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- 音乐剧
- 英语
- 美国文库
- 百老汇
- American Musicals
- Opera
- Stage
- Original Cast
- 20th Century
- Musical Theater
- Broadway
- Songwriting
- Performance
- History
具体描述
including Oklahoma!, South Pacific, Guys and Dolls, Fiddler on the Roof, Cabaret, and 11 other great shows, this landmark collection is your ticket to the Golden Age of the Broadway musical: The Broadway musical is one of America’s great indigenous popular forms, a glorious hybrid that emerged “out of our speech, our tempo, our moral attitudes, our way of moving” (as Leonard Bernstein put it). Now in a landmark two-volume collection, The Library of America presents sixteen enduring masterpieces charting the Broadway musical’s narrative tradition from the groundbreaking Show Boat (1927) through the genre’s Golden Age to its response to the turbulent 1960s with the Tony Award–winning shows Cabaret and 1776. Based on new research, this historic collection presents the complete libretto of each musical in its Broadway opening night version, making these beloved stories available as never before. Irving Berlin and Moss Hart’s As Thousands Cheer is published here for the first time. Show Boat and Pal Joey are presented in newly restored versions. Seven other shows, including South Pacific, Guys and Dolls, and My Fair Lady, return to print for the first time in decades.
Each of these classic musicals has evolved over time, receiving many important revivals and new productions. This Library of America boxed set offers readers unprecedented insight into this living history with a selection of hard-to-find or previously unpublished supplementary items, including lyrics of songs dropped out-of-town or added in later revivals. Lavishly illustrated with 64 pages of photographs and other images drawn from the original productions, the set also contains biographical sketches of the book writers and lyricists; cast lists and other information about the shows’ Broadway openings; and detailed accounts of the path each show took on the road to Broadway. As a special feature, the box includes 16 full-color postcards reproducing the original show posters.
AMERICAN MUSICALS contains:
Show Boat
Book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II · Music by Jerome Kern
As Thousands Cheer
Lyrics and music by Irving Berlin · Sketches by Moss Hart
Pal Joey
Book by John O’Hara · Music by Richard Rodgers · Lyrics by Lorenz Hart
Oklahoma!
Music by Richard Rodgers · Book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
On the Town
Book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green · Music by Leonard Bernstein
Finian’s Rainbow
Music by Burton Lane · Lyrics by E. Y. Harburg · Book by Fred Saidy and E. Y. Harburg
Kiss Me, Kate
Music and lyrics by Cole Porter · Book by Sam[uel] and Bella Spewack
South Pacific
Music by Richard Rodgers · Book and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II
Guys and Dolls
Music and lyrics by Frank Loesser · Book by Jo Swerling and Abe Burrows
The Pajama Game
Book by George Abbott and Richard Bissell · Music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross
My Fair Lady
Adaptation and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner · Music by Frederick Loewe
Gypsy
Book by Arthur Laurents · Music by Jule Styne
Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Book by Larry Gelbart and Burt Shevelove · Lyrics and music by Stephen Sondheim
Fiddler on the Roof
Book by Joseph Stein · Music by Jerry Bock · Lyrics by Sheldon Harnick
Cabaret
Book by Joe Masteroff · Music by John Kander · Lyrics by Fred Ebb
1776
Music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards · Book by Peter Stone
作者简介
Laurence Maslon is an arts professor in the Graduate Acting Program at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts. The author or editor of several books about musical theater, including The South Pacific Companion, he co-wrote two episodes of the Emmy-winning Broadway: The American Musical with Michael Kantor, as well as the companion volume. He also wrote the acclaimed American Masters/Thirteen documentary Richard Rodgers: The Sweetest Sounds. He lives in New York.
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评分阅读完此书，我最大的感受是作者对“音乐剧语言”本身的深度挖掘和细腻阐述。他将音乐剧的创作过程，分解为一系列相互依存的艺术元素：歌词的韵律如何影响角色的潜台词，舞美设计如何服务于情绪的爆发，以及指挥家的角色在统一全剧风格中的决定性作用。这本书的文字风格从头至尾都保持着一种优雅的、充满激情的语调，但绝不流于煽情。它更像是一位经验丰富的老乐评家，在与你进行一场深入、私密的艺术对话。我喜欢作者在讨论现代作品时，那种既保持敬畏又敢于质疑的态度，对于当代百老汇过度依赖经典翻拍的现象，他提出了犀利的批评，并呼吁创作者回归原创叙事的勇气。全书的排版和插图选择也值得称赞，那些稀有的剧照和手稿复印件，极大地增强了阅读体验的沉浸感。总而言之，这是一部需要反复品读的力作，它让你在合上书页后，立刻产生去剧院重温经典、寻找新声的冲动。
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