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Harold Arlen and his songs / Walter Frisch.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Frisch, Walter, 1951- author.
- Series:
- Oxford scholarship online.
- Oxford scholarship online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Arlen, Harold, 1905-1986--Criticism and interpretation.
- Arlen, Harold.
- Songs--United States--20th century--History and criticism.
- Songs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (329 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2024]
- Summary:
- 'Harold Arlen and His Songs' is a comprehensive work about the music of one of the great song composers of the twentieth century. Arlen wrote many standards of the American Songbook - including Get Happy, Over the Rainbow, Stormy Weather, Come Rain or Come Shine, and The Man That Got Away - that today rank among the best known and loved. Walter Frisch places these and other songs in the context of a long career that took Arlen from Buffalo, New York; to Harlem's Cotton Club; to Broadway stages; and to the film studios of Hollywood. Even with their complex melodies, harmonies, and formal structures, Arlen's tunes remain accessible and memorable.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Harold Arlen and His Songs
- Copyright
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- About Arlen Sheet Music and the Companion Website
- 1 Introducing Harold Arlen
- 2 Inside the Rainbow
- 3 Arlen and Ted Koehler
- 4 Arlen and Yip Harburg
- 5 Arlen and Johnny Mercer
- 6 Arlen, Leo Robin, and Dorothy Fields
- 7 Arlen, Ira Gershwin, and A Star Is Born
- 8 Arlen, Truman Capote, and House of Flowers
- 9 Arlen Sings and Plays: Recordings and Performances of the 1950s and 1960s
- 10 A Late Style? Arlen, Dory Langdon, and Martin Charnin- and Harold Arlen
- 11 Singing the Arlen Songbook
- Notes
- Selected Bibliography
- Credits
- Index-General
- Index of Arlen Songs.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on online resource and publisher information; title from PDF title page (viewed on July 11, 2024).
- ISBN:
- 0-19-750330-6
- 0-19-750329-2
- OCLC:
- 1417159920
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