Research Catalog

Title

Great rock musicals / edited, with an introduction and notes on the plays, authors, and composers by Stanley Richards.

Publication

New York : Stein and Day, ©1979.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Richards, Stanley, 1918-1980
• Smalls, Charlie.
• MacDermot, Galt.
• Casey, Warren.
• Lloyd Webber, Andrew, 1948-
• Hester, Hal.
• Townshend, Pete.
• Carmines, Al.
• Brown, William F. (William Ferdinand), 1928-2019.
• Guare, John.
• Jacobs, Jim.
• Rice, Tim, 1944-
• Driver, Donald.
• Ragni, Gerome.
• Fornés, María Irene.
• Irwin K. Carson Collection. mus

Description

x, 562 pages, 8 unnumbered leaves of plates : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

Contains the librettos of eight rock musicals from the 1960s-90s. Credits for these works are: "The Wiz: the Super Soul Musical "Wonderful Wizard of Oz" (1974), music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls and book by William F. Brown. / "Two Gentlemen of Verona" (1971), book by John Guare and Mel Shapiro, lyrics by Guare and music by Galt MacDermot, based on the Shakespeare comedy. / "Grease" (1971), music, lyrics and book by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. / "Jesus Christ Superstar" (1970), music by Andrew Lloyd-Webber, lyrics and book by Tim Rice. / "Your Own Thing" (1968), music and lyrics by Hal Hester and Danny Apolinar, book adaptation by Donald Driver, based on Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night." / "Hair: The American Tribal Love-Rock Musical" (1967), book and lyrics by James Rado and Gerome Ragni and music by Galt MacDermot. / "The Who's Tommy" (1992), music and lyrics by Pete Townshend ; book by Pete Townshend and Des McAnuff, based on the 1969 rock-opera album by The Who. / "Promenade" (1965, 1969), book and lyrics by María Irene Fornés and music by Rev. Al Carmines.

Subjects

• Librettos
• Musical comedies > Librettos
• Musical drama > Librettos
• Notated music
• Musicals > Librettos

Genre/Form

• librettos (documents for music)
• Notated music
• Librettos
• Musique notée.
• Livrets (Musique)

Note

• Librettos.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

The Wiz / book by William F. Brown ; music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls ; adapted from The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum -- Two gentlemen of Verona / adapted by John Guare and Mel Shapiro ; lyrics by John Guare ; music by Galt MacDermot ; based on the play by William Shakespeare -- Grease : a new 50's rock 'n' roll musical / music, book, and lyrics by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey -- Jesus Christ superstar : a rock opera / lyrics by Tim Rice ; music by Andrew Lloyd Webber -- Your own thing / by Hal Hester and Danny Apolinar ; book by Donald Driver ; music and lyrics by Hal Hester and Danny Apolinar ; suggested by William Shakespeare's Twelfth night -- Hair : the American tribal love-rock musical / book and lyrics by Gerome Ragni and James Rado ; music by Galt MacDermot -- Tommy : a rock opera / by Pete Townshend and the Who -- Promenade / book and lyrics by María Irene Fornés ; music by Al Carmines.

ISBN

• 0812825098
• 9780812825091

LCCN

78007005

OCLC

3843436

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library