RT Book, Whole DB /z-wcorg/ DS http://worldcat.org ID 077574623 LA English T1 Sigmund Romberg A1 Everett, William A.,, Block, Geoffrey Holden,, PB Yale University Press PP New Haven YR 2007 SN 9780300111835 0300111835 AB "Hungarian-born composer Sigmund Romberg (1887-1951) arrived in America in 1909 and within eight years had achieved his first hit musical on Broadway. This early success was soon followed by others, and in the 1920s his popularity in musical theater was unsurpassed. In this book. William Everett offers the first detailed study of the gifted operetta composer, examining Romberg's key works and musical accomplishments and demonstrating his lasting importance in the history of American musicals."--BOOK JACKET.