簡介
A History of the American Musical narrates the evolution of the film musical genre, discussing its influences and how it has come to be defined; the first text on this subject for over two decades, it employs the very latest concepts and research.
The most up-to-date text on the subject, with uniquely comprehensive coverage and employing the very latest concepts and research
Surveys centuries of music history from the music and dance of Native Americans to contemporary music performance in streaming media
Examines the different ways the film musical genre has been defined, what gets counted as a musical, why, and who gets to make that decision
The text is written in an accessible manner for general cinema and musical theatre buffs, whilst retaining theoretical rigour in research
Describes the contributions made to the genre by marginalized or subordinated identity groups who have helped invent and shape the musical
目錄
Acknowledgments vii
Introduction 1
1 Overture: Musical Traditions before Cinema 11
2 You Ain’t Heard Nothin’ Yet: The Sound Revolution 35
3 Face the Music and Dance: The Depression 67
4 Singing a Song of Freedom: World War II 97
5 There’s Beauty Everywhere: MGM and the Freed Unit 125
6 Something’s Gotta Give: The Postwar Musical 147
7 Bustin’ Out All Over: The Rise of the Musical Blockbuster 175
8 In a Minor Key: The B Musical and Beyond 197
9 The Sound of Money: Musicals in the 1960s 225
10 Whistling in the Dark: A Genre in Crisis 251
11 Can’t Stop the Music: Musicals and the New Hollywood 279
12 Just Like Scheherezade: Reviving the Musical Film Genre 307
Index 335
