| A Century of Musicals in Black and White: An Encyclopedia of Musical Stage Works By, About, or Involving African Americans Contributor(s): Jr, Bernard L. Peterson (Author) |
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ISBN: 0313266573 ISBN-13: 9780313266577 Publisher: Greenwood OUR PRICE: $82.17 Product Type: Hardcover Published: October 1993 Annotation: This comprehensive reference book provides succinct information on almost thirteen hundred musical stage works written and produced from the 1870s to the 1990s involving contributions by black librettists, lyricists, composers, musicians, producers, or performers or containing thematic materials relevant to the black experience. Organized alphabetically, they include tent and outdoor shows, vaudeville, operas and operettas, comedies, farces, spectacles, revues, cabaret and nightclub shows, children's musicals, skits, one-act musicals, one-person shows, and even a musical without songs. In addition to the hundreds of shows independently created, produced, and performed by black writers and theatrical artists, it presents hundreds more representing a collaboration of black and white talents. An appendix organizes the shows chronologically and highlights those that were most significant in the history of the black American musical stage. An extensive bibliography and indexes of names, songs, and subjects complete the work. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Music | Genres & Styles - Musicals - Literary Criticism | Drama |
| Dewey: 782.140 |
| LCCN: 92041976 |
| Lexile Measure: 1110 |
| Physical Information: 1.25" H x 6.22" W x 9.52" (2.06 lbs) 560 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This comprehensive reference book provides succinct information on almost thirteen hundred musical stage works written and produced from the 1870s to the 1990s involving contributions by black librettists, lyricists, composers, musicians, producers, or performers or containing thematic materials relevant to the black experience. Organized alphabetically, they include tent and outdoor shows, vaudeville, operas and operettas, comedies, farces, spectacles, revues, cabaret and nightclub shows, children's musicals, skits, one-act musicals, one-person shows, and even a musical without songs. In addition to the hundreds of shows independently created, produced, and performed by black writers and theatrical artists, it presents hundreds more representing a collaboration of black and white talents. An appendix organizes the shows chronologically and highlights those that were most significant in the history of the black American musical stage. An extensive bibliography and indexes of names, songs, and subjects complete the work. |