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Jewish Themes in Mainstream Broadway Musicals: 1920-1960Deborah BletsteinMaster’s Thesis for the Master’s Degree in Sacred MusicH.L. Miller Cantorial SchoolJewish Theological Seminary
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Acknowledgements
I would like to thank the following people for their assistance with my thesis:Dr. Gerald Cohen, thesis advisorDr. R. Thomas Hunter, grammar and form consultantHazzan Henry Rosenblum, dean of H.L. Miller Cantorial SchoolMarty Jacobs, Broadway music librarian, MCNYGina Genova, former research assistant, Milken Archive of American Jewish Music, NY
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Table of Contents
Introduction……………………………………………………………………….1“The Roaring ‘20s”: The Variety Show Era………………………………......3“Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?:” the ‘30s Depression-era……………..11Wartime and the Rodgers and Hammerstein era of the ‘40s………………18Nu? Yinglish, Assimilation and the Musicals of the ‘50s…………………23Conclusion………………………………………………………………………32Commentary on the Bibliographies…………………………………………...34Bibliography of Musical Works………………………………………………...35Bibliography of Books and Articles……………………………………………45
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