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The Development Of The American Musical.
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` The Development Of The American Musical. The American musical was a main type of entertainment in the twentieth century. They were always full of lively plots, remarkable songs. The musical provided a way of escaping from everyday life into a world of fantasy, especially during the sombre days of world war two. Musicals today are different today the issues, orchestration style etc have changed dramatically over the years by looking at a variety of shows we can see exactly how they have changed. First I will look at 'SHOWBOAT'. Showboat was written in 1927 by Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein, and was described as "Perhaps the most successful and influential Broadway musicals" It was the first novel to be turned into a musical making a stamp in the history of American Musical history. The novel was originally written by Edna Ferber about the lives of the people who lived...
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