Prokofiev, Sergei, 59
Promenade (from “The Dance at the Gym”) (Bernstein), 302, 303, 305
“Promenade” (Lerner and Loewe), 265, 266
“Public Enemy No. 1” (Porter), 53
Puccini, Giacomo, 94, 195, 294, 349, 383–84, 388, 390, 392, 393, 403, 409, W109n29, W121n57, W132n25
“Puttin’ on the Ritz” (Berlin), 104
“Putting It Together” (Sondheim), 368, 369, 370, 378, W128n68
Pygmalion (Shaw), 10, 232, 262–70, 273, 277, 327
Pygmalion [film], 267, 268–69, 270
“Queenie’s Ballyhoo” (Kern and Hammerstein), 29, 30, 159
“Questions and Answers” (Rodgers and Hart). See “The Three B’s”
“Quiet Night” (Rodgers and Hart), 90, 91, 190, 228
A Quiet Place (Bernstein) [opera], 308, W122n77
Quintet in E Major, op. 11, no. 5 (Boccherini), W103n29
Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 355, W132n26
Radio Days [film], 180
“The Rain in Spain” (Lerner and Loewe), 269, 274, 275, W114nn26, W114n28
Raitt, John, xi, 202
Rall, Tommy, 315, 318
Ramin, Sid, 308
Randell, Ron, 314, 316
The Rape of Lucretia (Britten) [opera], W118n27
Rapunzel’s Theme (Sondheim), 372, 373. See also The Bean Theme
Rasch, Albertina, 87, W98n23
Rattle, Simon, 173
Ravel, Maurice, 59, 104
“A Real Nice Clambake” (Rodgers and Hammerstein), xx, 198, 206, 313, W104n5
“A Real Nice Hayride” (attributed to Rodgers and Hammerstein), xx, 198, W104n5
“Recondite armonia” (Puccini), 391, W132n22
Red, Hot and Blue! (Porter), 215, W86n5
Redemption through Love (Wagner). See “I Have a Love”
Reprises, 358–60
Riedel, Michael, 409
Regina (Blitzstein), 112, 285, 286, 390, W118n27
Rent (Larson), xxvii, 170, 310, 393, W131n5
Rex (Rodgers and Harnick), 213
Rhapsodie Espagnole (Ravel), W118n27
Rhapsody in Blue (Gershwin), 59, 148, 162, W86n17
“Rhapsody on a Windy Night” (Eliot) [poem], 385
Das Rheingold (Wagner) [opera], 298, 300
Rhodes, Erik, 156
Rice, Elmer, 136
Rice, Tim, 384, 389
Rich, Frank, 89, 365, 370, W134n56
“The Rich” (Blitzstein), 125, 126, 128
“Rich and Happy” (Sondheim), 373, 380
Richardson, Miranda, 399
Richman, Harry, 104
Riis, Thomas L., xxii
The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny (Brecht and Weill), 117, 131, 132, 147
“River Family” (Kern), 28–29, 29–30, 73, 390, W89n77, W121n65
Rivera, Diego, 182
“The Road You Didn’t Take” (Sondheim), 377
Road Show (Sondheim), 338, W75n22
Robbins, Jerome, xxv, xxvi, 11, 279, 280, 281, 282, 283, 286, 287, 288, 289, 290, 291, 293, 295, 308, 327, 330, 335, 338, 342, 346, 347, 365, 382
Robbins, Tim, xviii, 180, 182, 184, 185, 186
Robert le Diable (Meyerbeer), 399
Roberta (Kern and Harbach) [stage versus screen], 39, 156–57, 189
Roberti, Lyda, 157
Robeson, Paul, xxiv, 24, 26, 160, 162, 191, 364, W101n5
Robinson, Paul, xiv, W76n11
Rockefeller, Nelson, 182
Rodeo (Copland), 136
“Rodger Young” (Loesser), 235
Rodgers, Richard, xxvi, 5, 6, 23, 42, 63–64, 132, 144, 243, 293, 342, 359, W100n53, W114n24. See also Rodgers (Richard) and Hammerstein (Oscar)
