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Writing musical theater [electronic book] / Allen Cohen and Steven L. Rosenhaus.

By: Cohen, Allen (Allen Laurence) [author].
Contributor(s): Rosenhaus, Steven L, 1952- [author].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2006Copyright date: ©2006Description: online resource (xiii, 290 pages) : illustrations.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9781349732234 (paperback); 1349732230 (paperback); 9781403963956 (hardback); 1403963959 (hardback); 9781137048103 (eBook).Subject(s): Musicals -- Writing and publishing | Musicals -- Production and directionDDC classification: 808.066792 Online resources: Access eBook
Contents:
The elements -- Theater basics -- The idea -- The libretto -- The characters -- The lyrics -- The music -- Writing a show -- Getting started -- Writing the score -- Rewriting -- A brief historical overview -- Tools -- Logistics and legalities -- Required reading and listening.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Notes
eBook MTU Online eBook 808.066792 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available Recommended reading for MTU Cork module MUSC8118
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This guide to the modern musical covers the entire process of creating a show, from finding and working out the initial idea, through to the ways in which writers can market a finished show and get it produced. For the interested theatregoer and writers, it is written in a lively and user-friendly style and illustrated with numerous examples.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The elements -- Theater basics -- The idea -- The libretto -- The characters -- The lyrics -- The music -- Writing a show -- Getting started -- Writing the score -- Rewriting -- A brief historical overview -- Tools -- Logistics and legalities -- Required reading and listening.

MTU Cork module MUSC8118 - Recommended reading.

Electronic reproduction.: ProQuest LibCentral. Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

STEVEN L. ROSENHAUS has written music and/or lyrics for several musicals, as well as incidental music for plays, film scores and commercials. His concert works in a variety of genres have been performed throughout the United States, Canada and Europe. He has over a hundred original works and arrangements in print, and several works recorded on compact discs. He serves as Adjunct Assistant Professor of Composition at New York University, USA, teaching both classical and musical theatre composition, and also teaches song writing and other subjects at Nassau Community College.

ALLEN COHEN has written the scores for several musicals, four films and two off-Broadway plays. He has conducted, or written dance music for, six musicals on Broadway and many shows off-Broadway and around the country. His concert music has been performed throughout the world and recorded on several compact discs. Currently Assistant Professor of Music at Fairleigh Dickinson University, USA, he is a former member of the BMI and ASCAP Musical Theatre Workshops. He is the author of Howard Hanson in Theory and Practice and the children's book That's So Funny I Forgot to Laugh!, which has sold more than half a million copies.