Music in German immigrant theater : New York City, 1840-1940 /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Koegel, John, 1956-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Rochester, N.Y. : University of Rochester Press, 2009.
Series:	Eastman studies in music.
Subjects:	Musical theater > New York (State) > New York > 19th century > History and criticism. Musical theater > New York (State) > New York > 20th century > History and criticism. German Americans > New York (State) > New York > Music > History and criticism. Philipp, Adolf, > 1864-1936.

Table of 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.