Music of film and stage

Like his fellow filmmakers Stanley Kubrick, Quentin Tarantino, and Sofia Coppola, Wong Kar-wai crafts the soundtracks of his films by jettisoning original scores in favor of commercial recordings.

Die Operette – leicht, heiter und dennoch voller Tiefe.

A history of Hindi film music recounted from a list of 50 of Lata Mangeshakar's songs that she chose as her favorites.

Anything Goes, Johns first book, gave you the story so far.

Johannes Fehring (1926–2004) ist einer breiteren Öffentlichkeit vor allem als Leader der ORF-Big Band, durch sein Engagement für den Jazz und seine Arrangements für Künstler*innen wie Peter Alexander, Marianne Mendt, Arik Brauer oder Kurt Sowinetz in Erinnerung geblieben.

A history of Hindi film music recounted from a list of 50 of Lata Mangeshakar's songs that she chose as her favorites.

Saturday Night Fever is simultaneously one of the biggest-selling albums of all time and one of the most reviled.

Saturday Night Fever is simultaneously one of the biggest-selling albums of all time and one of the most reviled.

Lionel Bart was a writer and composer of British pop music and musicals, best known for creating the book, music and lyrics for Oliver!

Cinema scholars categorize city symphony films of the 1920s and early 1930s as a subgenre of the silent film.

The Girl in the Song tells the stories of 50 women who have inspired classic rock songs.

The definitive book on the world's most beloved musical, TheSound of Music Companion charts the incredible and enduring story of Maria von Trapp and her story over the last hundred years - from Maria's birth in Vienna in 1905 to the 50th anniversary of the film's release in 2015.

Cinema scholars categorize city symphony films of the 1920s and early 1930s as a subgenre of the silent film.

In 1903, the Victorian composer Cecil Sharp began a decade-long journey to collect folk songs that, he believed, captured the spirit of Great Britain.

Chill and swaggering colorbent Founding Fathers have been blowing away Hamilton audiences since 2015.

Chill and swaggering colorbent Founding Fathers have been blowing away Hamilton audiences since 2015.

Michael Ball is more than a Laurence Olivier Award winner and multiplatinum recording artist; he holds the unique status of being Britain's foremost musical theatre actor.

Wer die Filmmusiktage Sachsen-Anhalt kennt, kann sich Filmmusik ohne Leidenschaft gar nicht vorstellen.

This concise book critically examines the intersection of power, privilege, and classical music in higher education through an extensive study of the experiences, training, and background of teachers of musical theatre singing.

This concise book critically examines the intersection of power, privilege, and classical music in higher education through an extensive study of the experiences, training, and background of teachers of musical theatre singing.

There is no movie musical more fun than Singin in the Rain, and few that remain as fresh over the years.

There is no movie musical more fun than Singin in the Rain, and few that remain as fresh over the years.

The series aims to represent all the major genres and styles of musical theater of the century, from ballad opera through melodrama, plays with incidental music, parlor entertainments, pastiche, temperance shows, ethnic theater, minstrelsy, and operetta, to grand opera.

The series aims to represent all the major genres and styles of musical theater of the century, from ballad opera through melodrama, plays with incidental music, parlor entertainments, pastiche, temperance shows, ethnic theater, minstrelsy, and operetta, to grand opera.

Der Band "Sound Design" widmet sich dem Thema Klang und Geräusch im Film aus einer musik- und medienwissenschaftlichen Perspektive und fokussiert die Schnittstellen und Überschneidungen der Ton-Ebenen.

"Wer fühlen will, muss hören" – Filmmusik ist ein entscheidender Schlüssel zu erfolgreicher emotionaler Filmgestaltung.

Sid 'One-Punch' Luft, amateur-boxer, producer and Judy Garland's third husband was the one man in her life who stuck around, helping her achieve a meteoric comeback in the 1960s.

The story of one young lad's journey into adulthood, inspired by a man who was to become an icon.

This monograph centres on the history of musical theatre in a space of cultural significance for British identity, namely the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, which housed many prominent American productions from 1924-1970.

This monograph centres on the history of musical theatre in a space of cultural significance for British identity, namely the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, which housed many prominent American productions from 1924-1970.

American Musicals in Context: From the American Revolution to the 21st Century gives students a fresh look at history-based musicals, helping readers to understand the American story through one of the country's most celebrated art forms: the musical.

The stage musical constitutes a major industry not only in the US and the UK, but in many regions of the world.

Winner of Best Writer at The Stage Debut Awards 2023Winner of the Charles Wintour Award for Most Promising Playwright 2023"e;The men with the Piano look up the narrow staircase of our little flat and they turn to Dad, light their fags, and say; We might have to take the windows out"e;.

This is the first book to offer a clear introduction to Kattaikkuttu (or Terukkuttu), a vibrant, vocal and physical outdoor Tamil theatre tradition from India.

The stage musical constitutes a major industry not only in the US and the UK, but in many regions of the world.

From Oklahoma!

From Oklahoma!

Gower Champion's career spanned the years during which American musical theatre was transformed from a crude popular entertainment into a sophisticated art form.

This wide-ranging, two-volume encyclopedia of musicals old and new will captivate young fans-and prove invaluable to those contemplating staging a musical production.

How to Swing in Musical Theatre shines a light on the most universal techniques used by cast members who, in response to absence, can perform multiple roles across an ensemble.

How to Swing in Musical Theatre shines a light on the most universal techniques used by cast members who, in response to absence, can perform multiple roles across an ensemble.

With its groundbreaking score, unabashed romanticism, and scrappy sensibility, Rent was like a firecracker thrown into a hushed theater, turning heads and upending conventions.