Word crazy : Broadway lyricists from Cohan to Sondheim

Word crazy : Broadway lyricists from Cohan to Sondheim / Thomas S. Hischak.

Author/creator	Hischak, Thomas S.
Format	Book and Print
Publication Info	New York : Praeger, 1991.
Description	xvii, 241 pages ; 24 cm
Subject(s)	American poetry--20th century --History and criticism. Songs, English--United States --History and criticism. Popular music--United States --History and criticism. Musicals--New York (State) --New York --History and criticism. Lyric poetry--History and criticism. Lyricists--New York (State) --New York.

Partial contents	Man who owned Broadway : George M. Cohan -- As thousands cheered : Irving Berlin -- Going up : Otto Harbach -- Leave it to Plum : P. G. Wodehouse -- No more make-believe : Oscar Hammerstein II -- Of Words I sing : Ira Gershwin -- Anything goes : Cole Porter -- On his toes : Lorenz Hart -- On and off the band wagon : Howard Dietz and Dorothy Fields -- Yip's rainbow : E. Y. Harburg -- Almost like being in love : Alan Jay Lerner -- Two on the aisle : Betty Comden and Adolph Green -- Make a miracle : Frank Loesser -- Something's coming : Stephen Sondheim -- Tradition : Sheldon Harnick -- Sunday clothes : Jerry Herman -- Trying to Remember : Tom Jones and Lee Adams -- Quiet thing : Fred Ebb.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-212) and index.
LCCN	90047330
ISBN	0275938492 (alk. paper) :

Library	Location	Call Number	Status	Item Actions
Joyner	General Stacks	PS309.L8 H5 1991	✔ Available	Place Hold