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Furia, Philip, 1943-

Title The poets of Tin Pan Alley : a history of America's great lyricists / Philip Furia.

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New York : Oxford University Press, 1990.

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Location	Call No.	Status
Marlborough, Richmond Memorial Library - Adult Department	782.42 FURIA	Check Shelf
New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction	784.4 F97	Check Shelf

Description	ix, 322 pages ; 22 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 283-290) and index.
Contents	Blah, blah, blah, blah love: Alley standards -- After the ball: early Alley -- Ragged meter man: Irving Berlin -- Ragged and funny: lyricists of the 1920s -- Funny valentine: Lorenz Hart -- 'S wonderful: Ira Gershwin -- The Tinpantithesis of poetry: Cole Porter -- Conventional dithers: Oscar Hammerstein -- Paper moons: Howard Dietz and Yip Harburg -- Fine romances: Dorothy Fields and Leo Robin -- Hip, hooray, and ballyhoo: Hollywood lyricists -- Swingy Harlem tunes: jazz lyricists -- Midnight sun: Johnny Mercer.
Local Note	c. 1 Mar 1993 $22.95
	c. 1 Mar 1993 $22.95
Subject	American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
	Songs, English -- United States -- History and criticism.
	Popular literature -- United States -- History and criticism.
	Popular culture -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
	Popular music -- United States -- History and criticism.
	Lyric poetry -- History and criticism.
	Lyricists -- United States.
Indexed Term	Popular music Songs History
	United States
ISBN	0195064089 alkaline paper
	9780195064087 alkaline paper
	0195074734 paperback
	9780195074734 paperback

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