Mormons, Musical Theater, and Belonging in America

Mormons, Musical Theater, and Belonging in America
Author: Jake Johnson
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Total Pages: 306
Release: 2019-06-30
Genre: Music
ISBN: 025205136X

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints adopted the vocal and theatrical traditions of American musical theater as important theological tenets. As Church membership grew, leaders saw how the genre could help define the faith and wove musical theater into many aspects of Mormon life. Jake Johnson merges the study of belonging in America with scholarship on voice and popular music to explore the surprising yet profound link between two quintessentially American institutions. Throughout the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Mormons gravitated toward musicals as a common platform for transmitting political and theological ideas. Johnson sees Mormons using musical theater as a medium for theology of voice--a religious practice that suggests how vicariously voicing another person can bring one closer to godliness. This sounding, Johnson suggests, created new opportunities for living. Voice and the musical theater tradition provided a site for Mormons to negotiate their way into middle-class respectability. At the same time, musical theater became a unique expressive tool of Mormon culture.

Broadway

Broadway
Author: Laurence Maslon
Publisher: Applause Theatre & Cinema
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9781423491033

(Applause Books). A companion to the six-part PBS documentary series, Broadway: The American Musical is the first comprehensive history of the musical, from its roots at the turn of the 20th century through the smashing successes of the new millennium. The in-depth text is lavishly illustrated with a treasure trove of photographs, sheet-music covers, posters, scenic renderings, production stills, rehearsal shots and caricatures, many previously unpublished. Revised and updated, with a brand-new foreword by Julie Andrews and new material on all the Broadway musicals through the 2009-2010 season.

New Complete Book of the American Musical Theater

New Complete Book of the American Musical Theater
Author: David Ewen
Publisher: Holt McDougal
Total Pages: 892
Release: 1970
Genre: Music
ISBN:

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.

The American Musical Landscape

The American Musical Landscape
Author: Richard Crawford
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 403
Release: 2000-06-30
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0520224825

"This book reflects a breakthrough in American music studies, an unrecognized field among traditional musicologists until the past few decades, during which enormous progress has been made in documenting three centuries of American musical activities and figures. Time and effort had to be expended exclusively on the development of basic historical studies. The time has come for a new phase, one that can take a creative, interpretive approach. Professor Crawford's study will introduce this higher level of scholarship into the field of American music studies."—Vivian Perlis, author of Charles Ives Remembered "A major statement by a senior scholar on what American musicology is all about. . . These themes are also topical; they come at a time when much more research is being done in American music, but little thought is being given to the big picture, the vision, the philosophy, and the implications of historical research. Now is the time for a synthesis, and there are few scholars better equipped to do that in American music than Richard Crawford."—Michael Broyles, author of Music of the Highest Class

The Great American Trailer Park Musical

The Great American Trailer Park Musical
Author: Betsy Kelso
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Total Pages: 76
Release: 2006
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780822221371

THE STORY: There's a new tenant at Armadillo Acres--and she's wreaking havoc all over Florida's most exclusive trailer park. When Pippi, the stripper on the run, comes between the Dr. Phil-loving, agoraphobic Jeannie and her tollbooth collector husb

The Golden Age of American Musical Theatre

The Golden Age of American Musical Theatre
Author: Corinne J. Naden
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
Total Pages: 275
Release: 2011-02-01
Genre: Music
ISBN: 0810877341

The Golden Age of American Musical Theatre provides synopses, cast and production credits, song titles, and other pertinent information for over 180 musicals from Oklahoma! to On A Clear Day You Can See Forever. Concentrating on a 22-year span, this book lists both commercial successes and flops of the Golden Age-when the musicals presented on Broadway showcased timeless, memorable tunes, sophisticated comedy, and the genius of creative artists like Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein, Jerome Robbins, Leonard Bernstein, George Abbott, Moss Hart, Angela Lansbury, Robert Preston, and many others.

A Civil War Christmas

A Civil War Christmas
Author: Paula Vogel
Publisher: Dramatists Play Service, Inc.
Total Pages: 92
Release: 2010
Genre: Drama
ISBN: 9780822223610

THE STORY: It's 1864, and Washington, D.C. is settling down to the coldest Christmas Eve in years. In the White House, President and Mrs. Lincoln plot their gift-giving. On the banks of the Potomac, a young rebel challenges a Union blacksmith's mer

West Side Story

West Side Story
Author: Elizabeth A. Wells
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 327
Release: 2011
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0810876663

Wells presents a scholarly study of the American musical West Side Story, viewing the work from cultural, historical, and musical perspectives. --from publisher description.

A Catalog of Music for the Cornett

A Catalog of Music for the Cornett
Author: Michael Collver
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Total Pages: 228
Release: 1996-08-22
Genre: Music
ISBN: 9780253209740

". . . a major contribution to cornett research and belongs in the library of every cornettist." —Historic Brass Society ". . . scrupulously detailed. . . The first successful attempt to provide a comprehensive reference book on the cornett and its music. Recommended for both upper-division undergraduate libraries and collections serving music scholars and performers." —Choice " . . . it will likely stand as the definitive bibliography of cornett music for many years." —Notes ". . . this is a groundbreaking study of the subject . . . likely to remain the only major study of the instrument and the music composed for it." —American Reference Books Annual ". . . every cornett player owes an immense debt of gratitude to [the authors and their assistants] for revealing such a wealth of performing opportunities . . ." —European Journal of Early Music The cornett is made of wood but has a brass cup mouthpiece and uses woodwind finger technique. Here the authors have compiled a bibliography of all extant sources of instrumental and vocal music which specify the cornett.