The poets of Tin Pan Alley : a history of America's great lyricists

Author(s)

• Furia, Philip

Bibliographic Information

The poets of Tin Pan Alley : a history of America's great lyricists

Philip Furia

（Oxford paperbacks）

Oxford University Press, 1992

• : pbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-290) and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

In The Poets of Tin Pan Alley, Philip Furia presents a fascinating accout of the lives in words and music of some of America's greatest popular lyricists. Full chapters are devoted to such golden names as Irving Berlin, Lorenz Hart, Ira Gershwin, Cole Porter, Oscar Hammerstein II, Howard Dietz, E. Y. Harburg, Dorothy Fields, Leo Robbins and Johnny Mercer. Furia also discusses the important contributions made by other lyricists who wrote for the sheet-music industry, Broadway, Hollywood, and Harlem nightclub revues. Each of the lyricists is placed firmly in historical context and Furia is careful to note the extent to which the lyrics of popular music both reflected and shaped the mores of the periods in which they were written.

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• NCID: BA2074279X
• ISBN:
  • 0195074734
• LCCN: 90035937
• Country Code: us
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: New York
• Pages/Volumes: x, 322 p.
• Size: 21 cm
• Classification:
  • LCC : PS309.L8
  • DC20 : 782.42164/026/8
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Songs, English -- United States -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Popular literature -- United States -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : United States -- Popular culture -- History -- 20th century
  • LCSH : Popular music -- United States -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Lyric poetry -- History and criticism
  • LCSH : Lyricists -- United States
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA00075182