| LC control no. | sh 85089018 |
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| LC classification | M1500 M1508 |
| Topical heading | Musicals |
| Variant(s) | Musical comedies Musical plays Musical revues, comedies, etc. Musical shows Operettas Shows, Musical |
| See also | Dramatic music |
| Scope note | Here is entered music for theatrical productions consisting of musical numbers integrated into a dramatic framework. Music for theatrical productions featuring a series of songs, dances, and other entertainments without any unifying dramatic element is entered under Revues. Musical works, often small in scale and primarily of the 20th century, that combine elements of music, drama, and sometimes dance in unconventional ways that result in works distinct from traditional forms are entered under Music theater. Works about the broad area of music in the theater, including opera, musical comedy, pantomime, revues, etc., and works about more than one such type are entered under Musical theater. |
| Subject example tracing | Notes under Liederspiel; Operetta; Revues; Music theater; Musical theater |
| Found in | Lloyd Webber, A. The phantom of the Opera [SR] p1987. New Grove dict. of American music (Musical) Web. 3 (Musical) New Harvard dict. of music (Musical (comedy)) LC database, Oct., 21, 1996 (Musical shows) Grove music online, February 14, 2022: Musical theater (what was called light opera and musical comedy in the 19th and earlier 20th centuries has since the 1960s been most commonly referred to as the "musical" a genre which is often neither light nor an opera nor a comedy (though it can be all or none of these)) |
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