed to call itself opera. The book also is a first blueprint for the new form which has so rapidly evolved from anticipatory works in the 1920s and 1930s to the flowering of new works and new ways in the years since World War II. Based on Bawtree's worldwide experience working in the U.S., Canada, England, the Soviet Union, Germany, and Cuba, The New Singing Theatre will be required reading for all those concerned with staging dramatic works with music--producers, directors, administrators, designers, and singing actors.
So You Re The New Musical Director
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Author : James Laster
language : en
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Release Date : 2002-07-16
So You Re The New Musical Director written by James Laster and has been published by Scarecrow Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-07-16 with Performing Arts categories.
So, You're the New Musical Director! is aimed at the person who has music training but little or no experience with musical theatre, the high school choral director with a degree in music education, or the actor participating in community theatre productions. It details the duties involved in directing a broadway musical, including overseeing singer and orchestra rehearsals and conducting the musical itself. The chapters follow the actual progression of a musical from a discussion of the production team's responsibilities to the final bow. Filled with photos, illustrations, and examples, So, You're the New Musical Director! is a comprehensive guide that no one involved in musical theatre should be without.
Children Childhood And Musical Theater
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Author : Donelle Ruwe
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2020-02-19
Children Childhood And Musical Theater written by Donelle Ruwe and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-19 with Literary Criticism categories.
Bringing together scholars from musicology, literature, childhood studies, and theater, this volume examines the ways in which children's musicals tap into adult nostalgia for childhood while appealing to the needs and consumer potential of the child. The contributors take up a wide range of musicals, including works inspired by the books of children's authors such as Roald Dahl, P.L. Travers, and Francis Hodgson Burnett; created by Rodgers and Hammerstein, Lionel Bart, and other leading lights of musical theater; or conceived for a cast made up entirely of children. The collection examines musicals that propagate or complicate normative attitudes regarding what childhood is or should be. It also considers the child performer in movie musicals as well as in professional and amateur stage musicals. This far-ranging collection highlights the special place that musical theater occupies in the imaginations and lives of children as well as adults. The collection comes at a time of increased importance of musical theater in the lives of children and young adults.
Gestures Of Music Theater
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Author : Dominic Symonds
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2014-02
Gestures Of Music Theater written by Dominic Symonds and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-02 with Music categories.
Gestures of Music Theater explores examples of Song and Dance as performative gestures that entertain and affect audiences. The chapters interact to reveal the complex energies of performativity. In experiencing these energies, music theatre is revealed as a dynamic accretion of active, complex and dialogical experiences.
New Complete Book Of The American Musical Theater
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Author : David Ewen
language : en
Publisher: Holt McDougal
Release Date : 1970
New Complete Book Of The American Musical Theater written by David Ewen and has been published by Holt McDougal this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1970 with Music categories.
Covers 500 musical shows from The Black Crook (1866) to Applause, including 160 composers, librettists, and lyricists, with plot summaries, production history, stars, and songs.
Directors And The New Musical Drama
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Author : M. Lundskaer-Nielsen
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2008-04-14
Directors And The New Musical Drama written by M. Lundskaer-Nielsen and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-04-14 with Music categories.
This is one of the first books to offer a rigorous analysis of the enormous changes in the musical theatre during the 1980s and 90s. In addition, it focuses on the contribution of well-known, serious theatre directors to the mainstream Musical Theatre and it is the first book to offer a dual Anglo-American perspective on this subject.
Performing In Contemporary Musicals
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Author : David Sisco
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2022-03-13
Performing In Contemporary Musicals written by David Sisco and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-03-13 with Performing Arts categories.
Performing in Contemporary Musicals brings into sharp focus the skills performers must possess when tackling shows that are newly written, in development, or somewhere in between. The authors bust myths about contemporary musical theatre and analyze the development timelines of musicals from around the world. They also explore how performers can become invaluable to a creative team by developing the skills needed to move a new musical forward including: contemporary acting and singing techniques, dramaturgy, quickly picking up new material, and collaboration. Each chapter features insightful industry interviews, recommended activities, an extensive reading list, and an online companion for further study. This textbook is the only comprehensive resource that provides an overview of the development process of a new musical while guiding musical theatre performers to be fruitful collaborators in a new works scenario.
Sondheim And Lloyd Webber
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Author : Stephen Citron
language : en
Publisher: Sinclair Stevenson
Release Date : 2001
Sondheim And Lloyd Webber written by Stephen Citron and has been published by Sinclair Stevenson this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Composers categories.
In this fascinating dual biography the eminent musicologist Stephen Citron takes on our two leading contemporary contributors to the lyric stage. His aim has not been to compare or judge one's merits over the other but to trace, through their works and those of their contemporaries, the path of and changes to the musical as an artform.Citron offers a unique insight into each artist's working methods, analysing their scores - including their early works and works-in-progress. As with Citron's other critically-acclaimed books - lives of Noel Coward, Cole Porter and Oscar Hammerstein - significance is given to the impact that their yourthful training and private lives have had upon their amazing creative output. Beginning with Sondheim's lyrics-only works, such as West Side Story and Gypsy through his scores for Company, A Little Night Music, Sweeney Todd, Sunday in the Park and Passion, all these milestones of musical theatre are explored. Lloyd-Webber's musical contribution, from his early work The Likes of Us to Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Cats, The Phantom of the Opera, to Whistle Down the Wind is also thoroughly analysed.Sondheim & Lloyd-Webber is essential reading for anyone interested in the contemporary theatre.