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A chronicle of how the songs of American musical theater made their way through sheet music, popular recordings, the radio, original castalbums, television, CDs, and the Internet from the theater district to living rooms across the country.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Maslon, Laurence (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2018]
Subjects:
Musicals > New York (State) > New York > History and criticism.
Popular music > United States > History and criticism.
Original cast recordings.
Dissemination of music.
Sound recordings > Production and direction > History.
Musicals.
Popular music.
Sound recordings > Production and direction.
New York (State) > New York.
United States.
Musical.
University of South Alabama.
MUSIC / Genres & Styles / Musicals.
MUSIC / History & Criticism.
PERFORMING ARTS / Theater / Broadway & Musicals.
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
History.
Online Access:Web site containing links to audio examples
Description
Summary:A chronicle of how the songs of American musical theater made their way through sheet music, popular recordings, the radio, original castalbums, television, CDs, and the Internet from the theater district to living rooms across the country.
Physical Description:xix, 252 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-235) and index.
ISBN:9780199832538
0199832536