Music of the Night
Religious Influences and Spiritual Resonances in Operetta and Musical Theatre
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Product details:
- Publisher OUP USA
- Date of Publication 26 June 2025
- ISBN 9780197699737
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages224 pages
- Size 17x156x235 mm
- Weight 420 g
- Language English 673
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Short description:
Bradley uncovers a hidden side of operetta and musical theatre. He highlights the significant religious and spiritual influences which pervade the work of composers and librettists such as Offenbach, Leh
MoreLong description:
This book offers readers a fascinating new look into the spiritual side of operetta and musical theatre, two closely related genres often dismissed as trivial, shallow, and essentially secular.
Bradley challenges these judgements and seeks to show that there have been clear religious influences and spiritual resonances in some of the best known and most popular works in both genres. He points to the darker and more serious side of operetta and musical theatre to analyse the work of Offenbach, Leh
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Jewish and Catholic influences in operetta
A matter of life and death: Darkness and light in Gilbert and Sullivan
The fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man: Oscar Hammerstein II
Nuns and menorahs: The Sound of Music and Fiddler on the Roof
God don't answer prayers a lot: The secularism of Stephen Sondheim
The reluctant pilgrim: Stephen Schwartz
Spiritual yearning and High Church aesthetics: Andrew Lloyd Webber
The two Jesuses: Godspell and Jesus Christ Superstar
The road to Calvary and the circle of life: Les Mis
