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1776 is a musical with music and lyrics by Sherman Edwards and a book by Peter Stone.The show is based on the events leading up to the signing of the Declaration of Independence, telling a story of the efforts of John Adams to persuade his colleagues to vote for American independence and to sign the document.
American Musical Journal (New York, 1834–1835), FT The Musical Magazine (New York, 1835–1837), FT Boston Musical Gazette (Boston, 1838–1839), FT The Musical Review and Record of Musical Science, Literature, and Intelligence (New York, 1838–1839), FT The Musical Magazine (New York, 1839–1842), FT Boston Eoliad (Boston, 1840–1841), FT
Culture writer Martin Chilton defines the term "Great American Songbook" as follows: "Tunes of Broadway musical theatre, Hollywood movie musicals and Tin Pan Alley (the hub of songwriting that was the music publishers' row on New York's West 28th Street)". Chilton adds that these songs "became the core repertoire of jazz musicians" during the ...
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A History of the American Film: Christopher Durang: Runaways: Elizabeth Swados: Working: Stephen Schwartz: 1979 [13] Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street: Hugh Wheeler: Ballroom: Jerome Kass: The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas: Larry L. King and Peter Masterson: They're Playing Our Song: Neil Simon
Musical theater artist and historian Ben West is writing a new book, “The American Musical: Evolution of an Art Form.” The book will be released by Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor ...
Vaudevillean Mamie Smith records "Crazy Blues" for Okeh Records, the first blues song commercially recorded by an African-American singer, [1] [2] [3] the first blues song recorded at all by an African-American woman, [4] and the first vocal blues recording of any kind, [5] a few months after making the first documented recording by an African-American female singer, [6] "You Can't Keep a Good ...
Ever since song and dance first hit the silver screen with the invention of sound technology in the early 20th century, musical movies have long been a part of cinematic history. And with the rise ...