Til the Fat Girl Sings: From an Overweight Nobody to a Broadway Somebody-A Memoir
ISBN: 9781593375430 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Broadway actress Sharon Wheatley reveals an authentic and personal look at the damaging physical and emotional effects of childhood obesity.
Broadway actress Sharon Wheatley reveals an authentic and personal look at the damaging physical and emotional effects of childhood obesity.
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82,15 zł |
The Scores of Sullivan - The Lost Chord - Sheet Music for Voice
ISBN: 9781528701464 / Angielski / Miękka / 18 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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67,79 zł |
The Broadway Sound: The Autobiography and Selected Essays of Robert Russell Bennett
ISBN: 9781580460828 / Angielski / Miękka / 375 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. The remarkable career of composer-orchestrator Robert Russell Bennett (1894-1981) encompassed a wide variety of both -legitimate- and popular music-making in Hollywood, on Broadway, and for television. Bennett is principally responsible for what is known worldwide as the -Broadway sound- and for greatly elevating the status of the theater orchestrator. He worked alongside Jerome Kern, Cole Porter, George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, Richard Rodgers, and Frederick Loewe on much of the Broadway canon, eventually providing orchestrations for all or part of more than 300 musicals between 1920 and...
The remarkable career of composer-orchestrator Robert Russell Bennett (1894-1981) encompassed a wide variety of both -legitimate- and popular music-ma...
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171,78 zł |
The Singer's Musical Theatre Anthology - Volume 5 Soprano Book/Online Audio [With 2 CDs]
ISBN: 9781423447115 / Angielski / Miękka / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. (Vocal Collection). The world's most trusted source for authentic editions of theatre music for singers has expanded with yet another volume. Many of the songs are found in no other collections. The 40 songs in each volume are in the original keys, excerpted from vocal scores and piano/conductor rehearsal scores. Includes both recent shows and a deeper look into classic musicals. Contents: THE APPLE TREE: What Makes Me Love Him * BARNUM: Love Makes Such Fools of Us All * CANDIDE: Glitter and Be Gay * DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS: Nothing Is Too Wonderful to Be True * DO RE MI: Cry like the Wind *...
(Vocal Collection). The world's most trusted source for authentic editions of theatre music for singers has expanded with yet another volume. Many of ...
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194,63 zł |
Ethel Merman: A Life
ISBN: 9780143114208 / Angielski / Miękka / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. "Kellow's chronology is dishy and seamless; he understands the dynamics of the theater world and makes you feel the exhilaration of an evolving hit and the frustrations inherent in working with a performer like Merman."--The New York Times Book Review
" Kellow] has painted a vivid portrait of a Broadway diva who shone brighter and sang louder than anyone else."--The Washington Post BookWorld More than twenty years after her death, Ethel Merman continues to set the standard for American musical theater. The stories about the supremely talented,... "Kellow's chronology is dishy and seamless; he understands the dynamics of the theater world and makes you feel the exhilaration of an evolving hit...
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103,82 zł |
H.M.S. Pinafore - Or, the Lass That Loved a Sailor
ISBN: 9781443704571 / Angielski / Miękka / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. H.M.S PINAFORE OR, the lass that loved a sailor. - WRITTEN BY GILBERT & SULLIVAN
H.M.S PINAFORE OR, the lass that loved a sailor. - WRITTEN BY GILBERT & SULLIVAN
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101,70 zł |
The New Broadway Song Companion: An Annotated Guide to Musical Theatre Literature by Voice Type and Song Style
ISBN: 9780810869431 / Angielski / Twarda / 298 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. This volume presents a comprehensive listing of the musical numbers from over 300 Broadway shows. Each song is annotated with the name of the character who sings it, the voice type, the exact vocal range, and a description of the song style. A set of six indexes allows access to this music by voice type (soprano, baritone, etc.), song style (uptempo, ballad, etc.), vocal arrangement (duets, trios, chorus, etc.), and composer and lyricist.
This volume presents a comprehensive listing of the musical numbers from over 300 Broadway shows. Each song is annotated with the name of the characte...
