William A. Everett is Curators' Distinguished Professor of Musicology at the University of Missouri, Kansas City, Conservatory of Music and Dance. He teaches courses in American musical theatre, nineteenth-century music, and medieval music. His books include Sigmund Romberg (2007), Rudolf Friml (2008), and Music for the People: A History of the Kansas City Philharmonic Orchestra, 1933–82 (2016). With Paul R. Laird, he is the co-author of the Historical Dictionary of the Broadway Musical (2008, 2nd edition 2015), and was co-commissioning editor for musical theatre for The Grove Dictionary of American Music, 2nd edition (2013).