American Popular Song Composers: Oral Histories, 1920s-1950s

by Michael Whorf

In this volume, 39 of the legendary composers from Tin Pan Alley, Hollywood and Broadway of the 1920s through the 1950s discuss their careers and share the stories of creating many of the most beloved songs in American music. Interviewed for radio in the mid-1970s, they include such giants as Harold Arlen, Eubie Blake, Cy Coleman, George Duning, Sammy Fain, Jerry Herman, Bronislaw Kaper, Henry Mancini, David Rose, Arthur Schwartz, Charles Strouse,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786465379
• ISBN13: 9780786465378
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: McFarland & Company
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.9" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher