| Description |
viii, 206 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
Beginnings -- H.M.S. Pinafore : the rise and early evolution of comic opera -- Early American attempts at operetta -- Interregnum : the withering of early operetta and the rise of musical comedy -- The merry widow and the Viennese waltz-operetta -- American operetta's response to Vienna -- Interregnum : the rise of the revue and the revitalization of musical comedy -- The flowering of traditional American operetta : Friml and Romberg -- The flowering of traditional American operetta : secondary figures, innovators, and importations -- Operetta in the depression -- Oklahoma! : the musical play or folk operetta -- Modern American operetta : the expansion of the musical play. |
| Subject |
Operetta -- United States.
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Operetta. |
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United States. |
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Musical theater.
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Musical theater. |
| ISBN |
0195028694 |
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