Finally, but most importantly, Harburg shares his commitment to human rights and the ways it affected his writing and his career path."-Denise Oliver Velez, Daily Kos "In Yip Harburg: Legendary Lyricist and Human Rights Activist, historian Harriet Hyman Alonso relates the story of Isidore Hochberg, who was born in New York, of Russian-Jewish origin, and acquired the nickname 'Yip' in his youth. He tells of his early childhood on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, his public school education, how the Great Depression opened the way to writing lyrics, and his work on Broadway and Hollywood, including his blacklisting during the McCarthy era. Harriet Hyman Alonso enables Harburg to talk about his life and work. I'd suggest Yip Harburg: Legendary Lyricist and Human Rights Activist. Harriet Alonso has done a superb job of weaving Harburg's own words and memories into a compelling biography of one of the giants of the Great American Songbook."-Walter Frisch, professor of music, Columbia University "There are several excellent books about Harburg. Keller, Pasatiempo, "In this detailed, entertaining account, Alonso gives life to a courageous man and artist who risked it all for some simple human truth."- Publishers Weekly "Yip Harburg was a brilliant lyricist, committed humanitarian, and an engaging raconteur. In fact, it is downright chatty, being essentially a sort of oral history Alonso crafted out of nearly 50 published and unpublished transcripts of radio and television broadcasts, speeches, roundtables, and conversations in which Harburg participated over the years."ÑJames M. His words bring back to life the golden age of songwriting and liberal activism in 20th century America.""-Burton Peretti, author of Nightclub City "Yip Harburg was a brilliant lyricist, committed humanitarian, and an engaging raconteur.Harriet Alonso has done a superb job of weaving Harburg's own words and memories into a compelling biography of one of the giants of the Great American Songbook."-Walter Frisch, professor of music, Columbia University, "Éa good portrait of that picturesque leprechaun of a fellow who followed a crock of gold past that paper moon to somewhere over the rainbow."ÑSteven Suskin, Playbill, "In this detailed, entertaining account, Alonso gives life to a courageous man and artist who risked it all for some simple human truth." ÑPublishers Weekly, "The book is far more lively and less politically earnest than its title suggests. Harriet Alonso has done a superb job of weaving Harburg's own words and memories into a compelling biography of one of the giants of the Great American Songbook."-Walter Frisch, professor of music, Columbia University "At concerts I often used to talk about Yip, how he and Harold Arlen wrote 'Over the Rainbow' and then I'd get the whole audience to sing it together.""-Pete Seeger "Harriet Alonso's valuable book permits Yip Harburg-a passionate, politically committed, and gifted lyricist and storyteller-to tell his own story. a good portrait of that picturesque leprechaun of a fellow who followed a crock of gold past that paper moon to somewhere over the rainbow., "Yip Harburg was a brilliant lyricist, committed humanitarian, and an engaging raconteur. Includes an appendix with Harburg's key musicals, songs, and films. Finally, but most importantly, Harburg shares his commitment to human rights and the ways it affected his writing and his career path. Interweaving close to fifty interviews (most of them previously unpublished), over forty lyrics, and a number of Harburg's poems, Harriet Hyman Alonso enables Harburg to talk about his life and work. Harburg (1896- 1981) wrote the lyrics to the standards, "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?," "April in Paris," and "It's Only a Paper Moon," as well as all of the songs in The Wizard of Oz, including "Over the Rainbow." Harburg always included a strong social and political component to his work, fighting racism, poverty, and war. Known as "Broadway's social conscience," E.
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