Harold Arlen and His Songs by Walter Frisch - 9780197503270

Harold Arlen and His SongsAuthor(s): Walter Frisch\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Oxford University Press Inc, United States\nImprint: Oxford University Press Inc\nISBN-13: 9780197503270, 978-0197503270\nSynopsis\nHarold Arlen and His Songs is the first comprehensive book about the music of one of the great song composers of the twentieth century. Arlen wrote many standards of the American Songbook-including \""Get Happy,\"" \""Over the Rainbow, \""Stormy Weather,\"" \""Come Rain or Come Shine,\"" and \""The Man That Got Away\"" - that today rank among the best known and loved. Author Walter Frisch places these and other songs in the context of a long career that took Arlen from Buffalo, New York; to Harlem's Cotton Club; to Broadway stages; and to the film studios of Hollywood. Even with their complex melodies, harmonies, and formal structures, Arlen's tunes remain accessible and memorable. As Frisch shows, he blended influences from his father's Jewish cantorial tradition, his experience as .