American Popular Song: The Great Innovators, 1900-1950...a notable and overdue contribution to our evaluation of Western music in the twentieth century.' The Times Literary Supplement . |
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... later mastery of the musical theater song form . I realize that this opinion is a contradiction of that expressed by Kern enthusiasts , who claim that from his beginnings he revealed signs of his later superb talent . I have examined ...
... later mastery of the musical theater song form . I realize that this opinion is a contradiction of that expressed by Kern enthusiasts , who claim that from his beginnings he revealed signs of his later superb talent . I have examined ...
Page 170
... later , came a second " Garrick Gaieties . " What a racing back and forth from rehearsal to rehearsal there must have been in those days when writers wrote several shows during the same year ! In later years , however , it was no ...
... later , came a second " Garrick Gaieties . " What a racing back and forth from rehearsal to rehearsal there must have been in those days when writers wrote several shows during the same year ! In later years , however , it was no ...
Page 295
... later song . The only difference in the choruses is that Sometimes I'm Happy is in alla breve , cut time , and Come On And Pet Me is in 4/4 . As a result the note values of the latter are half that of the former . Also , the lyrics are ...
... later song . The only difference in the choruses is that Sometimes I'm Happy is in alla breve , cut time , and Come On And Pet Me is in 4/4 . As a result the note values of the latter are half that of the former . Also , the lyrics are ...
Contents
Burton Lane 1912 Hugh Martin 1914 | 331 |
The Great Craftsmen | 370 |
1920 to 1950 | 452 |
Copyright | |
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American Popular Song Edited and with an Introd. by James T. Maher: The ... Alec Wilder,James T. Maher No preview available - 1972 |
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