LEADER 03205nam 22006494a 450 001 9910807132903321 005 20240417235025.0 010 $a1-281-73059-9 010 $a9786611730598 010 $a0-300-13039-2 024 7 $a10.12987/9780300130393 035 $a(CKB)1000000000472161 035 $a(EBL)3419829 035 $a(OCoLC)923587251 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000155221 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11155749 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000155221 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10100079 035 $a(PQKB)10290608 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000165588 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3419829 035 $a(DE-B1597)485582 035 $a(OCoLC)1024035443 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780300130393 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3419829 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10167877 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000472161 100 $a20030911d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFine & dandy $ethe life and work of Kay Swift /$fVicki Ohl 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aNew Haven $cYale University Press$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (329 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-300-10261-5 320 $aIncludes list of works (p. 243-250), bibliographical references (p. 279-284), and index. 327 $aPrelude -- Professional and personal choices -- Highbrow/lowbrow in New York City -- Fine and dandy -- Stagestruck : the ballet to Radio City -- Gershwin obsession -- New frontiers -- She'll have Manhattan -- Challenges -- The show won't fold in Philadelphia -- Keep on keepin' on -- Finale. 330 $aKay Swift (1897-1993) was one of the few women composers active on Broadway in the first half of the twentieth century. Best known as George Gershwin's assistant, musical adviser, and intimate friend, Swift was in fact an accomplished musician herself, a pianist and composer whose Fine and Dandy (1930) was the first complete Broadway musical written by a woman. This fascinating book-the first biography of Swift-discusses her music and her extraordinary life.Vicki Ohl describes Swift's work for musical theater, the ballet, Radio City Music Hall's Rockettes, and commercial shows. She also tells how Swift served as director of light music for the 1939 World's Fair, eloped with a cowboy from the rodeo at the fair, and abandoned her native New York for Oregon, later fashioning her experiences into an autobiographical novel, Who Could Ask for Anything More? Informed by rich material, including Swift's unpublished memoirs and extensive interviews with her family members and friends, this book captures the essence and spirit of a remarkable woman. 517 3 $aFine and dandy 606 $aComposers$zUnited States$vBiography 606 $aWomen composers$zUnited States$vBiography 615 0$aComposers 615 0$aWomen composers 676 $a780/.92 676 $aB 700 $aOhl$b Vicki$f1950-$01643628 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807132903321 996 $aFine & dandy$93988984 997 $aUNINA