Leslie Stuart : Composer of Florodora
by
Andrew Lamb
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Forgotten Stars of the Musical Theatre
ISBN-10
0415937477
ISBN-13
9780415937474
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Aug 2nd, 2002
Print length
310 Pages
Weight
600 grams
Product Classification:
MusicalsIndividual composers & musicians, specific bands & groups
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Tells the fascinating story of the rise and fall from fame of Leslie Stuart, whose success with the musical Floradora in the 1900s led to extravagant spending on gambling, drinking and entertaining and left him bankrupt.
Leslie Stuart (1864-1928) was a British songwriter best remembered as the composer of the hit show, Florodora. He began writing popular songs as a teenager, first for blackface and vaudeville performers, and eventually for more "legitimate" shows and revues. Florodora (1899), written in collaboration with London''s most fashionable librettist, Owen Hall, was a musical-comedy sensation. Its combination of the traditional slow love ballads and waltzes with more rhythmic and long-lined numbers made it a worldwide success. He continued to compose through the first decade of the 20th century, laying the groundwork for the coming innovations in British and American musical theater.
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