Man That Got Away The Life and Songs of Harold Arlen

Name: Man That Got Away The Life and Songs of Harold Arlen
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ISBN: 9780252039461

ISBN-10: 0252039467

ISBN-13: 9780252039461

Edition: 2015

Authors: Walter Rimler

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Over the Rainbow, "Stormy Weather," and "One for My Baby" are just a few of Harold Arlen's well-loved compositions. Yet his name is hardly known--except to the musicians who venerate him. At a gathering of songwriters George Gershwin called him "the best of us." Irving Berlin agreed. Paul McCartney sent him a fan letter and became his publisher. Bob Dylan wrote of his fascination with Arlen's "bittersweet, lonely world." A cantor's son, Arlen believed his music was from a place outside himself, a place that also sent tragedy. When his wife became mentally ill and was institutionalized he turned to alcohol. It nearly killed him. But the beautiful songs kept coming: "Blues in the Night," "My…

Book details

List price: $29.95
Copyright year: 2015
Publisher: University of Illinois Press
Publication date: 8/20/2015
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 248
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.210
Language: English