The Complete Lyrics of P. G. Wodehouse
by
Barry Day
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0810849941
ISBN-13
9780810849945
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Imprint
Scarecrow Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 26th, 2004
Print length
544 Pages
Weight
1,700 grams
Dimensions
28.50 x 22.30 x 3.40 cms
Product Classification:
Music: styles & genres
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P.G. Wodehouse wrote hundreds of songs and was a key figure in the birth of the American stage musical, but this aspect of his career has been largely forgotten, overshadowed by his literary achievement. This collection presents the lyrics from almost 40 productions, with commentary on each one.
Although he wrote hundreds of songs and was a key figure in the birth of the American stage musical, P. G. Wodehouse''s (1881-1975) long and influential career as a lyricist has been almost completely forgotten and unheralded - until now. Highly regarded by literati for his rich, sardonic Wooster and Jeeves books (among his more than ninety novels and volumes of short stories), Wodehouse broke new ground by writing songs that were cohesively integrated into the narrative action of musicals rather than presented as a string of unrelated tunes, which was the then-standard format. Particularly in the shows he wrote with Guy Bolton and Jerome Kern, Wodehouse transformed the musical from a poor man''s Gilbert and Sullivan-style operetta into a more idiomatic and respectable form based on contemporary life. This book sets the lyrics from his nearly forty theatrical productions within the context of each individual show, providing incisive and informative commentary for each. Lavishly illustrated with photos and memorabilia, Barry Day establishes why, throughout the 1920s and 1930s, Wodehouse was considered a top-tier theatrical figure on both sides of the Atlantic.
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