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430,25 zł |
George Gershwin: An Intimate Portrait
ISBN: 9780252034442 / Angielski / Twarda / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. George Gershwin lived with purpose and gusto, but with melancholy as well, for he was unable to make a place for himself--no family of his own and no real home in music. He and his siblings received little love from their mother and no direction from their father. Older brother and lyricist Ira managed to create a home when he married Leonore Strunsky, a hard-edged woman who lived for wealth and status. The closest George came to domesticity was through his longtime relationship with Kay Swift. She was his lover, musical confidante, and fellow composer. But she remained married to... George Gershwin lived with purpose and gusto, but with melancholy as well, for he was unable to make a place for himself--no family of his own and ... |
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124,92 zł |
Leonard Bernstein: West Side Story [With CD (Audio)]
ISBN: 9780754664840 / Angielski / Twarda / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. One of the Broadway musicals that can genuinely claim to have transformed the genre, West Side Story has been featured in many books on Broadway, but it has yet to be the focus of a scholarly monograph. Nigel Simeone begins by exploring the long process of creating West Side Story, including a discussion of Bernstein's sketches, early drafts of the score and script, as well as cut songs. The core of the book is a commentary on the music itself. West Side Story is one of the very few Broadway musicals for which there is a complete published orchestral score, as well as two different editions...
One of the Broadway musicals that can genuinely claim to have transformed the genre, West Side Story has been featured in many books on Broadway, but ...
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702,94 zł |
A Talmud Tale: A Musical
ISBN: 9781934730287 / Angielski / Miękka / 168 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Award-winning Talmud teacher Judith Abrams brings her love of Jewish tradition to the musical stage in this new musical drama. Rachel's bat mitzvah is nearing, and fights with her mother are heating up. Will the ceremony marking Rachel's coming of age instead tear apart her family? Assistance comes from an unlikely source: a friendly time-traveling angel who transports Rachel nearly 2,000 years to the ancient world of Talmudic Israel. There, a classic story of love and parental disapproval plays out between Rachel's ancient namesake and a poor shepherd, Akiva. In the end, Rachel discovers...
Award-winning Talmud teacher Judith Abrams brings her love of Jewish tradition to the musical stage in this new musical drama. Rachel's bat mitzvah is...
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86,02 zł |
West Side Story: Cultural Perspectives on an American Musical
ISBN: 9780810876668 / Angielski / Twarda / 326 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. In West Side Story: Cultural Perspectives on an American Musical, Wells presents a major scholarly study of the famous American musical West Side Story, viewing the work from cultural, historical, and musical perspectives. From the "mambo craze" of the 1950s to the work's ongoing permeation of popular culture, Wells looks at the myriad ways in which this canonic musical reflects and refracts American culture. Drawing on primary documentary sources, oral history--including interviews with members of the original creative team such as Stephen Sondheim and Arthur Laurents--and early sketch...
In West Side Story: Cultural Perspectives on an American Musical, Wells presents a major scholarly study of the famous American musical West Side Stor...
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406,02 zł |
The Scores of Sullivan - Little Maid of Arcadee - Sheet Music for Voice
ISBN: 9781528701471 / Angielski / Miękka / 20 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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67,79 zł |
Ponies & Rainbows: The Life of James Kirkwood
ISBN: 9781593936808 / Angielski / Miękka / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. James Kirkwood is the forgotten man of American letters In 1975, he had two shows playing on Broadway, while his latest novel Some Kind of Hero saw reviewers comparing him to Saul Bellow and Joseph Heller. One of those shows - A Chorus Line - won him a Pulitzer Prize for his co-writing contribution and went on to become the biggest stage phenomenon in history. Yet today his work is largely out of print and his name rarely mentioned. Kirkwood led a life that was as gripping as any of his novels or plays. The son of silent screen stars, he grew up in Hollywood surrounded by celebrities and...
James Kirkwood is the forgotten man of American letters In 1975, he had two shows playing on Broadway, while his latest novel Some Kind of Hero saw re...
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184,12 zł |
Places, Please!
ISBN: 9780987826725 / Angielski / Miękka / 226 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. A Jersey Boys book. A Jersey Boys story. A Broadway memoir. A how-to guide to making it on Broadway. Everyone's heard of JERSEY BOYS. Thirteen million people have seen the show, totaling more than $1 billion in worldwide ticket sales. The cast members have performed on Oprah, the Today show, Dancing with the Stars, and at the Emmy Awards. Their recording has gone Platinum, selling more than a million copies in the United States alone. There are six companies performing it around the world right now: New York, Las Vegas, London, Australia, Singapore... the boys are everywhere. And Daniel was...
A Jersey Boys book. A Jersey Boys story. A Broadway memoir. A how-to guide to making it on Broadway. Everyone's heard of JERSEY BOYS. Thirteen million...
