Ethan Mordden
Abstract
This chapter focuses on the musicals of the nineteenth century. The discussions include the development of the burlesque; the first American musical (at any rate, the first famous one): Edward Everett Rice and J. Cheever Goodwin's Evangeline; or, The Belle of Acadia (1874); and the emergence of the pantomime, the farce, and the comic opera.
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This chapter focuses on the musicals of the nineteenth century. The discussions include the development of the burlesque; the first American musical (at any rate, the first famous one): Edward Everett Rice and J. Cheever Goodwin's Evangeline; or, The Belle of Acadia (1874); and the emergence of the pantomime, the farce, and the comic opera.
Key concepts: Burlesque, Comics, Opera, Musical, Art, Literature, Art history