Synopsis
Writing Musical Theater - HARDBACK
Allen Cohen & Steven L Rosenhaus
Published by Palgrave Macmillan
This comprehensive book - for the interested theatergoer and writers, new or experienced - is written in a lively and user-friendly style and illustrated with numerous examples, containing a how-to tutorial approach to its subject matter that has never appeared in print
Table of contents
Introduction
Part One - The Elements
Theater Basics
The Idea
The Libretto
The Characters
The Lyrics
The Music
Part Two - Writing a Show
Getting Started
Writing the Score
Rewriting
Appendices
A Brief Historical Overview
Tools
Logistics and Legalities
Required Reading (and Listening)
Author Bio
Steven L. Rosenhaus has written music and/or lyrics for several musicals, as well as incidental music for plays, film scores, and commercials. His concert works in a variety of genres have been performed throughout the United States, Canada, and Europe
He has over a hundred original works and arrangements in print, and several works recorded on compact discs. Dr. Rosenhaus serves as Adjunct Assistant Professor of Composition at NYU, teaching both classical and musical theater composition, and also teaches songwriting and other subjects at Nassau Community College
Allen Cohen has written the scores for several musicals, four films, and two off-Broadway plays. He has conducted, or written dance music for, six musicals on Broadway and many shows off-Broadway and around the country. His concert music has been performed throughout the world and recorded on several compact discs
Currently Assistant Professor of Music at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Dr Cohen is a former member of the BMI and ASCAP Musical Theatre Workshops. He is the author of Howard Hanson in Theory and Practice and the children's book That's So Funny I Forgot to Laugh!, which has sold more than half a million copies
304 pages & 47 b/w illustrations