We'll have Manhattan : the early work of Rodgers and Hart / Dominic Symonds.
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TextSeries: Broadway legacies seriesPublisher: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2015Copyright date: ©2015Description: xx, 332 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 25 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780199929481 (hbk.) :Subject(s): Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979 -- Criticism and interpretation | Hart, Lorenz, 1895-1943 -- Criticism and interpretation | Musicals -- United States -- 20th century -- History and criticismDDC classification: 782.1'4'0922 Summary: Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart are one of the defining duos of musical theater, contributing dozens of classic songs to the Great American Songbook and working together on over 40 shows before Hart's death. With hit after hit on both Broadway and the West End, they produced many of the celebrated songs of the '20s and '30s - such as 'Manhattan,' 'The Lady is a Tramp,' and 'Bewitched' - that remain popular favourites with great cultural resonance today. Yet the early years of these iconic collaborators have remained largely unexamined. 'We'll Have Manhattan' provides unprecedented insight into the first, formative period of Rodgers and Hart's collaboration.
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Includes bibliographical references, discography, filmography and index.
Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart are one of the defining duos of musical theater, contributing dozens of classic songs to the Great American Songbook and working together on over 40 shows before Hart's death. With hit after hit on both Broadway and the West End, they produced many of the celebrated songs of the '20s and '30s - such as 'Manhattan,' 'The Lady is a Tramp,' and 'Bewitched' - that remain popular favourites with great cultural resonance today. Yet the early years of these iconic collaborators have remained largely unexamined. 'We'll Have Manhattan' provides unprecedented insight into the first, formative period of Rodgers and Hart's collaboration.
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