Blumenfeld's dictionary of musical theater - Robert Blumenfeld

Have you heard of the first American musical
The Black Crook
which opened in 1866 and had fifteen revivals? Do you know Oscar Straus's hilarious parody of Wagner's Ring cycle
Die lustigen Nibelungen (The Merry Nibelungs)? Do you know who the Ricci brothers
the Piccinni family
Edmond Audran
David Braham
or Franois-Joseph Gossec were? Look them up in this remarkable
thoroughly researched
lively book. Packed with nearly 1 800 entries
this is a must-have research tool and handy reference for the theater and music lover
student
teacher
professional singer
director
and producer!Meant as a supplement and companion to Blumenfeld's Dictionary of Acting and Show Business (Limelight
2009)
this unique dictionary is chock-full of information about all the various genres of musical theater; thumbnail plot summaries of works well-known and obscure; thumbnail biographies of composers and writers; and dance
theatrical
singing
and music terminology. Historical terms and foreign terms (with pronunciations) are included along with information on available recordings of many obscure pieces. Convenient lists of the works of Verdi
Puccini
Wagner
Gilbert and Sullivan
Sondheim
Rodgers and Hammerstein
and many others are provided.