Includes bibliographical references (p. [383]-393) and index.

Ancient times to 1850 : "Playgoers, I bid you welcome!" -- Continental operetta (1840-1900) : "Typical of France" -- American explorations (1624-1880) : "The music of something beginning" -- Gilbert & Sullivan (1880-1900) : "Object all sublime" -- The birth of musical comedy (1880-1899) : "It belong'd to my father before I was born" -- A new century (1900-1913) : "Whisper of how I'm yearning" -- American ascendance (1914-1919) : "In a class beyond compare" -- Al Jolson : "The world's greatest entertainer" -- The jazz age (1920-1929) : "I want to be happy" -- Depression era miracles (1930-1940) : "Trouble's just a bubble" -- A new beginning (1940-1950) : "They couldn't pick a better time" -- Broadway takes stage (1950-1963) : "The street where you live" -- Rock rolls in (1960-1970) : "Soon it's gonna rain" -- New directions (1970-1979) : "Vary my days" -- Spectacles and boardrooms : "As if we never said goodbye" -- Musical comedy returns (the 2000s) : "Where did we go right?"

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