The Cambridge Companion to West Side Story

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Over sixty years after its opening night, West Side Story is perhaps the most famous and beloved of twentieth-century musicals and stands as a colossus of musical and dramatic achievement. It not only helped define a generation of musical theatre lovers but is among the handful of shows that have contributed to our understanding of American musical identity at mid-century. Bringing together contemporary scholars in music, theatre, dance, literature, and performance, this Companion explores this explosive 1950s remake of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and its portrayal of the raw passion, rivalries, jealousy and rage that doom the young lovers to their tragic fate. Organised thematically, chapters range from Broadway's history and precursors to West Side Story; the early careers of its creators; the show's score with emphasis on writing, production, and orchestrations; issues of class, colourism, and racism; New York's gang culture, and how the show's legacy can be found in popular culture throughout the world.

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Paul R. Laird is Professor Emeritus of Musicology at the University of Kansas. As a scholar of musical theatre, he specialises in the careers of Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Schwartz. With William A. Everett, he co-edited three editions of The Cambridge Companion to the Musical. Elizabeth A. Wells is Professor of Musicology at Mount Allison University in Sackville, NB, Canada. Her first book on West Side Story was published in 2011 and won the American Musicological Society's Music in American Culture award.

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August 31st, 2024

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Cambridge Companions to Music

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Edited by Elizabeth A. Wells
Edited by Paul R. Laird

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320

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General (US: Trade)

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9781108489959

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38706972

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