Walter Frisch

Harold Arlen and His Songs (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Harold Arlen's songs like "Over the Rainbow" and "Stormy Weather" form a crucial part of the American soundscape of the twentieth century. From their origins at the Cotton Club of Harlem, the Broadway stage, and Hollywood film studios, they capture an extraordinary range of emotions and styles. Harold Arlen and His Songs is the first book to look at Arlen's music across his long career and through his collaborations with the top lyric writers of his time, including Ted Koehler, Yip Harburg, Johnny Mercer, and Ira Gershwin. The book also discusses Arlen's activities as a singer of his music, as well as the performances of vocalists with a strong affinity for it, like Ethel Waters, Judy Garland, Ella Fitzgerald, and Barbra Streisand.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 17. Juli 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780197503287
• Artikelnr.: 72250879

Autorenporträt

Walter Frisch is H. Harold Gumm/Harry and Albert von Tilzer Professor of Music at Columbia University, where he has taught since 1982. Frisch is a specialist in Austro-German music of the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, and in American popular song. His numerous books include Music in the Nineteenth Century (2012) and Arlen and Harburg's Over the Rainbow (2017). Frisch has twice won the ASCAP-Deems Taylor award for his writings. He has been awarded fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in Germany, the Center for Scholars and Writers at the New York Public Library, and Columbia's Institute for Ideas and Imagination in Paris.

Inhaltsangabe

* Preface and Acknowledgments
* About Arlen Sheet Music and the Companion Website
* Chapter 1: Introducing Harold Arlen
* Chapter 2: Inside the Rainbow
* Chapter 3: Arlen and Ted Koehler
* Chapter 4: Arlen and Yip Harburg
* Chapter 5: Arlen and Johnny Mercer
* Chapter 6: Arlen, Leo Robin, and Dorothy Fields
* Chapter 7: Arlen, Ira Gershwin, and A Star Is Born
* Chapter 8: Arlen, Truman Capote, and House of Flowers
* Chapter 9: Arlen Sings and Plays: Recordings and Performances of the
1950s and 60s
* Chapter 10: A Late Style? Arlen, Dory Langdon, and Martin Charnin-and
Harold Arlen
* Chapter 11: Singing the Arlen Songbook
* Selected Bibliography
* Credits
* Index