Title:
Music for the melodramatic theatre in nineteenth-century London & New York / Michael V. Pisani.
Author:
Pisani, Michael V., author.
Publication Information:
Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2014]
Call Number:
ML1731.8 .L7 P57 2014
ISBN:
9781609382308
Series:
Studies in theatre history and culture
Studies in theatre history and culture.
Physical Description:
xxvi, 386 pages : illustrations, music ; 24 cm.
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Contents:
Introduction, genres, concepts, and terms -- Part one: Forging a new music-dramatic genre -- The eighteenth-century roots of Melos -- The rise of melodrama in the age of revolution -- The early popular drama in the public theatres -- Part two: Propagating the popular drama -- The Anglo-American melodrama and its music -- Victorian theatre bands and their leaders -- The craft of Melos in rehearsal and performance -- Music, suspense, and the sensation drama -- Part three: Transforming the popular drama -- Melos in crisis -- Nationalism, "prestige music," and Irving's Lyceum -- Melodrama and glamour at century's end -- Conclusion: The legacy of Melos.
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