Item Detail
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Drone, Jeanette Marie
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Musical theater synopses : an index
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Book
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Lanham, Md.
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1998
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Scarecrow Press
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441 p. ; 29 cm.
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English
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0810834898 (alk. paper)
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Operas--Stories, plots, etc.--Indexes.
Musicals--Stories, plots, etc.--Indexes. -
Musicals; Musical Theaters; Musical Therter Plots; Musical Plots
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ML 128 .M78 D76 1998
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Drone, Jeanette Marie. Musical Theater Synopses: An Index. Lanham, Maryland: The Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1998.
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A source for plot information on various types of musical theater, either as a self-contained synopsis or part of a general discussion of a specific work. In addition, the citations provide a resource for locating scholarly materials related to the individual works.
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Works as a supplement to her first publication Index to opera, operetta, and musical comedy Synopses. The citations encompass the vast body of musical theater nearly from its inception. The author covers opera, operetta, musical comedies of all kinds, ballets, oratorios, dramatic cantatas, minstrel shows, plays, films, and TV productions with music, as well as non-Western forms, including Kabuki, Beijing opera, and Chinese plays. Limited to English language sources. Sources indexed include collections of synopses, periodicals, biographies, on-line sources, scores, and dissertations. Seeks to be comprehensive.
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The index is divided into three parts: (1) Sources indexed; containing plot synopsis, scholarly writings regarding the work (articles, thesis, dissertations, etc.), arranged by alphabetic codes derived from authors' names and/or titles; (2) Titles of Productions, listed alphabetically and given in their original form as verified in reference sources; (3) Composers, arranged alphabetically by last name of author. Concludes with a lengthy bibliography of works cited.
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Broad coverage of languages and geographic locations. Contains the title name in both the original language and in English.
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Numerous abbreviations and symbols that must be carefully studied in order to understand and use the citations. Somewhat subjective criteria for inclusion.
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Shanton, Kristina L. Fontes artis musicae 46 (July-December 1999): 358-59.
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BYU Mus Ref
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3076