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Yip Harburg: Legendary Lyricist and Human Rights Activist Hardcover - 2012

by Harriet Hyman Alonso


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A new interview-based biography of The Wizard of Oz lyricist

Known as "Broadway's social conscience," E. Y. Harburg (1896-1981) wrote the lyrics to the standards, "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?," "April in Paris," and "It's Only a Paper Moon," as well as all of the songs in The Wizard of Oz, including "Over the Rainbow." Harburg always included a strong social and political component to his work, fighting racism, poverty, and war. Interweaving close to fifty interviews (most of them previously unpublished), over forty lyrics, and a number of Harburg's poems, Harriet Hyman Alonso enables Harburg to talk about his life and work. He tells of his early childhood on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, his public school education, how the Great Depression opened the way to writing lyrics, and his work on Broadway and Hollywood, including his blacklisting during the McCarthy era. Finally, but most importantly, Harburg shares his commitment to human rights and the ways it affected his writing and his career path. Includes an appendix with Harburg's key musicals, songs, and films.

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  • Title Yip Harburg: Legendary Lyricist and Human Rights Activist
  • Author Harriet Hyman Alonso
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition First Edition; F
  • Pages 332
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Wesleyan University Press
  • Date 2012-12
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index
  • ISBN 9780819571281 / 0819571288
  • Weight 1.39 lbs (0.63 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.37 x 6.41 x 1.05 in (23.80 x 16.28 x 2.67 cm)
  • Library of Congress subjects Lyricists - United States, Harburg, E. Y
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2012012525
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

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  • Publishers Weekly, 09/10/2012, Page 0

About the author

HARRIET HYMAN ALONSO teaches history at The City College of New York and is the author of the award-winning Growing Up Abolitionist: The Story of the Garrison Children and Robert E. Sherwood: The Playwright in Peace and War. For more information on YIP HARBURG, visit the website of the Yip Harburg Foundation, www.yipharburg.com.
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