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  • Introduction

  • Derek B. Scott, University of Leeds
  • Book:
    German Operetta on Broadway and in the West End, 1900–1940
    Published online:
    27 June 2019
    Print publication:
    11 July 2019, pp 1-16
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    The introduction makes the case for the study of operetta from the German stage in London and New York. It includes a summary of the book’s contents. Without deeper knowledge of these stage entertainments and their reception, we lack adequate understanding of the musical-theatrical mainstream in the early twentieth century. Operetta is part of a cultural middle ground that is often neglected in academic work, the focus of which so often falls on the predilections of a cultural elite, or on working-class leisure pursuits.