Irving Berlin's songs have been the soundtrack of America for a century, but his most profound contribution to the nation is to Broadway. Award-winning music historian Jeffrey Magee's chronicle of Berlin's theatrical career is the first book to fully consider the songwriter's immeasurable influence on the Great White Way. Tracing Berlin's humble beginnings on the lower-east side to his rise to American icon,
Irving Berlin's songs have been the soundtrack of America for a century, but his most profound contribution to the nation is to Broadway. Award-winning music historian Jeffrey Magee's chronicle of Berlin's theatrical career is the first book to fully consider the songwriter's immeasurable influence on the Great White Way. Tracing Berlin's humble beginnings on the lower-east side to his rise to American icon,
Jeffrey Magee is Associate Professor of Music and Theater at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and author of The Uncrowned King of Swing, winner of the Irving Lowens Award from the Society for American Music.
Inhaltsangabe
Preface Introduction: Irving Berlin's Century 1. Irving Berlin's Theater 2. Legitimate Vaudeville: The Dillingham Shows, 1914-1915 3. Berlin's Follies, 1918-1919 4. "America's Greatest Show": The Music Box Revues, 1921-1924 5. "An Ideal Combination": Berlin, Kaufman, and Hart, 1920s-1930s 6. Musical Theater of War: This Is the Army, 1942-1945 7. Something for the Girls: Annie Get Your Gun, 1945-Present 8. State of the Union: Berlin, Lindsay and Crouse, 1950-1962 Conclusion: "This Is America" Bibliography
Preface Introduction: Irving Berlin's Century 1. Irving Berlin's Theater 2. Legitimate Vaudeville: The Dillingham Shows, 1914-1915 3. Berlin's Follies, 1918-1919 4. "America's Greatest Show": The Music Box Revues, 1921-1924 5. "An Ideal Combination": Berlin, Kaufman, and Hart, 1920s-1930s 6. Musical Theater of War: This Is the Army, 1942-1945 7. Something for the Girls: Annie Get Your Gun, 1945-Present 8. State of the Union: Berlin, Lindsay and Crouse, 1950-1962 Conclusion: "This Is America" Bibliography
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