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  • Skylark

    The Life and Times of Johnny Mercer

    by Philip Furia ...
    The first biography of one of the twentieth century's most popular and influential lyricists, whose songs include "Moon River" and "That Old Black Magic."Part of a golden guild whose members included Cole Porter and Irving Berlin, Johnny Mercer took Hollywood by storm in the midst of the Great Depression, writing one hit after another, from "You Must Have Been a Beautiful Baby" to "Jeepers ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • The Poets of Tin Pan Alley

    A History of America's Great Lyricists

    by Philip Furia ...
    From the turn of the century to the 1960s, the songwriters of Tin Pan Alley dominated American music. Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, George and Ira Gershwin, Rodgers and Hart--even today these giants remain household names, their musicals regularly revived, their methods and styles analyzed and imitated, and their songs the bedrock of jazz and cabaret. In The Poets of Tin Pan Alley Philip Furia ... Read more

    $45.99 CAD

  • America's Songs

    The Stories Behind the Songs of Broadway, Hollywood, and Tin Pan Alley

    by Philip Furia, Michael Lasser ...
    America's Songs tells the stories behind the most beloved popular songs of the last century. We all have songs that have a special meaning in our lives; hearing them evokes a special time or place. Little wonder that these special songs have become enduring classics. Nothing brings the roarin '20s to life like Tea for Two or I'm just Wild About Harry; the Great Depression is evoked in all of its ... Read more

    $64.99 CAD

  • Pound's Cantos Declassified

    by Philip Furia ...
    By using his Cantos for storing, "making new," and transmitting historical documents, Pound was returning the epic to its ancient function as a tribal archive for the "luminous details" of history that define a culture's past and shape its future. So argues this book, which does not overlook the poem's brilliant lyrical passages but for the first time focuses on those vast stretches of Pound's ... Read more

    $32.79 CAD

  • Ira Gershwin

    The Art of the Lyricist

    by Philip Furia ...
    To the perennial question "which comes first, the music or the words?" Ira Gershwin always responded, "the contract." The jest reveals both Ira's consummate professionalism and the self-effacing wit with which he ducked the spotlight whenever possible. Yet the ingeniously inventive melodies George Gershwin composed for such classic songs as "Someone to Watch Over Me," "Embraceable You," ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • The Poets of Tin Pan Alley

    by Philip Furia, Laurie J. Patterson ...
    From the turn of the century to the 1960s, the songwriters of Tin Pan Alley were synonymous with American popular music. Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, George and Ira Gershwin, Rodgers and Hart--even today these giants remain household names, their musicals regularly revived, their methods and styles analyzed and imitated, and their songs the bedrock of jazz and cabaret. In this new edition of The ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • The American Song Book

    The Tin Pan Alley Era

    by Philip Furia, Laurie J. Patterson ...
    The American Song Book, Volume I: The Tin Pan Alley Era is the first in a projected five-volume series of books that will reprint original sheet music, including covers, of songs that constitute the enduring standards of Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, the Gershwins, and other lyricists and composers of what has been called the "Golden Age" of American popular music. These songs have done what popular ... Read more

    $43.99 CAD

  • The Songs of Hollywood

    by Philip Furia, Laurie Patterson ...
    From "Over the Rainbow" to "Moon River" and from Al Jolson to Barbra Streisand, The Songs of Hollywood traces the fascinating history of song in film, both in musicals and in dramatic movies such as High Noon. Extremely well-illustrated with 200 film stills, this delightful book sheds much light on some of Hollywood's best known and loved repertoire, explaining how the film industry made certain ... Read more

    $25.99 CAD

  • The Songs Of Hollywood

    by Philip Furia;Laurie Patterson ...
    From "Over the Rainbow" to "Moon River" and from Al Jolson to Barbra Streisand, The Songs of Hollywood traces the fascinating history of song in film, both in musicals and in dramatic movies such as High Noon. Extremely well-illustrated with 200 film stills, this delightful book sheds much light on some of Hollywood's best known and loved repertoire, explaining how the film industry made certain ... Read more

    $29.99 CAD

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  • A Fine Romance

    Jewish Songwriters, American Songs

    by David Lehman ...
    Series series Jewish Encounters Series
    In A Fine Romance, David Lehman looks at the formation of the American songbook—the timeless numbers that became jazz standards, iconic love songs, and sound tracks to famous movies—and explores the extraordinary fact that this songbook was written almost exclusively by Jews.An acclaimed poet, editor, and cultural critic, David Lehman hears America singing—with a Yiddish accent. He guides us ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

  • Show and Tell

    The New Book of Broadway Anecdotes

    by Ken Bloom ...
    Did you know that Frank Sinatra was nearly considered for the original production of Fiddler on the Roof? Or that Jerome Robbins never choreographed the famous "Dance at the Gym" in West Side Story? Or that Lin-Manuel Miranda called out an audience member on Twitter for texting during a performance of Hamilton (the perpetrator was Madonna)? In Show and Tell: The New Book of Broadway Anecdotes, ... Read more

    $19.99 CAD

  • Something Wonderful

    Rodgers and Hammerstein's Broadway Revolution

    by Todd S. Purdum ...
    A revelatory portrait of the creative partnership that transformed musical theater and provided the soundtrack to the American CenturyThey stand at the apex of the great age of songwriting, the creators of the classic Broadway musicals Oklahoma!, Carousel, South Pacific, The King and I, and The Sound of Music, whose songs have never lost their popularity or emotional power. Even before they ... Read more

    $2.99 CAD