Oklahoma!: The Making of an American Musical, Revised and Expanded Edition

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Tim Carter (David G. Frey Distinguished Professor of Music, David G. Frey Distinguished Professor of Music, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

Oklahoma!

The Making of an American Musical, Revised and Expanded Edition

Tim Carter (David G. Frey Distinguished Professor of Music, David G. Frey Distinguished Professor of Music, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)

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Oxford University Press Inc
12 November 2020

Musicals

Series: Broadway Legacies

"First published in 2007, ""Oklahoma!"": The Making of an American Musical tells the full story of the beloved Rodgers and Hammerstein musical. Author Tim Carter examines archival materials, manuscripts, and journalism, and the lofty aspirations and mythmaking that surrounded the musical from its very inception. The book made for a watershed moment in the study of the American musical: the first well-researched, serious musical analysis of this landmark show by a musicologist, it was also one of the first biographies of a musical, transforming a field that had previously tended to orient itself around creators rather than creations.

In this new and fully revised edition, Carter draws further on recently released sources, including the Rouben Mamoulian Papers at the Library of Congress, with additional correspondence, contracts, and even new versions of the working script used - and annotated - throughout the show's rehearsal process. Carter also focuses on the key players and concepts behind the musical, including the original play on which it was based (Lynn Riggs's Green Grow the Lilacs) and the Theatre Guild's Theresa Helburn and Lawrence Langner, who fatefully brought Rodgers and Hammerstein together for their first collaboration. The crucial new perspectives these revisions and additions provide make this edition of Carter's seminal work a compulsory purchase for all teachers, students, and lovers of musical theater."

By: Tim Carter (David G. Frey Distinguished Professor of Music David G. Frey Distinguished Professor of Music University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill)
Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 2nd Revised edition
Dimensions: Height: 155mm, Width: 231mm, Spine: 20mm
Weight: 458g
ISBN: 9780190665210
ISBN 10: 0190665211
Series: Broadway Legacies
Pages: 328
Publication Date: 12 November 2020
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Tim Carter, David G. Frey Distinguished Professor of Music, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Tim Carter is David G. Frey Distinguished Professor of Music at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He is the author of Rodgers and Hammerstein's Carousel (OUP, 2017), Understanding Italian Opera (OUP, 2015), and a wide range of other books on opera and musical theater.

Reviews for Oklahoma!: The Making of an American Musical, Revised and Expanded Edition

Tim Carter has written the most comprehensive account ever of the origins, development, and production history of the world renowned Rodgers and Hammerstein musical play. -- Journal of American Cultures Carter's virtuosic handling of archival material, forming the basis of an astonishingly detailed narrative account, sets his study apart. -- Journal of the American Musicological Society If you want to know how Oklahoma! became Oklahoma! you must read this book. -- Geoffrey Block Carter's well-documented treatment should delight both musical aficionados and researchers alike. -- Studies in Musical Theater