자료유형 | 학위논문 |
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서명/저자사항 | "Don't Fence Me In": Culture, Style, and Identity in Cole Porter's London Works (1918-1954). |
개인저자 | Quinn, Arianne Johnson. |
단체저자명 | Princeton University. Music. |
발행사항 | [S.l.]: Princeton University., 2019. |
발행사항 | Ann Arbor: ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2019. |
형태사항 | 381 p. |
기본자료 저록 | Dissertations Abstracts International 81-02A. Dissertation Abstract International |
ISBN | 9781085617284 |
학위논문주기 | Thesis (Ph.D.)--Princeton University, 2019. |
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Source: Dissertations Abstracts International, Volume: 81-02, Section: A.
Advisor: Agawu, V. Kofi |
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요약 | This dissertation is a cultural and musical study of Cole Porter's London works from 1918 to 1954. It explores the cultural exchanges between British and American musical theater and draws on reception history, semiotic analysis, and constructions of identity. As part of this study, I uncover intermingled identities of class, gender, race, sexuality and ethnicity that are represented in his works and in British theater more broadly. Chapter 1 establishes the perimeters of British cultural identity in relation to theater audiences and stylistic expectations beginning in the 1920s. Forms and genres representing British musical theater before the Second World War include pantomime, ballet, musical comedy, the revue, operetta and Music Hall performances. Chapter 2 describes his early relationship with the London stage, including his interpolated songs and the opulent style of his early revue productions. Chapter 3 examines the materiality and distinctive musical form of his glamorous Cochran revue, Wake Up and Dream! (1928). Chapters 4 and 5 center on the production history and analysis of Nymph Errant (1933), a work that displays his distinctly British style. Chapter 6 explores the cultural disruption of World War II and its impact on British musical theater. In connection with this, Chapter 7 examines the dichotomy between sentimental British operettas and the American musical |
일반주제명 | Music history. Theater history. Theater. |
언어 | 영어 |
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