Music of the Golden Age, 1900-1950 and Beyond: A Guide to Popular Composers and Lyricists

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The Golden Age of popular music began prior to World War I with composers and lyricists writing hit songs for Tin Pan Alley, for musical plays, for Vaudeville and for radio. It blossomed from the 1920s through the early 1950s, defined by a mood and style filled with rhythm and romance and with memorable, melodic, literate music. Although this work focuses on hit songs by major song writers such as Berlin and Gershwin, Kern and Hammerstein, Rodgers and Porter, major collaborators are included as well. Contemporary songwriters, continuing with the style of the Golden Age include Marvin Hamlisch, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Burt Bacharach and Stevie Wonder. A separate chapter concentrates on celebrities and women of song.

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Iger brings a lifetime of avocational enthusiam to this task, and his mastery of the topic is evident throughout. there is a certain zest of the aficionado that pervades his small but engrossing compilation, making it a valuable addition to music history collections. * Reference & User Services Quarterly *

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ARTHUR L. IGER is a retired advertising executive and now adjunct professor of Communication Arts at the New York Institute of Technology, Long Island.