ABOUT THIS BOOKAn intimate exploration of New York City through the music that defines it.
From Broadway to the Bronx tells the history of New York City in song across a variety of different genres that the city has been home to and instrumental in developing, covering everything from early twentieth-century sheet music to Broadway’s musical theater, hip-hop, disco, punk, dancehall, but also contemporary metal, rock, and pop. It features an analysis of the work of artists with intimate connections to the city like Billy Joel, Lin-Manuel Miranda, Debbie Harry, Shinehead, and the Wu-Tang Clan, as well as an exclusive interview with RENT original cast member, Anthony Rapp. The collection includes essays from authors across the disciplines of cultural studies, media studies, cultural history, and musicology, resulting in a far-ranging treatment of the interconnection of the city space and its musical history.
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHYVeronika Keller is a postdoctoral research associate at the Institute for Musicology and Music Pedagogy at the University of Koblenz, Germany. She has published several articles about the German-United States musical transfer and music in different media. Sabrina Mittermeier is a postdoctoral researcher and lecturer in British and North American history at the University of Kassel, Germany. She is the author of several books, including A Cultural History of Disneyland Theme Parks: Middle-Class Kingdoms and Fan Phenomena: Disney, also published by Intellect.