On Streisand: an opinionated guide

As comfortable in musical comedy as in serious drama, Barbara Streisand pioneered an intense and even passionate singing style at odds with the once prevailing easy-listen manner typified by Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra. Like Dustin Hoffman and Jack Nicholson, she was one of the new wave actors...

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Main Author: Mordden, Ethan 1947- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Oxford University Press 2019
Series:Oxford scholarship online
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Online Access:BSB01
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Summary:As comfortable in musical comedy as in serious drama, Barbara Streisand pioneered an intense and even passionate singing style at odds with the once prevailing easy-listen manner typified by Ella Fitzgerald and Frank Sinatra. Like Dustin Hoffman and Jack Nicholson, she was one of the new wave actors of the 1960s who broke away from the standard models for movie stars. This critical analysis looks past the mainstream show-business principal to deconstruct an artist who is in fact a revolutionary figure
Item Description:Previously issued in print: 2019. - Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource
ISBN:9780190931322
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780190651763.001.0001

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