Closer than Ever
The Unique Six-Decade Songwriting Partnership of Richard Maltby Jr. and David Shire
(Sprache: Englisch)
This book provides a unique chronicle and analysis of the work of Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire, an extraordinary Broadway songwriting team whose work is revered by musical theater aficionados. Anyone interested in Broadway musicals will enjoy this...
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This book provides a unique chronicle and analysis of the work of Richard Maltby, Jr. and David Shire, an extraordinary Broadway songwriting team whose work is revered by musical theater aficionados. Anyone interested in Broadway musicals will enjoy this book, which covers other well-known figures who feature prominently in the Maltby/Shire story, including Stephen Sondheim, Harold Prince, Francis Ford Coppola, Craig Lucas, Mike Ockrent, Susan Stroman, Garth Drabinsky, and Jonathan Tunick. The book includes enlightening, entertaining interviews with the subjects as well as illuminating analyses of some of Maltby and Shire's greatest songs.
Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Closer than Ever “
- Preface
- 1. Origins
- 2. The Fair-Haired Boys: The Sap of Life
- 3. Barbra
- 4. Dealing with Steve
- 5. I Have a Rich Wife: Love Match
- 6. How Bad Could I Be?
- 7. The First Thing They Give You is Writing the Obits
- 8. Lynne
- 9. Starting Here, Starting Now
- 10. "I Don't Remember Christmas"
- 11. He's the Arbiter, Really
- 12. Remember That Fats Waller Idea?: Ain't Misbehavin'
- 13. At the End of the Song, Everyone's Pregnant!
- 14. Baby
- 15. "The Story Goes On"
- 16. French is a Language That Doesn't Scan: Miss Saigon
- 17. One of the Finest Scores of the Year
- 18. Closer Than Ever
- 19. "The Bear, the Tiger, the Hamster and the Mole"
- 20. It Should Have Been Called "Small"
- 21. Big
- 22. "Little Susan Lawrence"
- 23. Bob Fosse's Wife, his Mistress, and his Daughter: Fosse
- 24. Next Thing I Knew I Was Writing the Show: Take Flight
- 25. Working with Other People
- 26. Produced by a Convicted Felon: Sousatzka
- 27. America Will Break Your Heart: Dancers at a Waterfall
- 28. Post-Partum: Baby Revival
- 29. Oh, That's What Those Songs Were About!
- 30. The Songwriters' Songwriters
- Appendix A: Starting Here, Starting Now - Musical Numbers and Sources
- Appendix B: Closer Than Ever - Musical Numbers and Sources
- Acknowledgements
- Bibliography
- Index
Autoren-Porträt von Joshua Rosenblum
Joshua Rosenblum teaches Composing for Musical Theater at Yale University and Conducting at New York University. As a composer/lyricist, he wrote the scores to the off-Broadway musicals Fermat's Last Tango, Bush is Bad, and Einstein's Dreams (four Drama Desk Nominations). He has conducted fourteen Broadway and off-Broadway shows and has performed as pianist with the New York Pops at Carnegie Hall, the City Center Encores! Orchestra, and the American Symphony. A longtime contributor of reviews and features to Opera News, Rosenblum is a summa cum laude graduate of Yale College and holds a master's degree in Piano from the Yale School of Music.Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Joshua Rosenblum
- 2024, 328 Seiten, Maße: 15,5 x 22,6 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Oxford University Press
- ISBN-10: 0197758231
- ISBN-13: 9780197758236
Sprache:
Englisch
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