Richard Rodgers

by Geoffrey Holden Block and Geoffrey Block

Richard Rodgers was an icon of the musical theater, a prolific composer whose career spanned six decades and who wrote more than a thousand songs and forty shows for the American stage. In this absorbing book, Geoffrey Block examines Rodgers's entire career, providing rich details about the creation, staging, and critical reception of some of his most popular musicals. Block traces Rodgers's musical education, early work, and the development of his...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300217609
• ISBN13: 9780300217605
• Release Date: May 2015
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.38 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"