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Musicals

By: Amy Clements-Cortés
In: The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture
Edited by: Janet Sturman
Subject:Sociology of Culture, Social & Cultural Anthropology, Popular Music

Musicals are a theatrical presentation combining acting, singing, dancing, and spoken dialogue to convey a story and its emotional content. While musicals obviously share features similar to those of other performance forms such as opera, musicals are unique in that they give equal weight to ...

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  Clements-Cortés, A. (2019). Musicals. In J. Sturman (Ed.), The SAGE international encyclopedia of music and culture (Vol. 1, pp. 1536-1537). Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. doi: 10.4135/9781483317731.n501
  
  Clements-Cortés, Amy. "Musicals." In The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture, edited by Janet Sturman, 1536-1537. Thousand Oaks,, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2019. doi: 10.4135/9781483317731.n501.
  
  Clements-Cortés, A 2019, 'Musicals', in Sturman, J (ed.), The sage international encyclopedia of music and culture, SAGE Publications, Inc., Thousand Oaks,, CA, pp. 1536-1537, viewed 25 November 2020, doi: 10.4135/9781483317731.n501.
  
  Clements-Cortés, Amy. "Musicals." The SAGE International Encyclopedia of Music and Culture. Ed. Janet Sturman. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks,: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2019. 1536-1537. SAGE Knowledge. Web. 25 Nov. 2020, doi: 10.4135/9781483317731.n501.
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