American Musicals: The Complete Books and Lyrics of Eight

American Musicals: The Complete Books and Lyrics of Eight Broadway Classics 1927 -1949 (LOA #253): Show Boat / As Thousands Cheer / Pal Joey / ... Me, Kate / South Pacific (Library of America)

The Broadway musical is one of Americaâ€™s great indigenous popular forms, a glorious hybrid that emerged â€œout of our speech, our tempo, our moral attitudes, our way of movingâ€ (as Leonard Bernstein put it). Now, in this first volume of a landmark two-volume collection, The Library of America presents eight enduring masterpieces charting the Broadway musicalâ€™s narrative tradition from the groundbreaking Show Boat (1927) through the start of the genreâ€™s Golden Age in 1949. Based on new research, this historic collection presents the complete libretto of each musical in its Broadway opening night version, making these beloved stories available as never before. Irving Berlin and Moss Hartâ€™s As Thousands Cheer is published here for the first time. Show Boat and Pal Joey are presented in newly restored versions. South Pacific returns to print for the first time in decades.
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Each of these classic musicals has evolved over time, receiving many important revivals and new productions.Â This Library of America volume offers readers unprecedented insight into this living history with a selection of hard-to-find or previously unpublished supplementary items, including lyrics of songs dropped out-of-town or added in later revivals. Lavishly illustratedÂÂ with 32 pages of photographs and other images drawn from the original productions, this volume also contains biographical sketches of the book writers and lyricists; cast lists and other information about the showsâ€™ Broadway openings; and detailed accounts of the path each show took on the road to Broadway.

AMERICAN MUSICALS 1927â€“1949 contains:
Â Show Boat
Book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II Â· Music by Jerome Kern
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As Thousands Cheer
Lyrics and music by Irving Berlin Â· Sketches by Moss Hart
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Pal Joey
Book by John Oâ€™Hara Â· Music by Richard Rodgers Â· Â Lyrics by Lorenz Hart
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Oklahoma!
Music by Richard Rodgers Â· Book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
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On the Town
Book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green Â· Music by Leonard Bernstein
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Finianâ€™s Rainbow
Music by Burton Lane Â Â· Â Lyrics by E. Y. Harburg Â· Book by Fred Saidy and E. Y. Harburg
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Kiss Me, Kate
Music and lyrics by Cole Porter Â· Book by Sam[uel] and Bella Spewack
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South Pacific
Music by Richard Rodgers Â· Â Book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II

Country	USA
Binding	Hardcover
EAN	9781598532586
ISBN	1598532588
IsEligibleForTradeIn	1
Label	Library of America
Manufacturer	Library of America
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	800
PublicationDate	2014-09-25
Publisher	Library of America
ReleaseDate	2014-09-25
Studio	Library of America

American Musicals: The Complete Books and Lyrics of Eight Broadway Classics 1927 -1949 (LOA #253): Show Boat / As Thousands Cheer / Pal Joey / ... Me, Kate / South Pacific (Library of America)

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