The History of the Musical
Written by Richard Fawkes
Narrated by Kim Criswell
4.5/5
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Richard Fawkes
Richard Fawkes grew up surrounded by books and developed an early fascination for military history that continues to this day. Occasionally, he can be cajoled into admitting, without details, to time spent as a small unit commander and a close combat specialist. At the present time his martial activities are confined to the practice of historical European martial arts. When not devising stories of the Eridani and Humankind's War with the Remor, Fawkes works as a designer of icons for manually controlled tactical simulations.
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Reviews for The History of the Musical
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- Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5An OK overview up to the 1990s...but with a decidedly British slant. Nice to have so many musical clips but I don't think any are from the OBC recordings, so no Ethel Merman, Mary Martin, Julie Andrews, etc.
- Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A quick gallop through the history of the stage musical from its genesis as operettas in 19th century Europe to its acsendendence as the premium American artform. Also taking in British shows too. It has excerpts from the musicals mentioned.
A nice narration.