The Poets of Tin Pan Alley : a History of America's Great Lyricists.
This study examines the part played by lyricists in the Golden Age of American popular music (1920-1940), comparing their witty light verse with the comic prose of "Vanity Fair" and other American periodicals of the era.
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
Oxford University Press,
1994.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Contents; 1. Blah, Blah, Blah, Blah Love: Alley Standards; 2. After the Ball: Early Alley; 3. Ragged Meter Man: Irving Berlin; 4. Ragged and Funny: Lyricists of the 1920s; 5. Funny Valentine: Lorenz Hart; 6. 'S Wonderful: Ira Gershwin; 7. The Tinpantithesis of Poetry: Cole Porter; 8. Conventional Dithers: Oscar Hammerstein; 9. Paper Moons: Howard Dietz and Yip Harburg; 10. Fine Romances: Dorothy Fields and Leo Robin; 11. Hip, Hooray, and Ballyhoo: Hollywood Lyricists; 12. Swingy Harlem Tunes: Jazz Lyricists; 13. Midnight Sun: Johnny Mercer; Notes; Acknowledgments; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G.