{"product_id":"the-musical-theatre-composer-as-dramatist-a-handbook-for-collaboration-hardcover","title":"The Musical Theatre Composer as Dramatist: A Handbook for Collaboration - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRebecca Applin Warner\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDramaturgy is at the heart of any musical theatre score, proving that song and music combined can collectively act as drama. \u003ci\u003eThe Musical Theatre Composer as Dramatist: A Handbook for Collaboration\u003c\/i\u003e offers techniques for approaching a musical with the \u003ci\u003edrama\u003c\/i\u003e at the centre of the music. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWritten by a working composer of British musical theatre, this original and highly practical book is intended for composers, students of musical theatre and performing arts and their collaborators. Through detailed case studies, conceptual frameworks and frank analysis, this book encourages the collaboration between the languages of music and drama. It offers a shared language for talking about music in the creation of musical theatre, as well as practical exercises for both composers and their collaborators and ways of analysing existing musical theatre scores for those who are versed in musical terminology, and those who are not. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSpeaking directly to the contemporary artist, working examples are drawn from a wide range of musicals throughout Part One, before a full case study analysis of \u003ci\u003eMatilda the Musical\u003c\/i\u003e brings all the ideas together in Part Two. Part Three offers a range of practical exercises for anyone creating new musicals, particularly composers and their collaborators.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRebecca Applin Warner\u003c\/b\u003e has been a freelance composer for theatre for 17 years, primarily writing musicals. She studied Music at Cambridge University, an MMus in Composition for Screen at the Royal College of Music, and completed her PhD two years ago. University teaching experience includes: tutoring third year dissertation students; Musical Theatre History; Performance Culture; Preparation to Research; Devising Musical Theatre; Acting Through Song; Making Performance and Musical Theatre analysis. She has taught on the Musical Theatre Writing Masters degree at Goldsmiths and the Musical Theatre Writing short module at Central. Previous publications include chapters in \u003ci\u003eThe Oxford Handbook of the British Musical\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eReframing the Musical\u003c\/i\u003e as well as publication in the \u003ci\u003eStudies in Musical Theatre\u003c\/i\u003e journal. She sits on the steering committee of the British Musical Theatre Research Institute.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 224\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.56 x 9.21 x 6.14 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e February 23, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42718207770687,"sku":"9781350229419","price":171.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/96432d87c0efbfce9f80ef33b1a011db.webp?v=1765081111","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/the-musical-theatre-composer-as-dramatist-a-handbook-for-collaboration-hardcover","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}