A Fine Romance
Jewish Songwriters, American Songs
Part of the Jewish Encounter seriesIn A Fine Romance, David Lehman looks at the formation of the American songbook-the timeless numbers that became jazz standards, iconic love songs, and sound tracks to famous movies-and explores the extraordinary fact that this songbook was written almost exclusively by Jews.An acclaimed poet, editor, and cultural critic, David Lehman hears America singing-with a Yiddish accent. He guides us through America in the golden age of song, when Embraceable You, White Christmas, Easter Parade, Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered, Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man, My Romance, Cheek to Cheek, Stormy Weather, and countless ot…
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- ISBN: 978-0-8052-4271-3
- EAN: 9780805242713
- Produktnummer: 15722174
- Verlag: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2009
- Seitenangabe: 272 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 2'803 KB
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DAVID LEHMAN is the editor of The Oxford Book of American Poetry, the series editor of The Best American Poetry, and the author of seven books of poems, most recently When a Woman Loves a Man. He lives in New York City.
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