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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459234903321

Autore

Rimler Walter

Titolo

The man that got away / / Walter Rimler

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Urbana, [Illinois] : , : University of Illinois Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

0-252-08392-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (249 p.)

Collana

Music in American Life

Disciplina

782.42164092

Soggetti

Composers - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Buffalo, NY -- New York, NY -- "Get happy" -- The Cotton Club -- Anya -- "Stormy weather" -- On Broadway with Ira and Yip -- "Last night when we were young" -- Marriage -- Death of Gershwin -- Hooray for what! -- The wizard of Oz -- An itinerant songwriter -- Writing with Johnny Mercer -- "One for my baby" -- "Ac-cent-tchu-ate the positive" -- St. Louis woman -- Descent into misery -- "She was sweet and adorable and then she went mad" -- A star is born -- House of flowers -- In search of fame -- An opera -- Two debacles -- The 1960s -- Waiting.