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Chargement... Reading Lyrics: More Than 1,000 of the Century's Finest Lyrics--a Celebration of Our Greatest Songwriters, a Rediscovery (édition 2000)par Robert Gottlieb (Directeur de publication)
Information sur l'oeuvreReading Lyrics: More Than 1,000 of the Century's Finest Lyrics--a Celebration of Our Greatest Songwriters, a Rediscovery of Forgotten Masters, and an Appreciation of an par Robert Gottlieb (Editor)
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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. An anthology of lyrics from 1900 to 1975: with more than one thousand songs, it's still incomplete, especially for those who nostalgically long for the days when music meant poetry. How to choose from among all the wonderful songs? The authors admit it was difficult and add "We regret the absence of somebody else's favorites, and hope for a happy response to our own." Oh, but how could you omit almost the whole ouevres from Porgy and Bess, Sound of Music, The King and I? And it would have been nice to have a cross-reference with Broadway shows. There are small introductions before each lyricist (who are included in order of date of birth). Some of the lyrics in the anthology are unfamiliar to me; some of the lyricists I didn't know at all. Nevertheless, it's great to have a reference book on love, for that's truly what it is: You Made Me Love You; Love Me or Leave Me; Fools Fall in Love; At Long Last Love; I Only Have Eyes for You; Let's Fall in Love; Falling In Love With Love; You Were Meant for Me; Maybe This is Love; It's Got to Be Love; Somebody Loves Me; People Will Say We're in Love; Let's Do It: Let's Fall In Love; Can This Be Love? Let's Not Talk About Love; The Man I Love; It's Love Again; I'm in the Mood for Love; Love Is Here to Stay; Love Is Sweeping the Country; Love is a Many-Splendored Thing; When I Fall In Love; Head Over Heels in Love.... Altogether, a book to love, in spite of shortcomings; the authors did their best, and I appreciate the resource. (JAF) aucune critique | ajouter une critique
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A comprehensive anthology bringing together more than one thousand of the best American and English song lyrics of the twentieth century; an extraordinary celebration of a unique art form and an indispensable reference work and history that celebrates one of the twentieth century's most enduring and cherished legacies. Reading Lyrics begins with the first masters of the colloquial phrase, including George M. Cohan ("Give My Regards to Broadway"), P. G. Wodehouse ("Till the Clouds Roll By"), and Irving Berlin, whose versatility and career span the period from "Alexander's Ragtime Band" to "Annie Get Your Gun" and beyond. The Broadway musical emerges as a distinct dramatic form in the 1920s and 1930s, its evolution propelled by a trio of lyricists--Cole Porter, Ira Gershwin, and Lorenz Hart--whose explorations of the psychological and emotional nuances of falling in and out of love have lost none of their wit and sophistication. Their songs, including "Night and Day," "The Man I Love," and "Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered," have become standards performed and recorded by generation after generation of singers. The lure of Broadway and Hollywood and the performing genius of such artists as Al Jolson, Fred Astaire, Ethel Waters, Judy Garland, Frank Sinatra, and Ethel Merman inspired a remarkable array of talented writers, including Dorothy Fields ("A Fine Romance," "I Can't Give You Anything but Love"), Frank Loesser ("Guys and Dolls"), Oscar Hammerstein II (from the groundbreaking "Show Boat" of 1927 through his extraordinary collaboration with Richard Rodgers), Johnny Mercer, Yip Harburg, Andy Razaf, Noël Coward, and Stephen Sondheim. Reading Lyrics also celebrates the work of dozens of superb craftsmen whose songs remain known, but who today are themselves less known--writers like Haven Gillespie (whose "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" may be the most widely recorded song of its era); Herman Hupfeld (not only the composer/lyricist of "As Time Goes By" but also of "Are You Makin' Any Money?" and "When Yuba Plays the Rumba on the Tuba"); the great light versifier Ogden Nash ("Speak Low," "I'm a Stranger Here Myself," and, yes, "The Sea-Gull and the Ea-Gull"); Don Raye ("Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy," "Mister Five by Five," and, of course, "Milkman, Keep Those Bottles Quiet"); Bobby Troup ("Route 66"); Billy Strayhorn (not only for the omnipresent "Lush Life" but for "Something to Live For" and "A Lonely Coed"); Peggy Lee (not only a superb singer but also an original and appealing lyricist); and the unique Dave Frishberg ("I'm Hip," "Peel Me a Grape," "Van Lingo Mungo"). The lyricists are presented chronologically, each introduced by a succinct biography and the incisive commentary of Robert Gottlieb and Robert Kimball. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Presented chronologically, and including a brief biography of the lyricist, it’s a tribute to the lyricists and to their enduring words. Readers can research the work of a specific composer, or of a particular time, or of a particular genre. While some of the composers may not be household names, readers will discover that their songs are well-known and often performed.
Read for the poetry of the lyrics, read for the uniqueness of the art form. Read for the joy of discovering these familiar lyrics all over again.
Highly recommended. ( )