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| Autore: |
Alonso Harriet Hyman
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| Titolo: |
Yip Harburg [[electronic resource] ] : legendary lyricist and human rights activist / / Harriet Hyman Alonso
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| Pubblicazione: | Middletown, Conn., : Wesleyan University Press, c2012 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (327 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 782.1/4092 |
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| Soggetto topico: | Lyricists - United States |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 Interweaving close to fifty interviews (most of them previously unpublished), over forty lyrics, and a number of Harburg's poems, Harriet Hyman Alonso enables Harburg to talk about his life and work.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 chi |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Yip Harburg ![]() |
| ISBN: | 0-8195-7124-5 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910786317603321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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