The Melody Lingers on: The Great Songwriters and Their Movie Musicals
Describes the careers of Arlen, Berlin, Gershwin, Kern, Porter, Rodgers, and Warren, looks at the movies made from their musicals
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"An absolutely lovely guide and everything a fan could desire from a critical and cultural historian, including good sense and great taste. These are the classic composers-- Hollywood immortals all-- whose songs come back like a lump in the throat or a big bloomy feeling in the chest. . . Hemming examines not only the film scores but their Broadway originals when there was one, what got dropped, what survived, and what ew was added
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"An absolutely lovely guide and everything a fan could desire from a critical and cultural historian, including good sense and great taste. These are the classic composers-- Hollywood immortals all-- whose songs come back like a lump in the throat or a big bloomy feeling in the chest. . . Hemming examines not only the film scores but their Broadway originals when there was one, what got dropped, what survived, and what ew was added
Roy Hemming wrote about movies, music, and the media for more than thirty years. His other books include Discovering Great Music-A New Listener's Guide to the Top Classical Composers and Their Masterworks and, with David Hajdu, Discovering Great Singers of Classic Pop, both published by Newmarket Press.
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- ISBN 10 1439503249
- ISBN 13 9781439503249
- BindingLibrary Binding
- Number of pages388
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The Melody Lingers on: The Great Songwriters and Their Movie Musicals
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Paw Prints 2008-06-26
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