Arlen and Harburg's Over the Rainbow (The Oxford Keynotes Series)
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| Rating | : | 4.90 (869 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0190467347 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-04-27 |
| Language | : | English |
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He has written widely about music from the Austro-German sphere in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Walter Frisch is H. Harold Gumm/Harry and Albert von Tilzer Professor of Music at Columbia University. Frisch served as general editor of the series Western Music in Context from W. W. Norton, and as author of the series volume Music in the Nineteenth Century. His current research involves the mu
Featuring a companion website with audio and video supplements, this book leaves no path unexplored as it succeeds in capturing the extent of this song's impact on the world.. "Yip" Harburg poignantly captured the hope and anxiety harbored by Dorothy's character. Voted the greatest song of the twentieth century in a 2000 survey, it is a masterful, delicate balance of sophistication and child-like simplicity in which composer Harold Arlen and lyricist E. Through analysis of the song's music and lyrics, thisOxford Keynotes volume provides a close reading of the piece while examining the evolution of its meaning as it traversed widely varying cultural contexts. From its adoption as a jazz standard by generations of pianists, to its contr
He has written widely about music from the Austro-German sphere in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Frisch served as general editor of the series Western Music in Context from W. About the AuthorWalter Frisch is H. W. Harold Gumm/Harry and Albert von Tilzer Professor of Music at Columbia University. Norton, and as author of the series volume Music in the Nineteenth Century. His current research involves the music and career of American songwriter Harold Arlen.