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Record ID marc_loc_2016/BooksAll.2016.part41.utf8:132580639:2081
Source Library of Congress
Download Link /show-records/marc_loc_2016/BooksAll.2016.part41.utf8:132580639:2081?format=raw

LEADER: 02081cam a2200397 i 4500
001 2013953635
003 DLC
005 20141031084352.0
008 131025s2014 iauag b 001 0 eng d
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020 $a9781609382308 (pbk)
020 $a1609382307 (pbk)
020 $z9781609382650 (ebk)
020 $z160938265X (ebk)
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn863201262
035 $a(OCoLC)863201262$z(OCoLC)863196281
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042 $alccopycat
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050 00 $aML1731.8.L7$bP57 2014
082 00 $a781.5/5209421$223
100 1 $aPisani, Michael V.,$eauthor.
245 10 $aMusic for the melodramatic theatre in nineteenth-century London & New York /$cMichael V. Pisani.
264 1 $aIowa City :$bUniversity of Iowa Press,$c[2014]
300 $axxvi, 386 pages :$billustrations, music ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
490 1 $aStudies in theatre history and culture
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction, 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.
650 0 $aDramatic music$zEngland$zLondon$xHistory and criticism.
650 0 $aDramatic music$zNew York (State)$zNew York$xHistory and criticism.
830 0 $aStudies in theatre history and culture.