Rodgers (Richard) and Hammerstein (Oscar), xi, xii, xiv, xxvi, 5, 6, 8, 10, 14, 15, 39, 47, 49, 87, 107, 108, 109, 110, 143, 153, 155, 176, 195–214 (196), 215, 216, 217, 218, 225, 231, 233, 246, 252, 261–62, 263, 264, 265, 277, 310–14, 324, 349, 362, 373, 374, 381, 382, 386, 394, 408, W113n17, W113n19
Rodgers (Richard) and Hart (Lorenz), xxvi, 6, 8, 14, 42, 83–111, 143, 150, 158, 176–80, 189, 190, 195, 212, 213, 215, 221
Rodzinski, Artur, 281
Rogers, Ginger, 60, 85, 136
Romberg, Sigmund, 4, 155, 389, W77n20, W132n17
Rome, Harold, 14, 120, W77n20
Roméo et Juliette (Berlioz) [dramatic symphony], W120n46
Roméo et Juliette (Gounod) [opera], 290–91
Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev) [ballet], 291
Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare) [play], xxiii, 11, 281, 283, 290–94, 296, 298, 329, 361, W116n60
Romeo and Juliet Overture (Tchaikovsky), 285, 286, 296, 390, W118n27, W120n46, W123n78
Romeo and Juliet [Zeffirelli film], 291, W120n48
Romeo and Juliet (Shakespeare and early versions), W120n45
Ronell, Ann, 187
Rooney, Mickey, 189
Rosalie (stage versus film), 155, 156, 189
Rose-Marie (Friml, Stothart, and Hammerstein), 21
Rosenberg, Deena, W81n54, W89n81
Ross, Herbert, 376
Rossum, Emmy, 398, 399, 400
Royce, Rosita, 104
Ruick, Barbara, 311
Ruggles, Charles, xxiv, 163, 164, 165, 189
The Rumble (Bernstein), 280, 295, 303, 328, 329, 330, W118n33
Run, Little Chillun! (Johnson), 70
Runyon, Damon, 241, 259, 321
“Runyonland” (Loesser), 241
Russell, Rosalind, W125n1
Saddler, Donald, 89
“The Saga of Jenny” (Weill and I. Gershwin), 136, 139, 142, 375–76, W129n82
“The Saga of Lenny” (Sondheim), W129n82
Saidy, Fred, W113n17
“Sailor Beware” (Whiting and Robin), 165
St. Cyr, Lili, 103, 104
St. Elmo’s Fire [film], 398
St. Louis Woman (Arlen and Mercer), 169
St. Matthew Passion (Bach), 391
Salieri, Antonio, 397
Sally (Kern et al.), 22
Sanders, Ronald, W97n2, W98n17
San Juan, Olga, 187
Sarandon, Susan, 186
Saturday Night (Sondheim), 341, W126n20
Savran, David, 352, 371
“Say a Prayer for Me Tonight” (Lerner and Loewe), 265, 266, 276
Schebera, Jürgen, W97n2
Schildkraut, Joseph, 193
Schillinger, Joseph, 59, W86n10
Schoenberg, Arnold, xii, 116, 131, 266, 345, 346, 382, W126n30
Schönberg, Claude-Michel. See Boublil (Alain) and Schönberg (Claude-Michel)
“School Days,” 391–92, W132n22
Schopenhauer, Arthur, 178
Schubert, Franz, xii, 93, 221, 390, W91n28
Schumacher, Joel, xxiii, 398, 401
Schuman, William, 234
Schwartz, Arthur, W113n17
Schwartz, Charles, 64, W86n6
Schwartz, Stephen, xxvi, 346, 347
Scott, Matthew, W97n2
See America First (Porter), 42
Segal, Vivienne, 101, 102
Seiter, William A., 187, 188
“Send in the Clowns” (Sondheim), 349, 359, 381
Señor Discretion (Loesser), 259
“The Servants’ Chorus” (Lerner and Loewe), 265, W114n28
Seurat, Georges, 365, 366–69, 370, 381, 382
Seven Lively Arts (Porter), 215
Shakespeare, William, 11, 210, 217, 225–32, 280, 290–94, 298, 317, 318, 329, 361, W124n10
Shall We Dance (G. and I. Gershwin) [film], 82, 190, W90n7
Sharaff, Irene, W98n17
Shaw, Charlotte, 267
Shaw, George Bernard, 10, 229, 261, 262, 263–70, 273, 277, W116n56
