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POPULAR CULTURE

Musicals in Film Smash Hits
A Guide to the Genre The 100 Songs That
Defined America
THOMAS S. HISCHAK
“ This is an excellent JAMES E. PERONE
choice for the performing-
This strong reference work
arts sections of most “ . . . is highly recommended
”
libraries. to high school and
—Booklist, March 16, 2017 undergraduate libraries, as
well as teachers looking to
This wide-ranging guide incorporate new avenues
GREENWOOD GREENWOOD
November 2016, 449pp, 7x10 introduces (or reintroduces) October 2016, 333pp, 7x10 into their curriculum.
Print: 978-1-4408-4422-5 readers to movie musicals past Print: 978-1-4408-3468-4 Members of the general
$89.00, £69.00, €81.00 and present, enabling them to $89.00, £69.00, €81.00 public will also appreciate
eBook: 978-1-4408-4423-2 eBook: 978-1-4408-3469-1 this work.
experience the development of ”
this uniquely American art form—and discover films they’ll love. —ARBA, March 13, 2017

FEATURES We are what we listen to. That’s the premise of this study of 100
• Shows how the genre developed over time, from the 1920s songs that have shaped and defined the American experience,
to the present from the Colonial period to the present.

THOMAS S. HISCHAK is an internationally recognized author JAMES E. PERONE, PhD, is associate dean of the faculty and
and teacher in the performing arts and one of the foremost the Margaret Morgan Ramsey professor in music at the University
authorities on the American musical. of Mount Union, Alliance, OH.

The Beatles The World
Encyclopedia of Musicals

Everything Fab Four An Encyclopedia of
Stage, Screen, and Song
2 VOLUMES | KENNETH WOMACK
2 VOLUMES | MARK A. ROBINSON
> AWARD WINNER
General Non-Fiction Winner –Next “ A chronology of important
Generation Indie Book Awards events in the history of
musical theatre in the
Silver Medal in Reference – United States and an
Independent Publisher
GREENWOOD This encyclopedia GREENWOOD index round out this well-
June 2014, 1,116pp, 7x10 “ April 2014, 877pp, 7x10 done introductory tool.
Print: 978-0-313-39171-2 is crucial for any Print: 978-1-4408-0096-2 Recommended for school
”
$189.00, £146.00, €172.00 music library. Highly $189.00, £146.00, €172.00 and public libraries.
”
eBook: 978-0-313-39172-9 recommended. eBook: 978-1-4408-0097-9 —Booklist, August 1, 2014
—Choice, December 1, 2014
This wide-ranging, two-volume encyclopedia of musicals old and
A fascinating look at the history of the Beatles, from their new will captivate young fans—and prove invaluable to those
formative years through the present day, as detailed in hundreds contemplating staging a musical production.
of entries chock-full of information never before shared with the
public.
MARK A. ROBINSON is a performing arts educator and an
author.
KENNETH WOMACK is dean of the Wayne D. McMurray School
of Humanities and Social Sciences at Monmouth University,
where he also serves as professor of English.

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