Bernstein meets Broadway : collaborative art in a time of war /
"When Leonard Bernstein first arrived in New York City, he was an unknown artist working with other brilliant twentysomethings, notably Jerome Robbins, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green. By the end of the 1940s, these artists were world famous. Their collaborations defied artistic boundaries and s...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | English. |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
2014.
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| Series: | Broadway legacies.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | "When Leonard Bernstein first arrived in New York City, he was an unknown artist working with other brilliant twentysomethings, notably Jerome Robbins, Betty Comden, and Adolph Green. By the end of the 1940s, these artists were world famous. Their collaborations defied artistic boundaries and subtly pushed a progressive political agenda, altering the landscape of musical theater, ballet, and nightclub comedy. In Bernstein Meets Broadway: Collaborative Art in a Time of War, award-winning author and scholar Carol J. Oja examines the early days of Bernstein's career during World War II, centering around the debut in 1944 of the Broadway musical On the Town and the ballet Fancy Free."--Jacket. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xvi, 399 pages) : illustrations, music |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 377-380) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780199379989 019937998X 9780199343621 0199343624 |