| Description |
xxv, 593 pages : illustrations, map, music ; 24 cm + 1 audio disc (digital ; 4 3/4 in.) |
| Physical Medium |
4 3/4 in. |
| Description |
1.4 m/s |
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digital recording |
| Series |
Eastman studies in music,
1071-9989
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Eastman studies in music.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Musical theater in Little Germany, 1840-1918 : an imported European tradition. Early struggles, operatic beginnings, and the development of the German theater in New York City, 1840-1872 ; Musical farce and folk play at the Germania Theater, 1872-1883 ; Ethnic spaces : theatrical entertainments in German beer gardens and concert halls ; An orgy of operetta : the Thalia and Amberg theaters, 1879-1893 ; Drama on a higher plane : the Irving Place Theater, 1893-1918 -- Entr'acte : German American performers and characterizations. German American performers ; The "Dutch" act : German American theatrical and literary characterizations -- Adolf Philipp and the German American immigrant musical. Philipp's Germania Theater musical comedies, 1893-1902 ; The German American musical abroad : Philipp in Berlin, 1903-1907 ; From Klein Deutschland to Broadway : Philipp's works, 1907-1914 ; Divided loyalties : World War I and its aftermath -- Conclusion : the decline of the German American stage in the 1920s and 1930s. |
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Contents on CD: Das Stiftungsfest. Stiftungsfest Walzer ; Der Rattenfänger von Hameln. Wandern, ach wandern / Adolf Neuendorff -- Shooting star galop ; Geistinger polka / Rudolf Bial -- Der Corner Grocer aus der Avenue A. Heimathlied / Carl von Wegern -- Der New Yorker Brauer und seine Familie. Schwabenlied / Adolf Philipp and Carl von Wegern -- Der Pawnbroker von der East Side. Ein New Yorker Kind / Carl von Wegern -- New York in Wort und Bild. Verloren ; Mutterlieb / Adolf Philipp and Carl von Wegern -- Klein Deutschland. Schützen march / Adolf Philipp and Carl von Wegern -- Über'n grossen Teich. Heimathlied ; Die lachende Familie ; Molly, mein kleiner Nigger Marsch / Adolf Philipp -- Alma, wo wohnst du? Alma ; Oh, die Weiber! ; Kater Lied / Adolf Philipp -- Alma, where do you live? Alma / Adolf Philipp -- Auction pinochle. Auction Pinochle Lied / Adolf Philipp -- Zwei Lots in the Bronx. Was kostet Amerika? ; Ich liebe dich? / Adolf Philipp. |
| Subject |
Musical theater -- New York (State) -- New York -- 19th century -- History and criticism.
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Musical theater. |
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New York (State) -- New York. |
| Chronological Term |
19th century |
| Subject |
Musical theater -- New York (State) -- New York -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
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| Chronological Term |
20th century |
| Subject |
German Americans -- New York (State) -- New York -- Music -- History and criticism.
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German Americans. |
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Music. |
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Philipp, Adolf, 1864-1936.
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Philipp, Adolf, 1864-1936. |
| Genre/Form |
Sound recordings.
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Sound recordings.
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| ISBN |
9781580462150 hardcover alkaline paper |
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1580462154 |
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