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- The Man That Got Away: The Life and Songs of Harold Arlen
- Book
- 2015
- Published by: University of Illinois Press
- Series: Music in American Life
summary
Over the Rainbow, "Stormy Weather," and "One for My Baby" are just a few of Harold Arlen's well-loved compositions. Yet his name is hardly known--except to the musicians who venerate him. At a gathering of songwriters George Gershwin called him "the best of us." Irving Berlin agreed. Paul McCartney sent him a fan letter and became his publisher. Bob Dylan wrote of his fascination with Arlen's "bittersweet, lonely world." A cantor's son, Arlen believed his music was from a place outside himself, a place that also sent tragedy. When his wife became mentally ill and was institutionalized he turned to alcohol. It nearly killed him. But the beautiful songs kept coming: "Blues in the Night," "My Shining Hour," "Come Rain or Come Shine," and "The Man That Got Away." Walter Rimler drew on interviews with friends and associates of Arlen and on newly available archives to write this intimate portrait of a genius whose work is a pillar of the Great American Songbook.
Table of Contents
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- Introduction
- pp. 1-4
- Chapter 1. Buffalo, NY
- pp. 5-9
- Chapter 2. New York, NY
- pp. 10-15
- Chapter 3. “Get Happy”
- pp. 16-19
- Chapter 4. The Cotton Club
- pp. 20-26
- Chapter 5. Anya
- pp. 27-30
- Chapter 6. “Stormy Weather”
- pp. 31-39
- Chapter 9. Marriage
- pp. 50-55
- Chapter 10. Death of Gershwin
- pp. 56-61
- Chapter 11. Hooray for What!
- pp. 62-67
- Chapter 12. The Wizard of Oz
- pp. 68-75
- Chapter 13. An Itinerant Songwriter
- pp. 76-81
- Chapter 15. “One for My Baby”
- pp. 88-96
- Chapter 17. St. Louis Woman
- pp. 102-107
- Chapter 18. Descent into Misery
- pp. 108-113
- Chapter 20. A Star Is Born
- pp. 120-126
- Chapter 21. House of Flowers
- pp. 127-135
- Chapter 22. In Search of Fame
- pp. 136-139
- Chapter 23. An Opera
- pp. 140-147
- Chapter 24. Two Debacles
- pp. 148-151
- Chapter 25. The 1960s
- pp. 152-163
- Chapter 26. Waiting
- pp. 164-178
- Acknowledgments
- pp. 179-180
Additional Information
ISBN
9780252097577
Related ISBN(s)
9780252039461, 9780252083921
MARC Record
OCLC
913562866
Pages
248
Launched on MUSE
2015-07-17
Language
English
Open Access
No
Copyright
2018