Great American music : Broadway musicals. Part 2 of 2

Professor Messenger Of Johns Hopkins University Delivers Lectures On The History Of Musicals And Broadway. Great American Music: 1 Broadway Musicals 1 Part I 1 Professor Bill Messenger 1 Bill Messenger 2 Table of Contents 3 Great American Music: Broadway Musicals 3 Part I 3 Great American Music: Broadway Musicals 4 Lecture One 6 The Essence of the Musical 6 Outline 6 Lecture Two 11 The Minstrel Era (1828 to c. 1900) 11 Outline 11 Lecture Three 16 Evolution of the Verse/Chorus Song 16 Outline 16 Lecture Four 20 The Ragtime Years \(c. 1890–1917\) 21 Outline 21 Lecture Five 25 The Vaudeville Era (1881 to c. 1935) 25 Outline 25 Lecture Six 29 Tin Pan Alley 29 Outline 29 Broadway in Its Infancy 34 Outline 34 Lecture Eight 38 The Revue versus the Book Musical 38 Outline 38 Timeline 42 Glossary 45 Music Credits 46 Great American Music: 47 Broadway Musicals 47 Part II 47 Professor Bill Messenger 47 Bill Messenger 48 Table of Contents 49 Great American Music: Broadway Musicals 49 Part II 49 Great American Music: Broadway Musicals 50 Lecture Nine 52 Superstars on the Horizon 52 Outline 52 Lecture Ten 56 Transition into the Jazz Age \(1916–20\) 56 Outline 56 Lecture Eleven 60 Irving Berlin and Jerome Kern—Contrasts 60 Outline 60 Lecture Twelve 64 George Gershwin’s Legacy \(1919 to c. 1935\) 64 Outline 64 Lecture Thirteen 67 Rodgers and Hammerstein Era (1940s) 67 Outline 67 Lecture Fourteen 72 Golden Age of Musical Theater (1950s) 72 Outline 72 Lecture Fifteen 77 Rock ’n’ Roll Reaches Broadway \(1960s\) 77 Outline 77 Lecture Sixteen 82 Big Bucks and Long Runs \(1970s–Present\) 82 Outline 82 Biographical Notes 87 Music Credits 92 Bibliography 93 Content: Lecture 9. Superstars on the horizon -- Lecture 10. Transition into the Jazz Age (1916-20) -- Lecture 11. Irving Berlin and Jerome Kern--contrasts -- Lecture 12. George Gershwin's legacy (1919 to c. 1935) -- Lecture 13. Rogers and Hammerstein era (1940s) -- Lecture 14. Golden age of musical theater (1950s) -- Lecture 15. Rock 'n' roll reaches Broadway (1960s) -- Lecture 16. Big bucks and long runs (1970s-present).