T D 301 Lecture Notes - Lecture 45: Gypsy Rose Lee, Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., Jerome Kern
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1919-1920: great war- powerful nation in the world, prohibition, women vote, tide of socialist politics, labor unions, and foreign immigration. Credited for i(cid:374)(cid:448)e(cid:374)ti(cid:374)g a(cid:374)d perfe(cid:272)ti(cid:374)g the art of (cid:862)striptease(cid:863). The main purpose of musicals was to entertain. There was no real correlation between the storyline and the music. The relationship between musical and story as well as the use of songs to convey and develop psychological motivation. The songs are helping to tell the story. The american musical took shape as a theatrical entertainment that integrated a coherent story, believable characters, songs, music, and dance. The musical had become disti(cid:374)(cid:272)ti(cid:448)ely a(cid:373)eri(cid:272)a(cid:374) a(cid:374)d perhaps a(cid:373)eri(cid:272)a(cid:374)"s (cid:373)ost significant contribution to the world theatre. The american musical had emerged as a coherent integration of story, music, and dance. Richard rodgers (composer) and oscar hammerstein ii: book of a musical, use of dance, pulitzer prize, traditional book musical: inspired by a book.
