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Yip Harburg : legendary lyricist and human rights activist / Harriet Hyman Alonso.
Van Pelt - Albrecht Music Library ML423.H313 A46 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alonso, Harriet Hyman.
- Series:
- Music:interview
- Music: interview
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Harburg, E. Y. (Edgar Yipsel), 1896-1981.
- Harburg, E. Y.
- Lyricists--United States--Biography.
- Lyricists.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 305 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, [2012]
- Contents:
- What's in a name?
- Early years
- Brother, can you spare a dime?
- A pause for Jay Gorney
- Yip's path to show business success
- A pause for Vernon Duke
- From Hollywood to Oz and back
- A pause for Harold Arlen
- Human rights activism takes center stage
- A pause for Agnes de Mille
- Yip's case study of Finian's rainbow
- A pause for Burton Lane
- Anger, frustration, and persistence during the McCarthy years
- A pause for friendship during hard times
- The new old Yip
- Appendix. Musicals, films and songs.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780819571281
- 0819571288
- 9780819571243
- 0819571245
- OCLC:
- 784125161
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