Description
Through musicological analyses of works by Gershwin, Bernstein, Copland, Sondheim and others, the author proposes that performance cartography is a versatile methodology for urban theory, and establishes a methodological approach that uses the idea of the map in three ways: as an impetus, a metaphor, and a tool for exploring the city.
About the Author
Dominic Symonds is Reader in Drama at the University of Lincoln, United Kingdom.
Reviews
A witty, whimsical exploration of how the physical place of Broadway has been represented in song. The book brings place into an ongoing scholarly conversation about the ways in which Broadway musicals do important cultural work and adds layers of meaning to a form that is generally considered solely in terms of words and music."" - Andrea Most, University of Toronto
""With an ear attuned to the rhythmic and harmonic structures of the musical, Symonds proposes inventive and sometimes audacious new interpretations of classic Broadway songs and songwriters. His examples explore how form and experience shape each other and provide affective maps of the city. . . . Broadway Rhythm offers a new way to read the American musical."" - Shane Vogel, Indiana University
Book Information
ISBN 9780472130597
Author Dominic Symonds
Format Hardback
Page Count 312
Imprint The University of Michigan Press
Publisher The University of Michigan Press
Weight(grams) 653g