Music of film and stage

New Dramaturgies of Contemporary Opera is the first and only book that approaches the dramaturgy of contemporary opera from the unique perspectives of living practitioners (composers, librettists, directors, producers, singers, dramaturgs, and administrators) who provide valuable first-hand insight into the coming into being of an opera today.

The need for a research volume on European theatre music and sound is almost self-evident.

The King and I opened on Broadway on March 29, 1951.

The Routledge Handbook of Sound Design offers a comprehensive overview of the diverse contexts of creativity and research that characterize contemporary sound design practice.

Giuseppe Verdi war weit mehr als nur ein Komponist – er war ein musikalischer Visionär, dessen Werke die italienische Oper revolutionierten und tief mit den Freiheits- und Einheitsbestrebungen Italiens verwoben waren.

New Dramaturgies of Contemporary Opera is the first and only book that approaches the dramaturgy of contemporary opera from the unique perspectives of living practitioners (composers, librettists, directors, producers, singers, dramaturgs, and administrators) who provide valuable first-hand insight into the coming into being of an opera today.

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.

The thrust of these five volumes is contained in their title, London Opera Observ'd.

Die Operette – leicht, heiter und dennoch voller Tiefe.

Drawing on more than 4 decades of experience working in Nautanki as a writer, director, singer, and actor, Sharma's book is the first major study to analyse Nautanki not only through its literary bases, but also through live performances, considering it both in a historical vein and as contemporary theatre on the ground.

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

Edvard Grieg, der bedeutendste Komponist Norwegens, schuf eine einzigartige Verbindung zwischen den Klängen seiner Heimat und den Idealen der europäischen Romantik.

Niccolò Paganini – ein Name, der bis heute mit unvergleichlicher Virtuosität, mystischen Legenden und der Faszination des Übernatürlichen verbunden ist.

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

The Dance and Opera Stage Managers Toolkit details unique perspectives and approaches to support stage managers beginning to navigate the fields of dance and opera stage management in live performance.

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.

This book investigates the aesthetic and political dialectics of East Berlin to argue how its theater and opera stages incited artists to act out, fuel, and resist the troubled construction of political legitimacy.

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.

Opera, a History of the Impossible Genre offers an accessible and chronological survey of opera.

Originally published in 1992, Music in English Children's Drama of the Later Renaissance is the first book-length study to examine the Elizabethan and Jacobean children's drama, not only from a musicological perspective, but also drawing on the histories of literature, culture, and the theater.

Originally published in 1992, Music in English Children's Drama of the Later Renaissance is the first book-length study to examine the Elizabethan and Jacobean children's drama, not only from a musicological perspective, but also drawing on the histories of literature, culture, and the theater.

Alexander Glasunow war eine der prägendsten Figuren der russischen Musikszene des ausgehenden 19.

Director David Lynch is best known for films that channel the uncanny and the weird into a distinct "e;Lynchian"e; aesthetic, in which sound and music play a key role: Lynch not only writes his intended sounds into the script but also often takes on the role of creating the sounds himself.

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

The Music of Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings provides an in-depth study of the music of two of the biggest fantasy franchises, focussing on music's worldbuilding roles within the film-watching experience and elsewhere in videogames, trailers, plays, theme parks and other attractions, and the world of fandom.

The Music of Harry Potter and The Lord of the Rings provides an in-depth study of the music of two of the biggest fantasy franchises, focussing on music's worldbuilding roles within the film-watching experience and elsewhere in videogames, trailers, plays, theme parks and other attractions, and the world of fandom.

Since the establishment of film music studies, there has been a steady growth of serious analytical work on the film music repertoire.

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.

Since the establishment of film music studies, there has been a steady growth of serious analytical work on the film music repertoire.

Director David Lynch is best known for films that channel the uncanny and the weird into a distinct "e;Lynchian"e; aesthetic, in which sound and music play a key role: Lynch not only writes his intended sounds into the script but also often takes on the role of creating the sounds himself.

In seinem Werk 'Das Erste und Zweite Buch Mose' nimmt uns Emanuel von Swedenborg mit auf eine tiefgründige und metaphysische Reise durch die biblischen Bücher Genesis und Exodus.

Exploring how music is used to portray the past in a variety of media, this book probes the relationship between history and fantasy in the imagination of the musical past.

Exploring how music is used to portray the past in a variety of media, this book probes the relationship between history and fantasy in the imagination of the musical past.

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.