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Yip Harburg : Legendary Lyricist and Human Rights Activist /

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 "O...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Alonso, Harriet Hyman
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Middletown, Conn. : Wesleyan University Press, 2012.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. What's in a Name?
  • 2. Early Years
  • 3. Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?
  • 4. Pause for Jay Gorney
  • 5. Yip's Path to Show Business Success
  • 6. Pause for Vernon Duke
  • 7. From Hollywood to Oz and Back
  • 8. Pause for Harold Arlen
  • 9. Human Rights Activism Takes Center Stage
  • 10. Pause for Agnes de Mille
  • 11. Yip's Case Study of Finian's Rainbow
  • 12. Pause for Burton Lane
  • 13. Anger, Frustration, and Persistence During the McCarthy Years
  • 14. Pause for Friendship During Hard Times
  • 15. New Old Yip.