Music for the melodramatic theatre in nineteenth-century London & New York / Michael V. Pisani.

• Introduction, genres, concepts, and terms -- Part one: Forging a new music-dramatic genre -- The eighteenth-century roots of Melos -- The rise of melodrama in the age of revolution -- The early popular drama in the public theatres -- Part two: Propagating the popular drama -- The Anglo-American melodrama and its music -- Victorian theatre bands and their leaders -- The craft of Melos in rehearsal and performance -- Music, suspense, and the sensation drama -- Part three: Transforming the popular drama -- Melos in crisis -- Nationalism, "prestige music," and Irving’s Lyceum -- Melodrama and glamour at century’s end -- Conclusion: The legacy of Melos.

Ämnesord

Musik  (sao)

Melodramer (musik)  (sao)

Skådespelsmusik  (sao)

Teater  -- historia (sao)

Amerikansk dramatik  -- historia (sao)

Engelsk dramatik  -- historia (sao)

Music  (LCSH)

Melodrama  (LCSH)

Förenta staterna  -- New York (sao)

Strobritannien  -- London (sao)

1800-talet  (sao)

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G.02 Litteraturvetenskap: dramatik

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