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Reading lyrics
By Gottlieb, Robert & Kimball, Robert
- ISBN
- 978-0-37540-081-0
- Publisher
- New York : Pantheon Books, c2000.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on August 1, 2000
Gottlieb (editor, Reading Jazz) and Kimball (editor, The Complete Lyrics of Ira Gershwin) have assembled 1000 popular American and English song texts dating from 1900 to 1975 and arranged them chronologically by lyricist's birth date. Focusing solely on theater and film songs, the editors profile more than 100 songwriters, including Cole Porter, Oscar Hammerstein, Yip Harburg, and Stephen Sondheim. Each ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
