{"product_id":"leslie-stuart-composer-of-florodora-forgotten-stars-of-the-musical-theatre-0415937477","title":"Leslie Stuart: Composer of Florodora (Forgotten Stars of the Musical Theatre)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0415937477\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Lamb, Andrew\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLeslie Stuart (1864-1928) was a British songwriter best remembered as the composer of the hit show, Florodora. He began writing popular songs as a teenager, first for blackface and vaudeville performers, and eventually for more \"legitimate\" shows and revues. Florodora (1899), written in collaboration with London's most fashionable librettist, Owen Hall, was a musical-comedy sensation. Its combination of the traditional slow love ballads and waltzes with more rhythmic and long-lined numbers made it a worldwide success. He continued to compose through the first decade of the 20th century, laying the groundwork for the coming innovations in British and American musical theater.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51931265958176,"sku":"NEW0415937477","price":269.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/leslie-stuart-composer-of-florodora-forgotten-stars-of-the-musical-theatre-0415937477","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}