“…The imaginary museum of musical works…”

“…Cancioneros musicales de poetas españoles del Siglo de Oro…”

“…Musical Vienna. Español…”

“…Music from the Court of St Petersburg…”

“…Particularly since the seventeenth century, natural philosophers and music theorists have often prefigured much of the contemporary debate about music and the nervous system. …”

“…Music in American Life…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…Entertainment and utopia / Richard Dyer -- The self-reflective musical and the myth of entertainment / Jane Feuer -- The American film musical as dual-focus narrative / Rick Altman -- Busby Berkeley and the backstage musical / Martin Rubin -- Sexual economics, Gold diggers of 1933 / Patricia Mellencamp -- Pre-text and text in Gentlemen prefer blondes / Lucie Arbuthnot and Gail Seneca -- "Feminizing" the song-and-dance man, Fred Astaire and the spectacle of masculinity in the Hollywood musical / Steven Cohan -- Judy Garland and camp / Richard Dyer -- "Working like a homosexual", camp visual codes and the labor of gay subjects in the MGM Freed Unit / Matthew Tinkcom -- Feminist camp in Gold diggers of 1933 / Pamela Robertson -- "The lady in the tutti-frutti hat", Carmen Miranda, a spectacle of ethnicity / Shari Roberts -- Dancin' in the rain / Carol J. …”