Yankee doodle dandy: George M. Cohan and the Broadway stage

Playwright, composer, actor, director, and producer George M. Cohan looms large in musical theatre legend. Remembered today for classic tunes like "You're a Grand Old Flag," he has been called "the father of musical comedy." In Yankee Doodle Dandy, author Elizabeth T. Craft...

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1. Verfasser: Craft, Elizabeth T. (VerfasserIn)
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: New York Oxford University Press 2024
Schriftenreihe:Oxford scholarship online
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Zusammenfassung:Playwright, composer, actor, director, and producer George M. Cohan looms large in musical theatre legend. Remembered today for classic tunes like "You're a Grand Old Flag," he has been called "the father of musical comedy." In Yankee Doodle Dandy, author Elizabeth T. Craft situates Cohan as a central figure of his day. Examining his multifaceted contributions and the various sociocultural identities he came to embody, Craft shows how Cohan and his works indelibly shaped the American cultural landscape. Informative and engaging, this book offers rich reading for Broadway musical aficionados as well as scholars of musical theatre and American cultural history
Beschreibung:1 Online-Ressource (xviii, 288 Seiten) Illustrationen, Notenbeispiele
ISBN:9780197550434
DOI:10.1093/oso/9780197550403.001.0001

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