The Man That Got Away - 9780252083921

The Man That Got AwayThe Life and Songs of Harold Arlen\nAuthor(s): Walter Rimler\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University of Illinois Press, United States\nImprint: University of Illinois Press\nISBN-13: 9780252083921, 978-0252083921\nSynopsis\n\""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 Shining Hour,\"" \""Come Rain or Come S.