Book contents
- The Cambridge Companion to the Musical
- The Cambridge Companion to the Musical
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Preface to the Third Edition
- 1 How to Create a Musical: The Case of Wicked
- Part I Adaptations and Transformations: Before 1940
- 2 American Musical Theatre before the Twentieth Century
- 3 Non-English-Language Musical Theatre in the United States
- 4 Birth Pangs, Growing Pains and Sibling Rivalry: Musical Theatre in New York, 1900–1920
- 5 American and British Operetta in the 1920s: Romance, Nostalgia and Adventure
- 6 Images of African Americans: African American Musical Theatre, Show Boat and Porgy and Bess
- 7 The Melody (and the Words) Linger On: American Musical Comedies of the 1920s and 1930s
- Part II Maturations and Formulations: 1940–1970
- Part III Evolutions and Integrations: After 1970
- Part IV Legacies and Transformations
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to Music
4 - Birth Pangs, Growing Pains and Sibling Rivalry: Musical Theatre in New York, 1900–1920
from Part I - Adaptations and Transformations: Before 1940
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 September 2017
- The Cambridge Companion to the Musical
- The Cambridge Companion to the Musical
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Contributors
- Preface to the Third Edition
- 1 How to Create a Musical: The Case of Wicked
- Part I Adaptations and Transformations: Before 1940
- 2 American Musical Theatre before the Twentieth Century
- 3 Non-English-Language Musical Theatre in the United States
- 4 Birth Pangs, Growing Pains and Sibling Rivalry: Musical Theatre in New York, 1900–1920
- 5 American and British Operetta in the 1920s: Romance, Nostalgia and Adventure
- 6 Images of African Americans: African American Musical Theatre, Show Boat and Porgy and Bess
- 7 The Melody (and the Words) Linger On: American Musical Comedies of the 1920s and 1930s
- Part II Maturations and Formulations: 1940–1970
- Part III Evolutions and Integrations: After 1970
- Part IV Legacies and Transformations
- Select Bibliography
- Index
- Cambridge Companions to Music
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- The Cambridge Companion to the Musical , pp. 51 - 78Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2017