Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
Part One: Forging a New Musico-Dramatic Genre
1. The Eighteenth-Century Roots of Melos
2. The Rise of Melodrama in the Age of Revolution
3. The Early Popular Drama in the Public Theatres
Part Two: Propagating the Popular Drama
4. The Anglo-American Melodrama and Its Music
5. Victorian Theatre Bands and Their Leaders
6. The Craft of Melos in Rehearsal and Performance
7. Music, Suspense, and the Sensation Drama
Part Three: Transforming the Popular Drama
8. Melos in Crisis
9. Nationalism, “Prestige Music,” and Irving’s Lyceum
10. Melodrama and Glamour at Century’s End
Conclusion. The Legacy of Melos
Notes
Index