Andrew Lloyd Webber
By: John Snelson ; with a foreword by Geoffrey Block, general editor
Contributors: Block, Geoffrey Holden, 1948-
Series: Yale Broadway masters; Yale Broadway masters
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New Haven
Language: eng
Number of pages: 267
ISBN-13: 9780300104592
Subjects: Komposition <Musik>; History and criticism; Criticism and interpretation; Musicals
Description: Examines the career of composer Andrew Lloyd Webber and his influence in films, rock, and pop music and surveys his life story and commercial success.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-248) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Aspects of life; title: Telling tales : a survey of the shows; title: Pop, rock, and classical : first elements of a style; title: "Who are you, strange angel?" multiple personalities in The phantom of the opera; title: "I'm ready for my close-up" : Lloyd Webber on screen; title: "Memory" : musical reminiscences in Lloyd Webber; title: "Now and forever" : canons and challenges; title: Lists of works by Andrew Lloyd Webber.