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02798aam a2200421 i 4500 001 6E05B24EBC2911EAAC3CDF0297128E48 003 SILO 005 20200702010020 008 200228s2020 ncua b 001 0beng 010 $a 2020009867 020 $a 0786496150 020 $a 9780786496150 035 $a (OCoLC)1120742509 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCF $d YDX $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a n-us-ny 050 00 $a ML429.H25 $b S66 2020 082 00 $a B $a B $2 23 100 1 $a Tomars, Adolph S., $d 1908-1985 $e author. 245 14 $a The first Oscar Hammerstein and New York's golden age of theater and music / $c Adolph S. Tomars. 264 1 $a Jefferson, North Carolina : $b McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, $c 2020. 300 $a viii, 208 pages : $b illustrations ; $c 26 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 520 $a ""Oscar Hammerstein I came to New York in the 1860s, a Prussian runaway with $1.50 his pocket, and found work at a cigar factory. A decade later he was publishing the nation's leading tobacco trade journal and held dozens of patents for cigar-rolling machinery. He made a fortune and turned his efforts to theater. He built eight of them, including four around Longacre Square-later Times Square-which became a thriving theater district. A daring impresario, he was involved at all levels, from booking to composition to stagecraft. Throughout the Gay Nineties and early 20th century, he billed the world's top actors, prima donnas and vaudeville acts. Then, as now, show business was speculation and high adventure, with rivalries fought in the headlines. Always a storm center, Hammerstein played a skillful chess game with both partners and performers while staging first-class shows for capacity crowds. This biography-from an unfinished manuscript by the son of one of his stage managers-recounts the heyday of his bold productions, his often turbulent relationships with associates, and the birth of Broadway."-Provided by publisher"-- $c Provided by publisher. 600 10 $a Hammerstein, Oscar, $d 1846-1919. 600 17 $a Hammerstein, Oscar, $d 1846-1919. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00425770 650 0 $a Impresarios $z New York $z New York $v Biography. 650 0 $a Musical theater $z New York $z New York $x History $y 19th century. 650 0 $a Musical theater $z New York $z New York $x History $y 20th century. 650 7 $a Impresarios. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00968246 650 7 $a Musical theater. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01030807 651 7 $a New York (State) $z New York. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204333 648 7 $a 1800-1999 $2 fast 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20230405012455.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=6E05B24EBC2911EAAC3CDF0297128E48 994 $a 92 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search