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In this warm and affectionate book, William Zinsser describes his lifelong love affair with American popular song and the American musical theater.
Chronicles the story of Youmans' glamorous, tumultuous life. From his birth into a privileged and wealthy New York family, it follows Youmans through his career, his early triumphs and legendary pecadilloes, until success, hedonism, and illness destroyed him.
The great songs from this songwriting master: Time on My Hands * Flying Down to Rio * Sometimes I'm Happy and many more great standards. Includes a biography.
Show Tunes fully chronicles the shows, songs, and careers of the major composers of the American musical theatre, from Jerome Kern's earliest interpolations to the latest hits on Broadway. Legendary composers like Gershwin, Rodgers, Porter, Berlin, Bernstein, and Sondheim have been joined by more recent songwriters like Stephen Schwartz, Stephen Flaherty, Michael John LaChiusa, and Adam Guettel. This majestic reference book covers their work, their innovations, their successes, and their failures. Show Tunes is simply the most comprehensive volume of its kind ever produced, and this newly revised and updated edition discusses almost 1,000 shows and 9,000 show tunes. The book has been called ...
"This new and updated Guide, with over 2,700 cross-referenced entries, covers all aspects of the American theatre from its earliest history to the present. Entries include people, venues and companies scattered through the U.S., plays and musicals, and theatrical phenomena. Additionally, there are some 100 topical entries covering theatre in major U.S. cities and such disparate subjects as Asian American theatre, Chicano theatre, censorship, Filipino American theatre, one-person performances, performance art, and puppetry. Highly illustrated, the Guide is supplemented with a historical survey as introduction, a bibliography of major sources published since the first edition, and a biographical index covering over 3,200 individuals mentioned in the text."--BOOK JACKET.
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Chiefly the descendants of Charles Vincent. Charles was in New York in 1675. He married Elizabeth Dix. They were the parents of four children.