| Vocabulary: | lcsh |
| Type: | topical |
| Status: | approved heading [active] |
| Date Created: | 2000-10-23 00:00:00 |
| Date Modified: | 2012-10-02 16:09:36 |
Musicals
Class Numbers
M1500-M1508 [LCC///DLC]
Alternate Terms
Musical comedies
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Musical plays
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Musical revues, comedies, etc.
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Musical shows
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Operettas
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Shows, Musical
Broader Concepts
Narrower Concepts
Scope Notes
- This heading is assigned to music for theatrical productions consisting of musical numbers (songs, ensembles, and dances) 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.
Supplemental Notes
- Notes under Liederspiel; Operetta; Revues
Sources
- 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)
