| Details | | Publication Date: | 2009-11-15 |
Publisher's Note Specialized books on musical humor are rare, and this one is an incisive addition, concentrating mainly on the theater. It analyzes live performances and researches unusual source material, especially of the great era of comic opera and burlesque. The cult of musical farces and the social background are observed where the author's sense of humor is clearly at home, invoking memorable periods and styles in Paris, London, Vienna and Berlin.
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