Tin Pan Alley girl : a biography of Ann Ronell / Tighe E. Zimmers.

Author/creator Zimmers, Tighe E., 1949-
Format Book
Publication InfoJefferson, NC : McFarland & Company, ©2009.
Descriptionx, 201 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Subjects

Contents Omaha and New England, 1905-1929 -- The first songs and New York City: 1930-1932 -- "Willow weep for me": 1932 -- "Who's afraid of the big bad wolf?" and Disney studios: 1933-1935 -- Lester Cowan and Hollywood: 1935-1936 -- Kurt Weill and Blockade: 1937-1938 -- Martha and opera in English: 1938-1939 -- The gypsy baron and light opera: 1939-1940 -- Ship south and Nicolai Berezovsky: 1941-1942 -- Count me in and Broadway: 1942-1943 -- "Linda" and The Story of G.I. Joe: 1944-1946 -- Oh! Susanna and Stephen Foster: 1947-1948 -- One touch of Venus and forties Hollywood: 1947-1948 -- Love happy and the Marx Brothers: 1948-1950 -- Main Street to Broadway and Tin Pan Alley girl: 1951-1953 -- The Eisenhower years and political songs: 1953-1960 -- Walt Disney and who's the real big bad wolf?: 1954-1958 -- Martha revisited and the Metropolitan Opera: 1960-1961 -- Meeting at a far meridian and the cold war: 1963-1965 -- Later life and career: 1965-1993.
Abstract Best known as the writer of the lyric for the song "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf," and "Willow Weep for Me," Ann Ronell was also a translator and orchestrator for operatic works. This biography traces Ronell's life, marriage and friendships. Includes over forty pictures, a chronology, family tree, film credits, her senior dissertations, and works.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 191-193), discography (pages 156-164), filmography (pages 166-167), and index.
LCCN 2008055747
ISBN9780786439058 (softcover : alk. paper)
ISBN078643905X (softcover : alk. paper)

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Music Closed Stacks - Ask at Circulation Desk ML410.R63296 Z56 2009 ✔ Available Place Hold