TransfermaticTHA at Ventura College

    THA V17A - Musical Theatre History: Ancient Greece to the Golden Age of Musicals

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    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3A · IGETC Area 3A · CSU GE Area C1 · CSU GE Area C2
    Description
    This course is a survey of the history and development of musical theater from its beginnings in ancient Greece to the "Golden Age of Musicals" in the mid-1960s. The elements of the musical and the artists who promote and create them will be studied. Genres explored will include opera, operetta, burlesque, pantomime, vaudeville, tin pan alley, the minstrel show, revue, and musical comedy through scripts, scores, and film.