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This study presents research relevant to the performance of four different mezzo-soprano songs from musicals composed by Stephen Sondheim. The research first gives a comprehensive overview of the contributions of Sondheim to the American Musical Theatre genre, and compares and contrasts his treatment of mezzo-soprano characters with that of his contemporaries. The project also investigates details regarding cultural and historical influences over the four musicals. Additionally, the study includes character analyses and musical analyses for each of the selected characters and their respective songs. The research is synthesized in order to provide suggestions of ways mezzo-sopranos can incorporate this research into their performance, in order to give a more informed and educated presentation of the selected pieces. / The contributions of Stephen Sondheim -- Mezzo-sopranos of the American musical -- Amy in Company (1970) -- Beth in Merrily we roll along (1981) -- The bakers wife in Into the woods (1987) -- Lynette "Squeaky" Fromme in Assassins (1990). / School of Music

Thesis (D.M.A.)--West Virginia University, 2003. / Title from document title page. Document formatted into pages; contains vii, 94 p. : music. Includes abstract. Includes bibliographical references (p. 91-94).

Thesis (M.A.)--Western Conservative Baptist Seminary, 1994. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 52-53).

Dissertation (M.Mus.(Performance))-University of Pretoria, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references.

Undergraduate honors paper--Mount Holyoke College, 2009. Program in Film Studies. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 121-123). Filmography: leaves 119-121.

Even before he became a playwright, Maxwell Anderson developed a belief in the right of the individual to determine his own fate, and a hatred for anything that hampered that right. He never faltered in that belief. Thus, most of his plays have themes concerned with the evils of the abuse of governmental power and the social injustice that is the result of such abuse. It is the purpose of this thesis to study those beliefs as they were developed throughout severl preceding plays and as they were finally expressed in both Anderson's musicals, Knickerbocker Holiday (1938) and Lost in the Stars (1949).

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