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77,83 zł |
Audrey Wood and the Playwrights
ISBN: 9781137385475 / Angielski / Miękka / 220 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. From Tennessee Williams and Carson McCullers to Arthur Kopit and Brian Friel, agent Audrey Wood encouraged and guided the unique talents of playwrights in the Broadway theatre of her day. Her quiet determination and burning enthusiasm brought America's finest mid-century playwrights to prominence and altered stage history.
From Tennessee Williams and Carson McCullers to Arthur Kopit and Brian Friel, agent Audrey Wood encouraged and guided the unique talents of playwright...
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77,61 zł |
Koerperbilder: Kulturalitaet Und Wertetransfer
ISBN: 9783631604779 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 380 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Korperbilder sind stets an den Begriff der Kulturalitat gebunden. Er bezeichnet sowohl das menschliche Angewiesensein auf die kulturelle Sphare als auch die Bedingtheit durch sie. Die Formen und Muster des subjektiven Erfahrens, Erlebens und Wahrnehmens unterliegen der Dynamik von geschichtlichem Wandel und lokaler Differenzierung. Die daraus resultierende Pluralitat bestand immer schon, jedoch erst die Globalisierung verbindet das zuvor raumlich Getrennte in der einen, globalisierten Welt, in der neben den -ausseren Welten- immer mehr auch die -inneren Welten- aufeinandertreffen mit ihren je...
Korperbilder sind stets an den Begriff der Kulturalitat gebunden. Er bezeichnet sowohl das menschliche Angewiesensein auf die kulturelle Sphare als au...
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454,01 zł |
Alberto Franchetti - Werkstudien Zur Italienischen Oper Der Langen Jahrhundertwende
ISBN: 9783631613610 / Niemiecki / Twarda / 562 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Mit den Opern Asrael (1888), Cristoforo Colombo (1892) und Germania (1902) feierte der italienische Komponist Alberto Franchetti (1860-1942) internationale Erfolge. Ausgebildet bei Joseph Gabriel Rheinberger und Felix Draeseke in Deutschland, aber auch tief beeindruckt von den Musikdramen Richard Wagners, leistete Franchetti einen wesentlichen Beitrag zur Neuausrichtung der italienischen Oper nach Giuseppe Verdi. Aus unterschiedlichen Perspektiven nahert sich diese Studie seinem gesamten Opernschaffen, wertet nach den Massgaben der aktuellen Opernforschung bisher...
Mit den Opern Asrael (1888), Cristoforo Colombo (1892) und Germania (1902) feierte der italienische Komponist Alberto Franchetti ...
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590,86 zł |
The Scores of Sullivan - Let Me Dream Again - Sheet Music for Voice and Piano
ISBN: 9781528701570 / Angielski / Miękka / 18 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. |
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72,63 zł |
The Jerome Kern Encyclopedia
ISBN: 9780810891678 / Angielski / Twarda / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. Jerome Kern (1885-1945) is considered one of the most versatile and influential of all American theatre and film composers. His pioneer work in developing a truly American musical sound inspired many of the great songwriters of the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s, and his songs include dozens of beloved standards still heard today, such as "Smoke Gets in Your Eyes" and "The Way You Look Tonight." The Jerome Kern Encyclopedia consists of entries on people, theatre and film musicals, songs, subjects, and themes related to the composer. Not only are all of Kern's stage and screen projects from 1904 to...
Jerome Kern (1885-1945) is considered one of the most versatile and influential of all American theatre and film composers. His pioneer work in develo...
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751,23 zł |
Gilbert and Sullivan: A Dual Biography
ISBN: 9780195386936 / Angielski / Miękka / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 5-8 dni roboczych. 'A Gilbert is of no use without a Sullivan.' With these words, W.S. Gilbert summed up his reasons for persisting in his collaboration with Arthur Sullivan despite the combative nature of their relationship. In fact, Michael Ainger suggests in Gilbert and Sullivan the success of the pair's work is a direct result of their personality clash, as each partner challenged the other to produce his best work. After exhaustive research into the D'Oyly Carte collection of documents, Ainger offers the most detailed account to date of Gilbert and Sullivan's starkly different backgrounds and long working...
'A Gilbert is of no use without a Sullivan.' With these words, W.S. Gilbert summed up his reasons for persisting in his collaboration with Arthur Sull...
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198,64 zł |