“Shaw Nuff” (Gillespie), 391
“She Didn’t Say Yes” (Kern and Harbach), 88
“She gonna come home wit’ me” (Loesser), 258
Sheridan, Jamey, 183
“She’s Leaving Home” (The Beatles), xii
Shevelove, Bert, 342, 346
Shirley, Wayne, 68, W73n6, W76n13, W89n80
Short, Hazzard, 138, W98n23
Show Boat (Kern and Hammerstein) [musical], xiii, xviii, xx, xxi, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 12, 15, 16, 19–39 (25), 43, 45, 48, 50, 57, 61, 65, 70, 72, 99, 111, 128, 153, 154, 155, 159, 199, 200, 231, 236, 296, 338, 346, 348, 373, 378, 382, 390, 391
Synopsis (W8–9)
Discography and Filmography (W22–23)
Appendix A (W29)
Appendix D (W37–41)
Notes (W79n26, W89n77, W121n65)
Show Boat [1936 film], xxiv, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159–163 (160), 189, 191, 324, 361, 364
Show Boat [1951 film], 158–59, 188, 314–15
Show Boat [novel], 22, 34, W78n14
“Show Me” (Lerner and Loewe), 275, 325
Shostakovich, Dmitri, 94
“Shufflin’ Sam” (Kern and Wodehouse), W80n47
Sidney, George, 310, 315
Silk Stockings (Porter), 232
Sills, Beverly, 112
Simmons, Jean, 319, 321, 325, W124n13
Simon, Neil, 376, W129n83
Simon, Robert, 27
Sinatra, Frank, 177, 178, 180, 322
“Sing a Song of Social Significance” (Rome), 120
“Sing like the Bluebird” (Porter), 164
Singer, Barry, W74n10
Singin’ in the Rain [film], 332, W125n25
The Singing Detective [film], 180
“Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat” (Loesser), 246, 321
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (Bernstein and Lerner), 278, 308
Skin of Our Teeth (Wilder), 136
“Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (Rodgers), 87, 88, 91, 99, 100, 110, 190, 280, W106n24
“Small House of Uncle Thomas” (Robbins), 281
Smith, Cecil, 20, W73n4
Smith, Oliver, 321
Smith, Queenie, 59
“Smoke Gets in Your Eyes,” 157
Smokey Joe’s Café (Leiber and Stoller), xxvii
Snelson, John, 387, 389, 390, 392, 393, 405, 406–07, 408, W74n10, W132n22, W133n36, W133n46, W134n49
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs [film], 156, W125n25
“So in Love” (Porter), 219, 227, 228–29, 314, 316, 358, 402–3
“Soliloquy” (Rodgers and Hammerstein), 84, 204, 205, 206, 207, 214, 312, 313
Solomon, Maynard, W91n28
“Some Enchanted Evening” (Rodgers and Hammerstein), 381, W133n46
“Somehow I Never Could Believe” (Weill and Hughes), W105n11
Something for the Boys (Porter), 189
“Something Had to Happen” (Kern and Harbach), 157
“Something’s Coming” (Bernstein and Sondheim), 286–87, 289–90, 294, 304–5, 329
“Somewhere” (Bernstein and Sondheim), 280, 284, 285, 286, 288, 289, 294, 295, 296–301 (297, 299, 300), 305, 306, 307, 330, W119n36, W122n73, W123n80, W123n82
Sondheim, Stephen, xiii, xiv, xv, xx, xxi, xxvi, xxvii, xxviii, 3, 6, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 213, 234, 243, 279, 281, 282, 283, 284, 288, 289, 290, 293, 308, 321, 328, 330, 335–82 (336, 345), 386, 387–88, 389, 408, W94n59
Song of Love [film], 187
Song of the Flame (Gershwin, Stothart, and Hammerstein), 21
