We'll Have Manhattan : The Early Work of Rodgers and Hart.
Symonds, Dominic.
We'll Have Manhattan : The Early Work of Rodgers and Hart. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (355 pages) - Broadway Legacies Series . - Broadway Legacies Series .
COVER -- WE'LL HAVE MANHATTAN: THE EARLY WORK OF RODGERS AND HART -- COPYRIGHT -- DEDICATION -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION: "WE'LL HAVE MANHATTAN" -- winkle town (1922) -- The Boys from Manhattan -- An American form -- Highbrow and Lowbrow -- Irving Berlin and George Gershwin -- A More Personal Influence -- Rodgers and Hart -- Chapter 1: THE SUMMER CAMPS AND VARSITY SHOWS -- "Any old place with you" -- Camp fire days (1908-1921) -- The akron club shows (1920-1921) -- The varsity shows (1920-1921) -- Poor little ritz girl (1920) -- The institute of musical art (1920-1923) -- The jazz king (1924) -- Chapter 2: THE BREAKTHROUGH IN REVUE: THE GARRICK GAIETIES (1925, 1926) AND FIFTH AVENUE FOLLIES (1926) -- The Fifth Avenue Follies (1926) -- The Garrick Gaieties (1926) -- Chapter 3: THE RODGERS AND HART REVOLUTION: DEAREST ENEMY (1925) -- Sweet rebel -- Dearest enemy -- Dearest enemy on television (1955) -- A revolutionary show? -- Chapter 4: PLEASING THE PRODUCERS: HERBERT FIELDS, LEW FIELDS, AND THE GIRL FRIEND (1926) -- Herbert fields -- Lew fields -- The girl friend (1926) -- Chapter 5: A LONDON ODYSSEY: LIDO LADY (1926), ONE DAM THING AFTER ANOTHER (1927), EVER GREEN (1930) -- Lido lady (1926) -- One dam thing after another (1927) -- Ever green (1930) -- Chapter 6: BIG FISH: PEGGY-ANN (1926), ZIEGFELD, AND A FLOP CALLED BETSY (1926) -- Peggy-ann (1926) -- Betsy (1926) -- Chapter 7: A COMMERCIAL SUCCESS: A CONNECTICUT YANKEE (1927) -- A connecticut yankee (1927) -- Chapter 8: CASTRATION AND INTEGRATION: CHEE-CHEE (1928) -- A failure -- The music of chee-chee -- The libretto and score of chee-chee -- The production -- Chapter 9: COPING WITH THE CRASH -- Spring is here (1929) -- Heads up! (1929) -- Simple simon (1930) -- And so to hollywood -- America's Sweetheart (1931) -- EPILOGUE: THE END OF AN ERA. NOTES -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Musical scores by richard rodgers -- Librettos and scripts -- Programs -- Books and articles -- Discography -- Filmography -- CREDITS -- INDEX.
Rodgers and Hart contributed dozens of hits to the Great American Songbook. We'll Have Manhattan focuses on the first twelve years of their collaboration (1919-1931), documenting their little-known early work and providing a critical and analytical commentary on their developing practice and its influence on the American musical.
9780199929498
MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Musicals.
Electronic books.
ML410.R6315 S96 2015
782.1/40922
We'll Have Manhattan : The Early Work of Rodgers and Hart. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (355 pages) - Broadway Legacies Series . - Broadway Legacies Series .
COVER -- WE'LL HAVE MANHATTAN: THE EARLY WORK OF RODGERS AND HART -- COPYRIGHT -- DEDICATION -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- INTRODUCTION: "WE'LL HAVE MANHATTAN" -- winkle town (1922) -- The Boys from Manhattan -- An American form -- Highbrow and Lowbrow -- Irving Berlin and George Gershwin -- A More Personal Influence -- Rodgers and Hart -- Chapter 1: THE SUMMER CAMPS AND VARSITY SHOWS -- "Any old place with you" -- Camp fire days (1908-1921) -- The akron club shows (1920-1921) -- The varsity shows (1920-1921) -- Poor little ritz girl (1920) -- The institute of musical art (1920-1923) -- The jazz king (1924) -- Chapter 2: THE BREAKTHROUGH IN REVUE: THE GARRICK GAIETIES (1925, 1926) AND FIFTH AVENUE FOLLIES (1926) -- The Fifth Avenue Follies (1926) -- The Garrick Gaieties (1926) -- Chapter 3: THE RODGERS AND HART REVOLUTION: DEAREST ENEMY (1925) -- Sweet rebel -- Dearest enemy -- Dearest enemy on television (1955) -- A revolutionary show? -- Chapter 4: PLEASING THE PRODUCERS: HERBERT FIELDS, LEW FIELDS, AND THE GIRL FRIEND (1926) -- Herbert fields -- Lew fields -- The girl friend (1926) -- Chapter 5: A LONDON ODYSSEY: LIDO LADY (1926), ONE DAM THING AFTER ANOTHER (1927), EVER GREEN (1930) -- Lido lady (1926) -- One dam thing after another (1927) -- Ever green (1930) -- Chapter 6: BIG FISH: PEGGY-ANN (1926), ZIEGFELD, AND A FLOP CALLED BETSY (1926) -- Peggy-ann (1926) -- Betsy (1926) -- Chapter 7: A COMMERCIAL SUCCESS: A CONNECTICUT YANKEE (1927) -- A connecticut yankee (1927) -- Chapter 8: CASTRATION AND INTEGRATION: CHEE-CHEE (1928) -- A failure -- The music of chee-chee -- The libretto and score of chee-chee -- The production -- Chapter 9: COPING WITH THE CRASH -- Spring is here (1929) -- Heads up! (1929) -- Simple simon (1930) -- And so to hollywood -- America's Sweetheart (1931) -- EPILOGUE: THE END OF AN ERA. NOTES -- Introduction -- Chapter 1 -- Chapter 2 -- Chapter 3 -- Chapter 4 -- Chapter 5 -- Chapter 6 -- Chapter 7 -- Chapter 8 -- Chapter 9 -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- Musical scores by richard rodgers -- Librettos and scripts -- Programs -- Books and articles -- Discography -- Filmography -- CREDITS -- INDEX.
Rodgers and Hart contributed dozens of hits to the Great American Songbook. We'll Have Manhattan focuses on the first twelve years of their collaboration (1919-1931), documenting their little-known early work and providing a critical and analytical commentary on their developing practice and its influence on the American musical.
9780199929498
MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Musicals.
Electronic books.
ML410.R6315 S96 2015
782.1/40922