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| Rodgers & Hammerstein |  | Author: Ethan Mordden
Publisher: Harry N Abrams
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 1991938
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 224
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.8
Dimensions (in): 11.8 x 9.5 x 1
ISBN: 0810915677
Dewey Decimal Number: 782.140922
EAN: 9780810915671
ASIN: 0810915677
Publication Date: September 1992
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Amazon.com Review
Musical theater lovers will rejoice upon discovering Rodgers & Hammerstein, the visually rich, musical-by-musical overview of one of Broadway's most creative duos. Ethan Mordden traces the output of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II from their first musical project together (Oklahoma) to their very last (The Sound of Music). With each of these, readers are given detailed (and sometimes critical) notes on the production processes and behind-the-scenes tidbits. The media backlash against Allegro--due to choreographer Agnes de Mille firing a cast dancer she had conflicts with--is explained, as is the opening night flop of Me and Juliet. And, though less remembered today, Mordden gives us detailed notes and pictures from Pipe Dream, the pair's ill-fated adaptation of John Steinbeck's Cannery Row. The real magic behind Rodgers & Hammerstein, though, isn't in these ephemeral notes but in the book's lavish illustrations. Backdrop designs, cast recording album covers, and production photos tell a story here that words simply cannot. There have been numerous books chronicling the genius of Rodgers & Hammerstein (and, truth be told, many serve as better introductions to the duo), but few capture and illustrate the pair's magic like this one. --Jason Verlinde
Product Description
Now in paperback, this profusely illustrated volume celebrates the legendary collaboration of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II. Filled with original performance photographs, set and costume designs, backstage candids, and lively anecdotes, the book covers the team's complete works including Oklahoma!, State Fair, Carousel, South Pacific, Flower Drum Song, and The Sound of Music. Ethan Mordden analyzes every one of the shows -- detailing the plots, exploring the musical and lyrical ideas, and examining casting and directing choices. Rodgers & Hammerstein is an work in the history of American musical theater
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Great reading and viewing October 15, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I have thoroughly enjoyed this book. Being a Rodgers and Hammerstein fan, anyway, I was interested to see how this author evaluated their work. I especially liked some of the inside about their working relationship and their different personalities. Happily, Mordden was not content to write about just R & H shows, but to make comparisons to others of their era.
The pictures accompanying the text simply added to the appeal. Not only pictures taken for publicity purposes, but set designs, album covers, etc.
I do not agree with all of Mordden's conclusions; but he supported his thoughts well. After all, critics do not have to agree.
I am anxious now to read and look at his series of the decades of the Broadway musical.
A beautiful and fascinating book for those who love R&H December 15, 2001
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
This could have just been a coffee-table book with beautiful photos but a negligible text. Fortunately, someone had the excellent idea of asking Ethan Mordden to write the text.
The result is that a very informative, insightful, well-written text accompanies the beautiful photos.
If you love Rodgers and Hammerstein, you probably will get great pleasure from this book.
One tiny quibble: Mordden is wrong when he says that Hammerstein invented the lyric form used in "I Am Going to Like It Here." Hammerstein used a Malayan poetic form called the pantoum.
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