“Song of the Zodiac.” See “Zodiac Song”
“Soon” (Sondheim), 359
“Sorry-Grateful (Sondheim), 378
The Sound of Music (Rodgers and Hammerstein), 15, 176, 213, 233, 331, W107n34, W125n125
South Pacific (Rodgers and Hammerstein), xi, xii, 14, 108, 130, 143, 169, 176, 198, 213, 214, 216, 231, 233, 236, 281, 311, 342, 381
“Speak Low” (Weill and Nash), 147, 148, 149, 186
Spewack, Bella, 10, 136, 217, 218, 225–27, 232, 317
Spewack, Sam, 10, 136, 218, 225–27, 232, 317
Spialek, Hans, 44, 89, 90
Spitzer, John, W88n69
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie [film], 402
“Sposalizio” (Loesser), 254
Sporting Life’s theme (Gershwin), 77, 78
Stade, Frederica von, W78n6
“Ständchen” (Schubert). See “Ungeduld”
“Standing on the Corner” (Loesser), 252, 253, 254, 255
A Star Is Born (Arlen and I. Gershwin) [film], 151
Star Wars [film], 386
Starlight Express (Lloyd Webber and Stilgoe), 385, 386, 409, W131n2
“The Star Spangled Banner” (words by Key), 391
Starr, Larry, xxii, 72, 76, W73n6
State Fair (Rodgers and Hammerstein), 187, 203
“Stay with Me” (Sondheim), 373
Stempel, Larry, 301, W100n53, W105n11, W114n30, W122n76
Sternfeld, Jessica, 389, 390, 393, 405, 409, W74n10, W131n13, W132n25, W133n41, W133n44
Stevenson, Robert M., W101n63
Stokowski, Leopold, 103
Stormy Weather [film], 156
“The Story of Lucy and Jessie” (Sondheim), 375–76, 377
The Story of Vernon and Irene Castle [film], 39
Stradling, Harry, 324
“Stranger Than You Dreamt It” (Lloyd Webber and Hart), 405
Stratas, Teresa, W78n6
Strauss, Johann Jr., 14
Strauss, Richard, 143, 349
Stravinsky, Igor, 107, 116, 348, 382, 389
Street Scene (Weill and Rice), 132, 136, 143, 152, 253, W105n11
A Streetcar Named Desire (Williams) [play], 320
Strike Up the Band (G. and I. Gershwin), 60, 155, 189
Stritch, Elaine, 27, 103
Strunsky, Michael, 171
The Student Prince in Heidelberg (Romberg and Donnelly), 4, W76n5
Stroman, Susan, 27
Strouse, Charles, xxvi
Styne, Jule, 234, 335, 336, 342, 365, W77n20
“Suddenly It’s Spring” (Burke and Van Heusen), 186
Sutherland, Joan, 325
“Sue Me” (Loesser), 247, 322, W111n15
“Summertime” (Gershwin and Heyward), 59, 79, 169, 175
“Sunday” (Sondheim), 367, 369, 370
Sunday Afternoon on La Grande Jatte [Seurat painting], 366, 368, 369, 370
Sunday in the Park with George (Sondheim) [musical], xx, 15, 308, 337, 338, 365–71 (368, 369), 375, 379–80, 386
Synopsis (W9)
Discography and Filmography (W24)
Appendix A (W29)
Appendix T (W68)
Sunny (Kern, Harbach, and Hammerstein), 21, 22
Sunset Boulevard (Lloyd Webber and Black), xxvii, xxviii, 173, 386, 394, 408, 409, W126n31, W130n2, W132n26, W134n53
“Surabaya Johnny” (Brecht and Weill), 142
Suskin, Steven, 236, 388, W107n1
Swain, Joseph P., xiii-xiv, xv, xix, xxii, 220, 295, 301, 387, 394, W89n81, W97n1, W106n32, W107n10, W121n63
Sweeney Todd (Sondheim) [musical], xiii, xxvi, xxvii, 288, 338, 346–60, 365, 366, 379, 386, 390
Synopsis (W9)
Discography and Filmography (W24)
Appendix A (W29–30)
Appendix S (W66–67)
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