A History of America's Great Lyricists
Furia, Philip
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Paperback
Edition: Reissue
334 pages
Published: 1994
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN / EAN: 0195074734
This study examines the part played by lyricists in the Golden Age of American popular music (1920-1940), comparing their witty light verse with the comic prose of "Vanity Fair" and other American periodicals of the era.