German operetta on Broadway and in the West End, 1900-1940 / / Derek B. Scott.

• VerfasserIn: Scott, Derek B.,
• Place / Publishing House: Cambridge : : Cambridge University Press,, 2019.
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (x, 383 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s).
• Notes: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 28 Jun 2019).

Academic attention has focused on America's influence on European stage works, and yet dozens of operettas from Austria and Germany were produced on Broadway and in the West End, and their impact on the musical life of the early twentieth century is undeniable. In this ground breaking book, Der...

Table of Contents

• Cover
• Half-title page
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Contents
• List of Figures and Tables
• List of Music Examples
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• Part I The Production of Operetta
• 1 The Music of Operetta
• 2 Cultural Transfer: Translation and Transcreation
• 3 The Business of Operetta
• 4 Producers, Directors, Designers, and Performers
• Part II The Reception of Operetta
• 5 The Reception of Operetta in London and New York
• 6 Operetta and Intermediality
• 7 Operetta and Modernity
• 8 Operetta and Cosmopolitanism
• Postlude: The Demise of Operetta
• Appendix 1 Productions of Operetta from the German Stage on Broadway and in the West End, 1900-1940
• Appendix 2 Longest Runs of First Performances of Operettas from the German Stage on Broadway and in the West End, 1900-1940
• Appendix 3 Operettas with English Librettos by Composers for the German Stage
• Appendix 4 Selected Period Recordings of English Versions of Operetta from the German Stage
• Appendix 5 Selected Films in English of Operettas by Composers for the German Stage
• Appendix 6 Research Resources
• Bibliography
• Index.