Format:
1 Online-Ressource
Edition:
Farmington Hills, Mi Gale 2007 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
ISBN:
9780787660093
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0787660094
Series Statement:
Dictionary of literary biography v. 265
Content:
Harold Adamson (1906-1980) -- Richard Adler (1921- ) and Jerry Ross (1926-1955 ) -- Irving Berlin (1888-1989) -- Johnny Burke (1908-1964) -- Irving Caesar (1895-1996) -- Sammy Cahn (1913-1993) -- Betty Comden (1915- ) and Adolph Green (1915- ) -- Buddy DeSylva (1895-1950) and Lew Brown (1893-1958) -- Howard Dietz (1896-1983) -- Al Dubin (1891-1945) -- Ray Evans (1915- ) and Jay Livingston (1915-2001) -- Dorothy Fields (1905-1974) -- Arthur Freed (1894-1973) -- Ira Gershwin (1896-1983) -- Haven Gillespie (1888-1975) -- Mack Gordon (1904-1959) -- Oscar Hammerstein 2nd (1895-1960) -- Otto Harbach (1873-1963) -- E.Y. "Yip" Harburg (1896-1981) -- Sheldon Harnick (1924- ) -- Lorenz Hart (1895-1943) -- Gus Kahn (1886-1941) -- Bert Kalmar (1884-1947) -- Ted Koehler (1894-1973) -- Carolyn Leigh (1926-1983) -- Alan Jay Lerner (1918-1986) -- Frank Loesser (1910-1969) -- Johnny Mercer (1909-1976) -- Mitchell Parish (1900-1993) -- Cole Porter (1891-1964) -- Andy Razaf (1895-1973) -- Leo Robin (1895-1984) -- Harold Rome (1908-1993) -- Ned Washington (1901-1976) -- Paul Francis Webster (1907-1984) -- Meredith Willson (1902-1984) -- Jack Yellen (1892-1991) -- Appendix - Additional lyricists: 1920-1960.
Content:
Essays on the major American song lyricists who wrote for the Broadway theater, the Hollywood motion-picture musicals, and the sheet music and recording industry collectively known as Tin Pan Alley. The period surveyed is generally regarded as the golden age of American songwriting. Provides historical information on Broadway, movie musicals, "original cast" LP albums, and the movement toward integration of song and plot in the stage and screen musical
Note:
Original 574 p
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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Mode of access: Internet.
Language:
English
URL:
Available via Gale's Dictionary of Literary Biography Complete Online
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