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Writing The Broadway Musical Updated Edition
Author(s): Aaron Frankel (Author)
- Publisher: Da Capo
- Publication Date: 18 Aug. 2000
- Edition: Updated ed.
- Language: English
- Print length: 199 pages
- ISBN-10: 0306809435
- ISBN-13: 9780306809439
Book Description
Brimming with advice and techniques, this essential reference for book- and songwriters clearly explains the fundamentals of the three crafts of a musical-book, music, and lyrics. Using copious examples from classic shows, Frankel has created the quintessential musical writers’ how-to. Among the topics:definitions of musical theater; differences between musical books and straight plays and between poetry and lyrics; what a score is and how it develops; how to write for the voice; and how to audition musicals for producers. With a new introduction and revised text, Frankel’s work is ready to guide a new generation of aspiring writers.
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About the Author
Aaron Frankel has directed over a hundred musicals and plays, some twenty of them new, in addition to collabourating as a writer both on and off Broadway. He has taught at ten universities, including Columbia University, NYU, and the New School, where he has led a musical theatre writing workshop for more than thirty years. He lives in New York City.
