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Blossom Time
Blossom Time (1921), an operetta by Dorothy Donnelly (book, lyrics), Sigmund Romberg (music), based on themes of Franz Schubert. [Ambassador Theatre, 592 perf.] Kitzi ( Frances Halliday), Fritzi ( Dorothy Whitmore), and Mitzi Kranz ( Olga Cook) are three eligible Viennese young ladies. Franz Schubert (Bertram Peacock) falls in love with Mitzi, and so does Baron Franz Schober ( Howard Marsh). The men's similar initials cause a misunderstanding that prompts Mitzi to favor the Baron. Heartbroken, Schubert dies. Notable songs: Serenade; Three Little Maids; Song of Love. The Shubert‐produced operetta was a drastic rewriting of the German operetta Das Dreimäderlhaus, which was popular in England as Lilac Time and in France as Chanson d'Amour. Its tremendous popularity prompted a rash of operettas purporting to be biographical and employing themes by other composers. Blossom Time toured incessantly until World War II, often in such shabby mountings that “a road company of Blossom Time” became a term of derision.
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Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Blossom Time." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Blossom Time." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-BlossomTime.html Gerald Bordman and Thomas S. Hischak. "Blossom Time." The Oxford Companion to American Theatre. 2004. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O149-BlossomTime.html |
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Blossom Time
Blossom Time. Amer. version of operetta Das Dreimäderlhaus by Berté in which Schubert's mus. is arr. by S. Romberg. F.p. NY 1921.
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MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "Blossom Time." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "Blossom Time." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-BlossomTime.html MICHAEL KENNEDY and JOYCE BOURNE. "Blossom Time." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. 1996. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O76-BlossomTime.html |
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