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The Tunesmith & The Lyricist: Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin and the Making of a Standard

George Harwood Phillips

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Description:This book applies the specific to explain the general. It takes one song, written in the mid 1930s, and uses it to address larger issues regarding popular music in the twentieth century. The song- "I Can't Get Started With You"-is discussed in considerable detail, but so is jazz and its connection with the musical theater, the early lives and collaborations of the song's creators, the nature of lyric writing, the structure of the popular song, the legacy of George Gershwin, the musicians who performed and recorded "I Can't Get Started" (its common title), and the later lives, independent musical contributions, and legacies of Vernon Duke and Ira Gershwin.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Tunesmith & The Lyricist: Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin and the Making of a Standard. To get started finding The Tunesmith & The Lyricist: Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin and the Making of a Standard, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: This book applies the specific to explain the general. It takes one song, written in the mid 1930s, and uses it to address larger issues regarding popular music in the twentieth century. The song- "I Can't Get Started With You"-is discussed in considerable detail, but so is jazz and its connection with the musical theater, the early lives and collaborations of the song's creators, the nature of lyric writing, the structure of the popular song, the legacy of George Gershwin, the musicians who performed and recorded "I Can't Get Started" (its common title), and the later lives, independent musical contributions, and legacies of Vernon Duke and Ira Gershwin.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Tunesmith & The Lyricist: Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin and the Making of a Standard. To get started finding The Tunesmith & The Lyricist: Vernon Duke, Ira Gershwin and the Making of a Standard, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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