02179nam 2200541 a 450 991078631760332120200520144314.00-8195-7124-5(CKB)2670000000277052(EBL)1004224(SSID)ssj0000784636(PQKBManifestationID)11445692(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000784636(PQKBWorkID)10782602(PQKB)10559444(OCoLC)859686804(MdBmJHUP)muse18608(Au-PeEL)EBL1004224(CaPaEBR)ebr10628084(MiAaPQ)EBC1004224(EXLCZ)99267000000027705220120323d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrYip Harburg[electronic resource] legendary lyricist and human rights activist /Harriet Hyman AlonsoMiddletown, Conn. Wesleyan University Pressc20121 online resource (327 p.)Music:interviewDescription based upon print version of record.0-8195-7128-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 Interweaving close to fifty interviews (most of them previously unpublished), over forty lyrics, and a number of Harburg's poems, Harriet Hyman Alonso enables Harburg to talk about his life and work.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 chiMusic/InterviewLyricistsUnited StatesBiographyLyricists782.1/4092BAlonso Harriet Hyman1478237MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786317603321Yip Harburg3693884UNINA