The poets of Tin Pan Alley
Subtitle: a history of America's great lyricists
By: Philip Furia.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 1990
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 312
Subjects: American poetry -- 20th century -- History and criticism.; Songs, English  -- United States  -- History and criticism.; Popular literature  -- United States  -- History and criticism.; Popular music  -- United States  -- History and criticism.; Lyric poetry  -- History and criticism.; Lyricists  -- United States.; United States  -- Popular culture  -- History  -- 20th century.
Description: 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. Furia shows how their poetic lyrics were as important as their brilliant music to shaping a golden age of American popular songs. -Derived from book jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.