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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Page 73
... whole note which begins the song and other whole notes which follow it cause a cadence to sound like no more than a characteristic of the melody . Its form is A - B - A - B1 . Its harmony is conventional . The melody is straightforward ...
... whole note which begins the song and other whole notes which follow it cause a cadence to sound like no more than a characteristic of the melody . Its form is A - B - A - B1 . Its harmony is conventional . The melody is straightforward ...
Page 106
... whole note , d , moving to four repeated e's in the second measure , back to a whole note d , then up to f - natural repeated notes , back once more to d and then , instead of moving a half step up from ƒ natural to ƒ sharp , he moves ...
... whole note , d , moving to four repeated e's in the second measure , back to a whole note d , then up to f - natural repeated notes , back once more to d and then , instead of moving a half step up from ƒ natural to ƒ sharp , he moves ...
Page 351
... whole note d flat I am referring to . In 1951 the show " Make A Wish " was produced . In this score , as in “ Look , Ma , I'm Dancin ' , " Martin wrote his own lyrics . Frankly , I find nothing in it which measures up to Martin's best ...
... whole note d flat I am referring to . In 1951 the show " Make A Wish " was produced . In this score , as in “ Look , Ma , I'm Dancin ' , " Martin wrote his own lyrics . Frankly , I find nothing in it which measures up to Martin's best ...
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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