Music for the melodramatic theatre in nineteenth-century London & New York
By: Michael V. Pisani
Series: Studies in theatre history and culture; Studies in theatre history and culture
Publisher: University of Iowa Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: Iowa City
Language: eng
Number of pages: 386
ISBN-13: 9781609382308; 9781609382650
Subjects: Dramatic music; History and criticism
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction, genres, concepts, and terms; title: Part one: Forging a new music-dramatic genre; title: The eighteenth-century roots of Melos; title: The rise of melodrama in the age of revolution; title: The early popular drama in the public theatres; title: Part two: Propagating the popular drama; title: The Anglo-American melodrama and its music; title: Victorian theatre bands and their leaders; title: The craft of Melos in rehearsal and performance; title: Music, suspense, and the sensation drama; title: Part three: Transforming the popular drama; title: Melos in crisis; title: Nationalism, "prestige music," and Irving's Lyceum; title: Melodrama and glamour at century's end; title: Conclusion: The legacy of Melos.