Rock in the musical theatre [electronic resource] : a guide for singers / Joseph Church.

Today's musical theatre world rocks. Now that rock 'n' roll music and its offshoots, including pop, hard rock, rap, r&b, funk, folk, and world-pop music, are the standard language of musical theatre, theatre singers need a source of information on these styles, their origins, and their performance p...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Church, Joseph, 1957- (Author)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2019]
Subjects:
Musical theater > Instruction and study.
Singing > Instruction and study.
Rock music > Instruction and study.
Online Access:
Oxford Scholarship Online (BTAA) Collection 2019-2021: 2019 (Oxford Academic)
University Press Scholarship Online Complete Collection: 2019 (Oxford Academic)
Oxford Scholarship Online: 2019 (Oxford Academic)
Variant Title:
Rock in the Musical Theatre: A Guide for Singers
Format: Electronic eBook
Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part I : History, aesthetics, and literature. Background and rock aesthetics ; Popular song vs. theatre song
  • Part II. Theory and technique. Acting values in rock theatre songs ; Musical values in rock theatre songs ; Singing rock : vocal production and vocalism ; Rock songs : a selective, annotated survey
  • Part III. Process-Coaching sessions. Little shop of horrors : "Suddenly Seymour" ; Rent : "Take me or leave me" ; School of rock : "When I climb to the top of Mount Rock" ; Dreamgirls : "I am changing" ; The lion king : "Endless night" ; Beautiful : "Will you love me tomorrow" ; Kinky boots : "The history of wrong guys" ; Tommy : "Pinball wizard" and Spring awakening : "The bitch of living" ; Bare : a pop opera : "Plain Jane fat ass" and "All grown up".
  • Appendix.