Composed theatre : aesthetics, practices, processes / edited by Matthias Rebstock and David Roesner.

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Musicality in theatre : music as model, method and metaphor in theatre-making / by David Roesner. by Roesner, David

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Contents; List of Figures; Series Editor's Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction: Premises and Promises; 1 Appia -- Musicality and the 'Inner Essence'; 2 Meyerhold -- Theatre 'Organized According to The Music's Laws'; 3 Artaud -- The Musicality of Sound, Voice and Noise; 4 Writing with Your Ears -- The Musicality of Playwriting; 5 Theatre and Jazz; 6 The Eclectic Musicality of Now; Conclusion: Paradoxes of Musicality; Bibliography; Index.…”
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Duke Ellington's Music for the Theatre. by Franceschina, John

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John Cage's Theatre Pieces : Notations and Performances. by Fetterman, William

Table of Contents: “…John Cage on Teaching; Appendix 2. John Cage on Theatre Piece; Appendix 3. David Tudor's 1960 Performance of Theatre Piece; Appendix 4. …”
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Musical theatre, realism and entertainment / Millie Taylor. by Taylor, Millie

Table of Contents: “…Musical characterisation in HMS Pinafore and the Rocky horror show -- Encoding the voice : Show boat, Guys and dolls, and musical theatre post-1960 -- Integration and distance in musical theatre : the case of Sweeney Todd -- Layers of representation and the creation of irony : Aufstieg und Fall der Stadt Mahagonny, Merrily we roll along and The last 5 years -- Alternatives to linearity : Cabaret, Kiss of the spider woman and Assassins -- Illusions of realism in West Side story and actor-musician performances -- Experiencing live musical theatre performance : La Cage aux Folles and Priscilla, queen of the desert -- I've heard that song before : the jukebox musical and entertainment in The Jersey boys, Rock of ages, Mamma mia and We will rock you.…”
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Musical theatre auditions and casting : a performer's guide viewed from both sides of the audition table / Neil Rutherford ; with a foreword by Bartlett Sher. by Rutherford, Neil

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Music theory through musical theatre : putting it together / John Franceschina. by Franceschina, John Charles, 1947-

Table of Contents: “…Diminished Seventh Chord Modulation -- Augmented Sixth Chord Modulation -- Tonicization -- 12 Upper-Embellished Chords -- Ninth, Eleventh, and Thirteenth Chords -- Dramatic Use of Upper-Embellished Chords -- "Sus" and "Add" Chords -- Dramatic Use of "Sus" and "Add" Chords -- Tone Groups -- Vertical (Harmonic) Tone Groups -- Horizontal (Melodic) Tone Groups -- Review Quiz -- Unit Test 4 -- Part Three THE PERFORMANCE -- 13 Analysis-George Gershwin and Richard Rodgers -- Music as Drama in Musical Theatre -- "Meadow Serenade" -- "Soon" -- "A Puzzlement" -- 14 Analysis-Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim -- "What a Waste" -- "I Love My Wife" -- "Take Care of This House" -- "With So Little to Be Sure Of" -- 15 Analysis-Andrew Lloyd Webber, William Finn, and Jason Robert Brown -- "The Beauty Underneath" -- "The Baseball Game" -- "It's Hard to Speak My Heart" -- Acknowledgments -- Alphabetical List of Musical Theatre Examples -- Bibliography -- Index.…”
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The Golden Age of American Musical Theatre : 1943-1965. by Naden, Corinne J.

Table of Contents: “…THE GOLDEN AGE STARS OF BROADWAY; CHAPTER 6. THE THEATRES OF BROADWAY; CHAPTER 7. THE AWARDS OF BROADWAY; APPENDIX OF SHOW TUNES; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX; ABOUT THE AUTHOR.…”
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From backpacks to Broadway : children's experiences in musical theatre / Rekha S. Rajan. by Rajan, Rekha S.

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The evolution of opera theatre in the Middle East and North Africa / by Paolo Petrocelli. by Petrocelli, Paolo, 1984-

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Opera and drama in eighteenth-century London : the King's Theatre, Garrick and the business of performance / Ian Woodfield. by Woodfield, Ian

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The Hobart management -- The new managers take control -- Sacchini and the revival of opera seria -- Recruitment procedures and artistic policy -- The King's Theatre in crisis -- The recruitment of Lovattini -- The English community in Rome -- Lucrezia Agujari at the Pantheon -- Caterina Gabrielli -- Rauzzini's last season -- The King's Theatre flourishes -- The Queen of Quavers satire -- Financial management -- Opera salaries -- The sale of 1778 -- Appendices. …”
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The Legacy of Opera : Reading Music Theatre as Experience and Performance / edited by Dominic Symonds and Pamela Karantonis.

Table of Contents: “…Media operas as productive provocations / Bianca Michaels -- A new glimmer of light : Opera, metaphysics and mimesis / Nicholas Till -- The singing body in the Tragédie Lyrique of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century France : Voice, theatre, speech, pleasure / Sarah Nancy -- Performing affect in seventeenth-century opera : Process, reception, transgression / Clemens Risi -- The Violettas of Patti, Muzio and Callas : Style, interpretation and the questions of legacy / Magnus Tessing Schneider.…”
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The new Broadway song companion : an annotated guide to musical theatre literature by voice type and song style / David P. DeVenney. by DeVenney, David P., 1958-

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Opening night on Broadway : a critical quotebook of the golden era of the musical theatre, Oklahoma! (1943) to Fiddler on the roof (1964) /... by Suskin, Steven

Staging revolution : artistry and aesthetics in model beijing opera during the cultural revolution / Xing Fan. by Fan, Xing (Professor of Asian Theatre and Performance Studies)

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Amahl and the night visitors / by Gian Carlo Menotti. by Menotti, Gian Carlo, 1911-2007

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Masterpiece. written by Andrew Davies ; produced by Chris Carey ; directed by Tom Shankland ; Lookout Point [and] BBC Studios for BBC ; co-produced with Masterpiece.

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Masterpiece. written by Andrew Davies ; produced by Chris Carey ; directed by Tom Shankland ; Lookout Point [and] BBC Studios for BBC ; co-produced with Masterpiece.

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Masterpiece. written by Andrew Davies ; produced by Chris Carey ; directed by Tom Shankland ; Lookout Point [and] BBC Studios for BBC ; co-produced with Masterpiece.

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Masterpiece. written by Andrew Davies ; produced by Chris Carey ; directed by Tom Shankland ; Lookout Point [and] BBC Studios for BBC ; co-produced with Masterpiece.

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