Jewish Broadway : from Shtetl to Sondheim
Record details
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (1 video file (approximately 59 min.)) : sd., col.
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electronic resource - Publisher: [United States] : Dreamscape Media, LLC, 2021.
- Distributor: Made available through hoopla
Content descriptions
Restrictions on Access Note: | Digital content provided by hoopla. |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Directed by One Day University. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Stephen Whitfield. |
Summary, etc.: | One Day University presents a series of video lectures recorded in real-time from some of the top minds in the United States. Given by award-winning professors and experts in their field, these recorded lectures dive deep into the worlds of religion, government, literature, and social justice. The Jewish dominance of American popular music lasted about half a century, from roughly the First World War until roughly the Vietnam War. During that period, Jewish immigrants and their progeny played a decisive role in the shaping of musical taste and in helping to enable a disparate population to cohere around a harmonious culture. From Tin Pan Alley, these songwriters established the Broadway musical and then extended it to the Hollywood musical, installing standards that managed to be immensely popular as well as sublime. The distinctive contribution of Jews to the nation's cultural heritage merits serious analysis as well as retrospective appreciation. |
Target Audience Note: | Not rated. |
System Details Note: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Subject: | Jews in the performing arts United States Musical theater History and criticism Broadway (New York, N.Y.) |
Genre: | Video recordings for the hearing impaired. |