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Zusatztext In this remarkably brief yet fact-packed text! Frisch elegantly conjoins the many "palimpsest" identities of "Over the Rainbow!" all while summarizing nearly a century of history for readers. Though primarily intended for undergraduate students! performers! and inquisitive listeners! Frisch's insightful and accessible contribution may also interest academics in the fields of musicology! film! and theatre. Informationen zum Autor Walter Frisch is H. Harold Gumm/Harry and Albert von Tilzer Professor of Music at Columbia University. He has written widely about music from the Austro-German sphere in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Frisch served as general editor of the series Western Music in Context from W. W. Norton, and as author of the series volume Music in the Nineteenth Century. His current research involves the music and career of American songwriter HaroldArlen. Klappentext In this history of the ballad "Over the Rainbow", author Walter Frisch traces the song's journey from the imagination of composer Harold Arlen and lyricist "Yip" Harburg and its debut performance by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz (1939) through its numerous, widely varying interpretations throughout the twentieth century. Zusammenfassung In this history of the ballad "Over the Rainbow", author Walter Frisch traces the song's journey from the imagination of composer Harold Arlen and lyricist "Yip" Harburg and its debut performance by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz (1939) through its numerous, widely varying interpretations throughout the twentieth century.
