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Oscar Hammerstein II and the Invention of the Musical - Softcover

Winer, Laurie

 
9780300280166: Oscar Hammerstein II and the Invention of the Musical
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0300280165 ISBN 13: 9780300280166
Verlag: Yale University Press, 2024

Inhaltsangabe

A new look at artist Oscar Hammerstein II as a pivotal and underestimated force in the creation of modern American culture
 
“A charming . . . passion animates [Winer’s] Oscar Hammerstein II and the Invention of the Musical.”—Brad Leithauser, New York Times Book Review
 
You know his work—Show Boat, Oklahoma!, Carousel, The King and I. But you don’t really know Oscar Hammerstein II, the man who, more than anyone else, invented the American musical. Among the most commercially successful artists of his time, he was a fighter for social justice who constantly prodded his audiences to be better than they were.
 
Diving deep into Hammerstein’s life, examining his papers and his lyrics, critic Laurie Winer shows how he orchestrated a collective reimagining of America, urging it forward with a subtly progressive vision of the relationship between country and city, rich and poor, America and the rest of the world. His rejection of bitterness, his openness to strangers, and his optimistic humor shaped not only the musical but the American dream itself. His vision can continue to be a touchstone to this day.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

A founding editor at the Los Angeles Review of Books, Laurie Winer has been a theater critic for the Wall Street Journal and the Los Angeles Times.

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Verlag
Yale University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2024
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0300280165
ISBN 13 
9780300280166
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
368
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