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Title: Listening to Classic American Popular Songs by Allen Forte, Richard Lalli, Gary Chapman ISBN: 0-300-08338-6 Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Pub. Date: 01 April, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 5 (1 review)
Rating: 5
Summary: An outstanding book and an exquisite recording
Comment: This truly remarkable book is unique in several important ways. In the first instance it deals with the music and lyrics of these extraordinary songs in ways that reflect the author's extensive experience as a musician and as a writer on musical subjects, drawing upon his eclectic background to present fresh ideas that illuminate and inform. In the words of Henry Martin, jazz authority and expert on popular music of the golden era: "In this highly accessible book, Allen Forte delights us with unique, thought-provoking insights into some of the great songs from the '20s, '30s, and '40s."
The book comes fully equipped to provide the reader with everything needed to acquire a very close familiarity with the major attributes of this beautiful repertoire of popular song, including simple musical notation or "lead sheets" of all the songs (a basic knowledge of music notation is needed, and Chapter 1 fills that gap, if required), perceptive discussions of lyrics as they relate to the melodies, harmonies, and rhythms of the songs, and, as a special and unique innovation, a compact disc that provides the reader with easy access to the music. Moreover, background material places each song in its historical-social context. Implicitly, for each song, the author answers the question: "Why has this song withstood the test of time to become a classic?"
The writing style is informal, bright, and often humorous, without in any way "writing down" to the audience. It is a pleasure to read. The text and the accompanying compact disc, which includes recordings especially made for this volume, are beautifully matched. And the performances by baritone Richard Lalli and pianist Gary Chapman are superb. On two of the tracks we also hear the author as arranger and pianist, testifying to his close connection to this music as a performer.
Accessible, intelligent, and highly enjoyable, this book and recording will make delightful additions to the libraries of a broad range of readers/listeners -- from those who are already familiar with this repertoire and who seek an enriched understanding of the songs and their contexts, to those who may be hearing and learning of these alluring works for the very first time.
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Title: American Popular Song: The Great Innovators, 1900-1950 by Alec Wilder, James T. Maher, Graham Lees ISBN: 0195014456 Publisher: Oxford University Press Pub. Date: October, 1990 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: Easy to Remember: The Great American Songwriters and Their Songs by William Knowlton Zinsser ISBN: 1567921477 Publisher: David R Godine Pub. Date: March, 2001 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Stardust Melodies by Will Friedwald ISBN: 0375420894 Publisher: Pantheon Books Pub. Date: 23 April, 2002 List Price(USD): $27.50 |
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Title: Reading Lyrics : More Than 1,000 of the Century's Finest Lyrics--a Celebration of Our GreatestSongwriters, a Rediscovery of Forgotten Masters, and an Appreciation of an by Robert Kimball, Robert Gottlieb ISBN: 0375400818 Publisher: Pantheon Books Pub. Date: 21 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $39.50 |
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Title: The Poets of Tin Pan Alley: A History of America's Great Lyricists by Philip Furia ISBN: 0195074734 Publisher: Oxford Press Pub. Date: May, 1992 List Price(USD): $21.50 |
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