MUSIC 2TT3 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., Oscar Hammerstein I, Edna Ferber
13 Jan 2017
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Music 2tt3 lecture 2 show boat. Source: show boat (a novel) by edna ferber: unique that the source was a novel cause at the time sources were usually originals (no pre-existing sources) or perhaps a play (light hearted, frivolous) New york run: dec. 27 1927 may 4 1929. By 1927, kern had already written about 20 scores for broadway, including musical comedies (oh, boy!, leave it to jane: musical comedies was his niche, world he came from was musical comedies. Note the names of kern"s collaborators: guy bolton and p. g. Would write for a particular space, the princess theatre: referred to as princess shows . His uncle was oscar hammerstein i (aka the father of times square ), was an opera impresario, producer of operas, who was responsible for building times square"s. Dropped out of law school to pursue a career in theatre. Collaborates with kern for a couple of shows.
