Early Broadway Sheet Music: A Comprehensive Listing of Published Music from Broadway and Other Stage Shows, 1843-1918

by Donald J. Stubblebine

Overview

This work, a companion to the author's Broadway Sheet Music: A Comprehensive Listing of Published Music from Broadway and Other Stage Shows, 1918 through 1993 (McFarland 1996), provides information about all sheet music published (1843-1918) from all Broadway productions--plus music from local shows, minstrel shows, night club acts, vaudeville acts, touring companies, and shows on the road that never made it to Broadway--and all the major musicals from Chicago.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780786447053
Publisher:	McFarland & Company, Incorporated Publishers
Publication date:	08/25/2010
Series:	Performing Arts/Music
Pages:	416
Product dimensions:	5.90(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.10(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

About the Author

The late Donald J. Stubblebine was the author of several major McFarland reference works. He lived in Philadelphia.

Table of Contents

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments      viii
Preface     
How to Use This Book     

Alphabetical Listing of Musical Stage Productions     

Appendix I: Collectors Groups     
Appendix II: Chronological Listing of Productions     
Bibliography     
Lyricists and Composers Index     
Song and Music Index     

Editorial Reviews

fascinating”—Sheet Music Magazine; “essential…some of the best references for songs and songwriters available…rare information…I would urge film music enthusiasts to get these…a fantastic amount of musical knowledge can be culled from these…filled with useful data”—Classic Images; “this outstanding reference book belongs in the library of every serious student of musical theatre...essential”—New York Sheet Music Society; “useful…simple to use…the entries provide much information…essential”—ARBA; “a must...outstanding”—Remember That Song Newsletter; “a Godsend...entertaining”—Show Music; “valuable...boggles the mind...every library should have a copy”—National Sheet Music Society Newsletter.

From the Publisher

this outstanding reference book belongs in the library of every serious student of musical theatre...essential

New York Sheet Music Society

essential...some of the best references for songs and songwriters available...rare information...I would urge film music enthusiasts to get these...a fantastic amount of musical knowledge can be culled from these...filled with useful data

Classic Images

fascinating

Sheet Music Magazine