A Life on the Ocean Wave
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Andrew Lamb is an English writer, music historian, lecturer, and broadcaster known for his expertise in light music and musical theater. Lamb was a member of the Advisory Board of The New Grove Dictionary of Opera. He is the author of 50 Years of Popular Musical Theatre and Leslie Stuart: The Man Who Composed Florodora, along with many other books. Kurt Gänzl is author of two editions of the award-winning Encyclopedia of the Musical Theatre, as well as many other books, including Gilbert and Sullivan: The Players and the Plays and, with Jamie Findlay, The Musical: A Concise History, Second Edition, both published by SUNY Press.
Content
Introduction and Acknowledgments to the First Edition
Introduction to the Second, Revised Edition
1. Sheerness to Italy
2. London in the 1830s
3. Toronto, Rochester, and New York
4. Albany, Philadelphia, and Boston
5. Charlatan, Plagiarist, Pirate, Quack
6. Oratorio in Boston, Song in New York
7. A Trumpeter's Lip
8. Old Tippecanoe
9. Dreaming of Home
10. Home Again
11. American Encore
12. British Concert Touring
13. Russell v Smith
14. "The Emigrant's Progress"
15. To Law Again
16. Retirement
17. De Lara
18. Howley Place
Appendix A Performing Engagements
Appendix B Chronological List of Compositions
Appendix C Other Songs Attributed to Russell
Name Index
