The Musical Worlds Of Lerner And Loewe

Author : Gene Lees
Publisher : Robson Books Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780860517405
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Musical Worlds of Lerner and Loewe written by Gene Lees and published by Robson Books Limited. This book was released on 1991 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lyricist Alan Jay Lerner (1918-86) and composer Frederick Loewe (1901-88) wrote some of the most successful musical shows on Broadway and in motion-picture history: Brigadoon, My Fair Lady, Camelot, Gigi, and Paint Your Wagon. They worked with stars such as Rex Harrison, Julie Andrews, Richard Burton, Audrey Hepburn, Louis Jourdan, and Robert Goulet.

Author : Gene Lees
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
ISBN 13 : 9780803280403
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.08/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Musical Worlds of Lerner and Loewe written by Gene Lees and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2005-01-01 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Biography of lyricist Alan Jay Lerner and composer Frederick Loewe, creators of memorable Broadway and motion picture musicals.

Author : Gene Lees
Publisher : New York : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 9780312051365
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Inventing Champagne written by Gene Lees and published by New York : St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 1990 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looks at the Broadway songwriting team's complex professional relationship as well as glimpsing into their glamorous private lives and their friendships with other celebrities

Author : Alan J. Lerner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780340228388
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Alan J Lerner, The Street Where I Live written by Alan J. Lerner and published by . This book was released on with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alan Jay Lerner
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Brigadoon written by Alan Jay Lerner and published by . This book was released on 1960 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rosecroft Music Circus, John A. Schaefer presents Doretta Morrow in "Brigadoon," co-starring Jack Washburn, book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe, directed by Louis Macmilian, musical director Leo Stone, choreography by Robert Paget, settings by Gordon Micunis, costumes by Bernie Joy.

Author : Frederick Loewe
Publisher : New York : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lerner & Loewe Song Book written by Frederick Loewe and published by New York : Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 1962 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Alan Jay Lerner
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019064673X
Total Pages : 633 pages
Book Rating : 4.38/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Complete Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner written by Alan Jay Lerner and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 633 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alan Jay Lerner wrote the lyrics for some of the most beloved musicals in Broadway and Hollywood history. Most notably, with composer Frederick Loewe he created enduring hits such as My Fair Lady, Gigi, Camelot, and Brigadoon. In The Complete Lyrics of Alan Jay Lerner, editors and annotators Dominic McHugh and Amy Asch bring all of Lerner's lyrics together for the first time, including numerous draft or alternate versions and songs cut from the shows. Compiled from dozens of archival collections, this invaluable resource and authoritative reference includes both Lerner's classic works and numerous discoveries, including his unproduced MGM movie Huckleberry Finn, selections from his college musicals, and lyrics from three different versions of Paint Your Wagon. This collection also includes extensive material from Lerner's two most ambitious musicals: Love Life, to music by Kurt Weill, and 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue, which Lerner wrote with Leonard Bernstein.

Author : Dominic McHugh
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199827311
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Loverly written by Dominic McHugh and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-06-08 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few musicals have had the impact of Lerner and Loewe's timeless classic My Fair Lady. Sitting in the middle of an era dominated by such seminal figures as Rodgers and Hammerstein, Frank Loesser, and Leonard Bernstein, My Fair Lady not only enjoyed critical success similar to that of its rivals but also had by far the longest run of a Broadway musical up to that time. From 1956 to 1962, its original production played without a break for 2,717 performances, and the show went on to be adapted into one of the most successful movie musicals of all time in 1964, when it won eight Academy Awards. Internationally, the show also broke records in London, and the original production toured to Russia at the height of the Cold War in an attempt to build goodwill. It remains a staple of the musical theater canon today, an oft-staged show in national, regional, and high school theaters across the country. Using previously-unpublished documents, author Dominic McHugh presents a completely new, behind-the-scenes look at the five-year creation of the show, revealing the tensions and complex relationships that went into its making. McHugh charts the show from the aftermath of the premiere of Shaw's Pygmalion and the playwright's persistent refusal to allow it to be made into a musical, through to the quarrel that led lyricist Alan Jay Lerner and composer Frederick Loewe to part ways halfway through writing the show, up to opening night and through to the present. This book is the first to shed light on the many behind-the-scenes creative discussions that took place from casting decisions all the way through the final months of frantic preparation leading to the premiere in March 1956. McHugh also traces sketches for the show, looking particularly at the lines cut during the rehearsal and tryout periods, to demonstrate how Lerner evolved the relationship between Higgins and Eliza in such a way as to maintain the delicate balance of ambiguity that characterizes their association in the published script. He looks too at the movie version, and how the cast album and subsequent revivals have influenced the way in which the show has been received. Overall, this book explores why My Fair Lady continues to resonate with audiences worldwide more than fifty years after its premiere.

Author : Mark A. Robinson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1440800979
Total Pages : 950 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The World of Musicals [2 volumes] written by Mark A. Robinson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2014-04-17 with total page 950 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This wide-ranging, two-volume encyclopedia of musicals old and new will captivate young fans—and prove invaluable to those contemplating staging a musical production. Written with high school students in mind, The World of Musicals: An Encyclopedia of Stage, Screen, and Song encompasses not only Broadway and film musicals, but also made-for-television musicals, a genre that has been largely ignored. The two volumes cover significant musicals in easily accessible entries that offer both useful information and fun facts. Each entry lists the work's writers, composers, directors, choreographers, and cast, and includes a song list, a synopsis, and descriptions of the original production and important revivals or remakes. Biographical entries share the stories of some of the brightest and most celebrated talents in the business. The encyclopedia will undoubtedly ignite and feed student interest in musical theatre. At the same time, it will prove a wonderful resource for teachers or community theatre directors charged with selecting and producing shows. In fact, anyone interested in theatre, film, television, or music will be fascinated by the work's tantalizing bits of historical and theatre trivia.

Author : Alyson McLamore
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317346335
Total Pages : 787 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Musical Theater written by Alyson McLamore and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-09-16 with total page 787 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For Surveys of Musical Theater, Music Appreciation courses and Popular Culture Surveys. This unique historical survey illustrates the interaction of multiple artistic and dramatic considerations with an overview of the development of numerous popular musical theater genres. This introduction provides more than a history of musical theater, it studies the music within the shows to provide an understanding of the contributions of musical theater composers as clearly as the artistry of musical theater lyricists and librettists. The familiarity of the musical helps students understand how music functions in a song and a show, while giving them the vocabulary to discuss their perceptions.