1st Edition

Later Operetta 2 the Highwayman, Music by Reginald DeKoven, Libretto by Harry B. Smith, 1897

Edited By Orly Leah Krasner Copyright 1994
336 Pages
by Routledge

336 Pages
by Routledge

The most successful American-born composer of operetta at the end of the nineteenth century was Reginald de Koven. The work reprinted in this volume, The Highwayman, is arguably his best work, although he is better known for the earlier Robin Hoodwixh its evergreen wedding ballad "Oh Promise Me." ( Robin Hood is available as a reprint in the 1990 volume American Opera and Music for the... Read more

About this Volume, Introduction to this Volume, Sources, Bibliography, Index of Musical Numbers, Characters (Original Voice Types)—Revival Cast, Costume Plot, The Highwayman, Libretto 1, Piano-Vocal Score.

Biography

Orly Leah Krasner, City University of New York