{"product_id":"rudolf-friml-hardback-9780252033810","title":"Rudolf Friml (Hardback) 9780252033810","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eRudolf Friml\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eWilliam Everett (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780252033810\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 29 October 2008\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e152 pages, 14 black \u0026amp; white photographs\u003cbr\u003e21.6 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm, 0.367 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\"Insightfully restores a neglected star to the Broadway firmament.\"--\u003ci\u003eStudies in Musical Theatre\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \"Everett has written a thorough scholarly account of a major but now almost forgotten figure in twentieth-century musical theater. The book surveys his life and career, highlights key works, and reveals many ways in which Friml's legacy remains among us even today.\"--Jeffrey Magee, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Uncrowned King of Swing: Fletcher Henderson and Big Band Jazz\u003c\/i\u003e \"William Everett's lucid and thorough exploration of the life and music of Rudolf Friml places this important Czech American composer squarely at the forefront of twentieth-century music theater, where he properly belongs. What a delight that this long-overdue volume is also so entertaining and informative. The scholarship is, in a word, sensational. Kudos to Everett for his timely, important, and indispensable addition to our American musical history.\"--Sara Davis Buechner, concert pianist and recording artist, \u003ci\u003ePiano Music of Rudolf Friml\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eRudolf Friml (1879-1972) is best remembered for his romantic 1920s operettas. Born in Prague, where he studied with Dvorak, Friml moved to the United States in 1906 and pursued a career as a concert pianist and composer. Beginning in 1912, he wrote music in different styles for Broadway, and in 1914, he joined Irving Berlin and Victor Herbert as charter members of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP). \u003cp\u003e William Everett examines Friml's wide-ranging career within the larger historical contexts of the American operetta, the Indianist movement, Francophilia, Orientalism, and romantic nostalgia. Friml's gift for evoking faraway times and places led to works like \u003ci\u003eRose Marie,\u003c\/i\u003e with its Canadian setting, while his use of formulaic Native American motifs produced \"Totem Tom Tom\" and the popular (and oft-parodied) \"Indian Love Call.\" Friml also created music for films, often based on his popular musicals. Parallel to this stage and screen activity, he composed piano concertos, orchestral works, and piano pieces and songs. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePREFACE   ix\u003cbr\u003e ACKNOWLEDGMENTS   xi\u003cbr\u003e 1. From Prague to America   \u003ci\u003e1\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 2. The Emergence of a Broadway Composer   \u003ci\u003e14\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 3. Envisioning the West: \u003ci\u003eRose Marie\u003c\/i\u003e   \u003ci\u003e35\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 4. A Francophile Musical: \u003ci\u003eThe Vagabond King\u003c\/i\u003e   \u003ci\u003e56\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Challenge of Success   \u003ci\u003e73\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 6. Away from Broadway   \u003ci\u003e84\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 7. Reputation and Legacy   \u003ci\u003e102\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e NOTES   107\u003cbr\u003e SELECTED WORKS   117\u003cbr\u003e FOR FURTHER READING   121\u003cbr\u003e SUGGESTED LISTENING   123\u003cbr\u003e INDEX   125\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Illinois Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52520561901848,"sku":"9780252033810","price":27.88,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/rudolf-friml-hardback-9780252033810","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}