Bibliograph

Great American music

Type

Label

Great American music

Language

eng

Characteristic

videorecording

Main title

Great American music

Oclc number

1157288003

Runtime

720

Series statement

Great courses

Summary

Through expertly played examples, rare recordings of groundbreaking artists, and recorded interviews, this course takes viewers behind the scenes of some of Broadway's biggest hits and most memorable moments

Table Of Contents

Disc 1.: lecture 1. The essence of the musical ; lecture 2. The minstrel era (1828 to c.1900) ; lecture 3. Evolution of the verse/chorus song ; lecture 4. The ragtime years (c.1890-1917) -- disc 2.: -lecture 5. The Vaudeville era (1881 to c.1935) ; lecture 6. Tin Pan Alley ; lecture 7. Broadway in its infancy ; lecture 8. The revue versus the book musical -- disc 3.: lecture 9. Superstars on the horizon ; lecture 10. Transition into the Jazz Age (1916-20) ; lecture 11. Irving Berlin and Jerome Kern: contrasts ; lecture 12. George Gershwin's legacy (1919 to c.1935) -- disc 4. lecture 13. Rogers and Hammerstein era (1940s) ; lecture 14. Golden age of musical theater (1950s) ; lecture 15. Rock 'n' roll reaches Broadway (1960s) ; lecture 16. Big bucks and long runs (1970s-present)

Technique

live action

resource.variantTitle

Broadway musicals

Classification