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Author:
Alonso, Harriet Hyman.
Title:
Yip Harburg : legendary lyricist and human rights activist / Harriet Hyman Alonso.
Publisher:
Wesleyan University Press,
Copyright Date:
c2012
Description:
xiii, 305 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Subject:
Harburg, E. Y.--(Edgar Yipsel),--1896-1981.
Lyricists--United States--Biography.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
What's in a name? -- Early years -- Brother, can you spare a dime? -- A pause for Jay Gorney -- Yip's path to show business success -- A pause for Vernon Duke -- From Hollywood to Oz and back -- A pause for Harold Arlen -- Human rights activism takes center stage -- A pause for Agnes de Mille -- Yip's case study of Finian's rainbow -- A pause for Burton Lane -- Anger, frustration, and persistence during the McCarthy years -- A pause for friendship during hard times -- The new old Yip -- Appendix. Musicals, films and songs.
ISBN:
0819571288 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780819571281 (cloth : alk. paper)
LCCN:
2012012525
Locations:
USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)
UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

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