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America's Songs: The Stories Behind the Songs of Broadway, Hollywood, and Tin Pan Alley by Furia, Philip; Lasser, Michael - 2006

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America's Songs: The Stories Behind the Songs of Broadway, Hollywood, and Tin Pan Alley by Furia, Philip; Lasser, Michael - 2006

America's Songs: The Stories Behind the Songs of Broadway, Hollywood, and Tin Pan Alley

by Furia, Philip; Lasser, Michael

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New York: Routledge, 2006. Book. Fine. Hardcover. Signed by Author(s). First Edition, First Printing.. Very clean hardcover first edition, first printing, SIGNED by author Michael Lasser, in clean unchipped dust jacket. Black paper-covered boards with red cloth spine, silver lettering on spine. No bumping, fading or wear. Binding is tight and square, pages are clean. Inscribed and signed on half-title page: "For Peg, Remembered songs give us an emotional history of our lives. As the songwriter said, "The song is you." - Michael Lasser 10/03/06." Illustrated with photographs. 328 pages with Index. Clean bright dust jacket is unchipped, has one tiny closed edge tear at top rear panel edge; enclosed in new archival quality removable mylar cover. This book tells the fascinating, funny, and sometimes poignant stories behind the greatest songs ever to emerge from the Broadway musical, Hollywood movies, and the music industry of Tin Pan Alley..
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  • Edition First Edition, First Printing.
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  • ISBN 10 0415972469
  • ISBN 13 9780415972468
  • Publisher Routledge
  • Place of Publication New York
  • Date Published 2006
  • Keywords AMERICAN MUSIC, BROADWAY MUSICALS, HOLLYWOOD, TIN PAN ALLEY, HISTORY OF SONG IN AMERICA, FIRST EDITION, SIGNED BY AUTHOR, PHILIP FURIA, MICHAEL LASSER

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Routledge, 2006. Hardcover. Like New. 6x0x9. [Interesting provenance, previously owned by John Edward Hasse.] Hardcover and dust jacket. Good binding and cover. Light wear. Remainder mark on top edge. Blind stamp of Hasse on dedication page. Clean, unmarked pages. <br> John Edward Hasse is the renowned Curator Emeritus at the Smithsonian, frequent Wall Street Journal contributor, esteemed Duke Ellington biographer, Grammy-nominated producer and author, founder of the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra, and an accomplished musician himself. One of the most authoritative and entertaining speakers on American jazz, team creativity, and leadership.
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Routlledge , 2006 xxx, 328 pp. The "inspiration, creation, and enduring popularity" of hundreds of songs. Illustrated with b&w photos and figures. Inscribed by Lasser on the title page. Black boards with red cloth spine. DJ has some light shelf wear. A bright clean copy.
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Hardback. New. Presents the stories behind the most beloved popular songs of the last century. This book, along with telling the stories, suggests, simply and succinctly, what makes a song great. It describes the way each great song melds words and music, sentiment and melody, into a seamless whole. It also traces the mysterious process of collaboration.
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