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Course Description: Musical Theater I: From the Beginnings to-1945
31-1400
Course is required for Musical Theater majors in the first semester of their first year. This is the first half of a two-semester course covering development of musical theater from its roots in opera, operetta, and vaudeville, to the revues and musical comedies of the 1920s and 1930s, to the emergence of the modern musical in the work of Rodgers and Hammerstein. Students are introduced to shows and songs from each period through readings, recordings, and videos. Course is offered fall semester only.
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