MUSIC ON STAGE – A History of Musical Shows
(Musica in Scena – Storia dello Spettacolo Musicale)

Musica in Scena is devoted to all forms of musical performances, from melodrama to the musical, from the liturgical drama to operetta, from ballet to the rock concert.
Like the Dizionario Enciclopedico Universale della Musica e dei Musicisti, Musica in Scena is directed by Alberto Basso, and it offers a broad picture of all the types of shows to which music makes a major contribution, or in which it plays a secondary but not unimportant role.
Genres like Zarzuela or Singspiel are also analysed according to their styles, expression, history and background.
The six 600-page volumes cover the musical culture of Europe and the Americas from Ancient Greece to the present day.
Each theme has been developed by experts from Italy and abroad, on the basis of painstaking research.
The way in which stage music has exerted a cultural, social, and commercial influence on the development of tastes and customs have also been examined.
Musica in scena specifically looks at art forms, such as dance and ballet, that represent the utmost fusion between music and corporeal expression.
The work also analyses the role of music in contemporary forms of expression, such as cinema, television and radio, which rely on music to create an atmosphere or drama.
Musica in Scena is a unique reference text for those studying the specific arts forms described. Music lovers in general will also find it a pleasure to read.