A Guest Blog by Project Co-Director, William Everett Orientalism and propaganda were common themes in American musical theater and popular song during the years surrounding World War I. Revues frequently included scenes set in the Middle East, and some of Broadway’s most famous composer-lyricists wrote music in direct response to the conflict. Orientalist manifestations include Irving Berlin’s “In…
SOURCE: The New York Public Library at 05:36AM on November 21, 2011