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Course Description: Musical Theatre History I
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Course Description: Musical Theatre History I

Musical Theatre History I

31-1400

This course is required for Musical Theatre majors in the first semester of their first year. This is the first half of a two-semester course covering development of musical theatre from its roots in opera, operetta, and vaudeville to the revues and musical comedies of the 1920s and 1930s to the emergence of the modern musical in the work of Rodgers and Hammerstein. Students are introduced to shows and songs from each period through readings, recordings, and videos.

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