[PDF.75ez] A Fine Romance: Jewish Songwriters, American Songs (Jewish Encounters Series)

A Fine Romance: Jewish Songwriters, American Songs (Jewish Encounters Series)

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 | #1281349 in eBooks |  2009-09-25 |  2009-10-06 | File type: PDF

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||19 of 19 people found the following review helpful.| A Remarkable Story. A Remarkable Book.|By Lawrence J. Epstein|In this very well-written, humorous, and affectionate homage to the American Songbook, David Lehman hears the Jewish sounds in much of America's greatest popular music. All the great characters are here--Kern, the Gershwins, Berlin, Arlen, and so many others. I found the story of Larry Hart to be especially moving.|From Publishers Weekly|As part of the publisher's ongoing Jewish Encounters series, Lehman, poet, anthologist (The Oxford Book of American Poetry) and critic (The Last Avant-Garde), melds dreamy personal reflections with impressive archival excavat

Part of the Jewish Encounter series

In A Fine Romance, David Lehman looks at the formation of the American songbook—the timeless numbers that became jazz standards, iconic love songs, and sound tracks to famous movies—and explores the extraordinary fact that this songbook was written almost exclusively by Jews.

An acclaimed poet, editor, and cultural critic, David Lehman hears America singing—with a Yiddish accent. He...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.A Fine Romance: Jewish Songwriters, American Songs (Jewish Encounters Series)   |  David Lehman. I have read it a couple of times and even shared with my family members. Really good. Couldnt put it down.

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