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Yip Harburg [electronic resource] : legendary lyricist and human rights activist / Harriet Hyman Alonso.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Alonso, Harriet Hyman.
- Series:
- Music/Interview
- Music:interview
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lyricists--United States--Biography.
- Lyricists.
- Harburg, E. Y. (Edgar Yipsel), 1896-1981.
- Harburg, E. Y.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (327 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, c2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Known as "Broadway's social conscience," E. Y. Harburg (1896-1981) wrote the lyrics to the standards, "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?," "April in Paris," and "It's Only a Paper Moon," as well as all of the songs in The Wizard of Oz, including "Over the Rainbow." Harburg always included a strong social and political component to his work, fighting racism, poverty, and war. Interweaving close to fifty interviews (most of them previously unpublished), over forty lyrics, and a number of Harburg's poems, Harriet Hyman Alonso enables Harburg to talk about his life and work. He tells of his early chi
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 0-8195-7124-5
- OCLC:
- 859686804
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