Words with music
Subtitle: creating the Broadway musical libretto
By: by Lehman Engel ; updated and revised by Howard Kissel.
Contributors: Kissel, Howard.
Publisher: Applause Theatre & Cinema Books; Sales & distribution, North America, Hal Leonard
Published: 2005
Place of publication: New York, NY; Milwaukee, WI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 466
ISBN-13: 9781557835543
Subjects: Libretto; Musicals -- United States; Broadway (New York, N.Y.) -- History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.   ) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Character; title: Subject matter; title: The outer shape; title: The needs of a musical : feelings; title: Subplots; title: Romance; title: Lyrics and particularization; title: Music; title: Comedy and entertainment; title: The new-old; title: Response; title: Opera; title: Adaptation to libretto; title: Failures; title: Producers and stars; title: Non-plot; title: The original music.