Geniuses Of American Musical Theater: The Composes and Lyricists

By Herbert H. Keyser

Book Overview

(Book). This volume collects, for the first time, 28 biographies of the greatest songwriters and lyricists of Broadway musicals. It goes below the surface to see what made them tick and to uncover the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1423462750
• ISBN13: 9781423462750
• Release Date: August 2009
• Publisher: Applause
• Length: 12 Pages
• Weight: 2.94 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 1.1" x 1.1"

Customer Reviews

lots of anecdotes

This is obviously a labor of love. It has a lot of good anecdotes about the songs and their authors, including the authors' problems with booze and women. But take some of the anecdotes with a grain of salt: The ones that survive are the ones that make the best stories, not necessarily the true ones.

Mo's Review

This is an excellent tool for me in support of my radio programme broadcasting Broadway and Hollywood musicals (as well as British musicals) although I have a broad knowledge of musicals and their composers this book fills me in on details I more than likely would not have found elsewhere.