| Leslie Stuart: Composer of Florodora Contributor(s): Lamb, Andrew (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138995363 ISBN-13: 9781138995369 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $60.79 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: April 2016 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Entertainment & Performing Arts - Biography & Autobiography | Music - Music | Musical Instruments - General |
| Dewey: B |
| Series: Forgotten Stars of the Musical Theatre |
| Physical Information: 0.65" H x 6" W x 9" (0.92 lbs) 310 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Leslie Stuart (1864-1928) was a British songwriter best remembered as the composer of the hit show, Florodora. He began writing popular songs as a teenager, first for blackface and vaudeville performers, and eventually for more "legitimate" shows and revues. Florodora (1899), written in collaboration with London's most fashionable librettist, Owen Hall, was a musical-comedy sensation. Its combination of the traditional slow love ballads and waltzes with more rhythmic and long-lined numbers made it a worldwide success. He continued to compose through the first decade of the 20th century, laying the groundwork for the coming innovations in British and American musical theater. |