Tin Pan Alley girl
Subtitle: a biography of Ann Ronell
By: Tighe E. Zimmers.
Publisher: McFarland
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Jefferson, N.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 201
ISBN-13: 9780786439058
Subjects: Ronell, Ann; Composers -- United States -- Biography; Lyricists -- United States -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Description: "Best known as the writer of the lyric for the song "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf," and "Willow Weep for Me," Ann Ronell was also a translator and orchestrator for operatic works. This biography traces Ronell's life, marriage and friendships. Includes over forty pictures, a chronology, family tree, film credits, her senior dissertations, and works"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Early years : Omaha and New England, 1905-1929; title: The first songs and New York City : 1930-1932; title: "Willow weep for me" : 1932; title: "Who's afraid of the big bad wolf?" and Disney studios : 1933-1935; title: Lester Cowan and Hollywood : 1935-1936; title: Kurt Weill and Blockade : 1937-1938; title: Martha and opera in English : 1938-1939; title: The gypsy baron and light opera : 1939-1940; title: Ship south and Nicolai Berezovsky : 1941-1942; title: Count me in and Broadway : 1942-1943; title: "Linda" and The story of G.I. Joe : 1944-1946; title: Oh! Susanna and Stephen Foster : 1947-1948; title: One touch of Venus and forties Hollywood : 1947-1948; title: Love happy and the Marx Brothers : 1948-1950; title: Main Street to Broadway and Tin Pan Alley girl : 1951-1953; title: The Eisenhower years and political songs : 1953-1960; title: Walt Disney and who's the real big bad wolf? : 1954-1958; title: Martha revisited and the Metropolitan Opera : 1960-1961; title: Meeting at a far meridian and the cold war : 1963-1965; title: Later life and career : 1965-1993.