Scarecrow Press
Pages: 400
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Trim: 6 x 9
978-1-58979-713-0 • Paperback • November 2012 • $18.95 • (£14.99)
Thomas S. Hischak is the author of twenty-two books on popular music, theatre, and film, including such titles as Theatre as Human Action and Through the Screen Door: What Happened to the Broadway Musical When It Went to Hollywood. He is professor of theatre at the State University of New York College at Cortland. He is also the author of twenty-three published plays.
Mark A. Robinson is a longtime Disney fan who has directed plays and musicals and taught theatre and film in various high schools in Nebraska and New York State. He is the author of Encyclopedia of Television Theme Songs, and has also published poetry. Robinson graduated from the State University of New York at Cortland with a B.A. in theatre.
Preface
Acknowledgments
A Brief History of Disney Music
Songs
Appendix A: Alternate Song Titles
Appendix B: Songwriters Directory
Appendix C: Sources and Songs
Appendix D: Guide to Recordings, Videos, and DVDs
Appendix E: Academy Awards for Disney Songs and Scores
Glossary of Song Terms
Bibliography
Index
About the Authors
This impressive volume describes more than 900 songs written for Disney movies, videos, musicals, television shows, recordings, and theme parks....No other volume offers a comprehensive list or description of Disney songs. Recommended for large performing arts collections. (Previous Edition Praise)
— Booklist
This first of its kind, this small volume of annotated entries succinctly describes 940 original songs used to date by Disney in its films, television programs, home videos, stage musicals, and more. . . . Hischak is a prolific scholar of popular music and the theater. Being paired here with a first-time author and Disney connoisseur has resulted in a worthwhile and entertaining resource. (Previous Edition Praise)
— American Reference Books Annual
Hischak (Oxford Companion to American Musical) and Robinson (independent theatre and film scholar) offer descriptions of over 900 Disney songs featured in film, on television, and in their theme parks since 1930. Organized alphabetically by song title, paragraph-long entries detail writers, original context, publication date, and notable performers. For easier entry location, various appendixes give an alternate title list, a song writer's directory, film or program listings, and a guide to various recorded formats. Most at home in collections for Disney enthusiasts or cultural studies scholars. (Previous Edition Praise)
— Library Journal
The book is laid out in clear fashion.... This is a work that should appear in music libraries and academic institutions that have courses covering modern and popular music. I certainly recommend it for purchase for public libraries where readers will find it quite a difficult to put down book. (Previous Edition Praise)
— Eric Jukes, 2010; Reference Reviews
Scarecrow has produced a well-bound, well-printed book for the library reference shelf….One page after page, old memories are evoked- memories of time and place beyond the movie or production…. Recommended for libraries with any kind of performing arts collection….Recommend this to future princesses, princes, and the menagerie of Disney fans. (Previous Edition Praise)
— Fontes Artis Musicae
The authors compile over 900 songs, from Disney's earliest cartoons-the ones we all know by heart-to the latest Disney productions like High School Musical , and provides a paragraph about each. . . . As you browse through the book, you realize how influential "Uncle Walt" was on American popular music. (Previous Edition Praise)
— In The Groove
From Walt Disney's first animated production 'Steamboat Willie’ to today's Disney Studios productions, both live action and animated, original music has been a hallmark of every theatrical work, however large or small. The collaborative work of Thomas S. Hischak and Mark A. Robinson, The Disney Song Encyclopedia is a 400 page encyclopedic compendium showcasing succinct descriptions of more than 900 Disney film associated songs—many of which made significant popular cultural impacts in their day. Enhanced with an introduction offering a brief history of Disney music; as well as appendices comprised of a list of alternate song titles; a songwriters directory; a guide to recordings, videos and DVDs; Academy Awards for Disney songs and scores; a glossary of song terms; a bibliography, and a comprehensive index, The Disney Song Encyclopedia is a unique and highly recommended addition to personal, professional, and academic library music history and Disney studies reference collections.
— Midwest Book Review
“The Disney Song Encyclopedia is a unique and highly recommended addition to personal, professional, and academic library Music History and Disney Studies reference collections.”
— Midwest Book Review
• Winner, Library Journal Best Reference 2009