| Description |
279 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- Sigmund Romberg and the Europeans -- Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein and "Show Boat" -- George and Ira Gershwin -- Early Rodgers & Hart -- Anatomy of the popular song : The verse ; The chorus ; The lyric -- Vincent Youmans -- DeSylva, Brown and Henderson -- Harold Arlen (and Ted Koehler) -- Arthur Schwartz and Howard Dietz -- Andy Razaf and the African connection -- Sheet music -- Cole Porter -- "Porgy and Bess" -- Writing for Fred Astaire : Irving Berlin ; Dorothy Fields and Jerome Kern ; George and Ira Gershwin -- Duke Ellington (and Billy Strayhorn) -- Hoagy Carmichael (and Mitchell Parish) -- Late Rodgers & Hart -- Harry Warren (and Al Dubin and Mack Gordon) -- E.Y. Harburg and "The Wizard of Oz" -- The songs of World War II -- Johnny Mercer -- Made in Hollywood : "As time goes by" and "Laura" -- Kurt Weill (and Ira Gershwin and Vernon Duke) -- Rodgers & Hammerstein -- Singers of the song -- Irving Berlin : the theater songs -- Jule Styne (and Sammy Cahn) -- Frank Loesser -- Betty Comden and Adolph Green -- Stephen Sondheim (and Leonard Bernstein) -- Jimmy Van Heusen (and Johnny Burke and Sammy Cahn) -- Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe -- John Kander and Fred Ebb (and Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick) -- Songs by category. |
| Summary |
For: Richard 'Luke' Globosky. |
| Language |
English text. |
| Subject |
Popular music -- United States -- History and criticism.
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Popular music. |
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United States. |
| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Other Form: |
Online version: Zinsser, William Knowlton. Easy to remember. Jaffrey, N.H. : David R. Godine, 2000 (2002 printing) (OCoLC)619573280 |
| ISBN |
1567921477 (hardcover : alkaline paper) |
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9781567921472 (hardcover : alkaline paper) |
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