The Resource Listening for America : inside the great American songbook from Gershwin to Sondheim, Rob Kapilow
Listening for America : inside the great American songbook from Gershwin to Sondheim, Rob Kapilow
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- Summary
- ""Not since the late Leonard Bernstein has classical music had a combination salesman-teacher as irresistible as Kapilow." -Kansas City Star Few people in recent memory have dedicated themselves as devotedly to the story of twentieth- century American music as Rob Kapilow, the composer, conductor, and host of the hit NPR music radio program, What Makes It Great? Now, in Listening for America, he turns his keen ear to the Great American Songbook, bringing many of our favorite classics to life through the songs and stories of eight of the twentieth century's most treasured American composers-Kern, Porter, Gershwin, Arlen, Berlin, Rodgers, Bernstein, and Sondheim. Hardly confining himself to celebrating what makes these catchy melodies so unforgettable, Kapilow delves deeply into how issues of race, immigration, sexuality, and appropriation intertwine in masterpieces like Show Boat and West Side Story. A book not just about musical theater but about America itself, Listening for America is equally for the devotee, the singer, the music student, or for anyone intrigued by how popular music has shaped the larger culture, and promises to be the ideal gift book for years to come"--
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xvii, 460 pages
- Contents
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- Prologue : Nothing Comes from Nothing
- Inventing America / Jerome Kern's "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man"
- The New Sexual Morality / Cole Porter's "Let's Do It"
- Airbrushing the Depression / George Gershwin's "I Got Rhythm"
- Segregation and Opportunity in Harlem / Harold Arlen's "Stormy Weather"
- Appropriation or Inspiration? / George Gershwin's "Summertime"
- Immigration and the American Voice / Irving Berlin's "Cheek to Cheek"
- How the Other Half Lived / Cole Porter's "Begin the Beguine"
- Love in New York / Richard Rodgers's "I Wish I Were in Love Again"
- The Impact of Recorded Sound / Jerome Kern's "All the Things You Are"
- America Goes to the Movies / Harold Arlen's "Over the Rainbow"
- World War II and the Integrated Musical / Richard Rodgers's "If I Loved You"
- America Gets a Classical Voice / Leonard Bernstein's "I Can Cook Too"
- Will the Real Annie Oakley Please Stand Up? / Irving Berlin's "I Got the Sun in the Morning"
- Fantasy in New York / Leonard Bernstein's "Tonight"
- Rock and Roll, Broadway, and the Me Decade / Stephen Sondheim's "Send in the Clowns"
- New Directions On and Off Broadway / Stephen Sondheim's "Finishing the Hat"
- Epilogue : The Broadway Musical Goes Global
- Isbn
- 9781631490293
- Label
- Listening for America : inside the great American songbook from Gershwin to Sondheim
- Title
- Listening for America
- Title remainder
- inside the great American songbook from Gershwin to Sondheim
- Statement of responsibility
- Rob Kapilow
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- ""Not since the late Leonard Bernstein has classical music had a combination salesman-teacher as irresistible as Kapilow." -Kansas City Star Few people in recent memory have dedicated themselves as devotedly to the story of twentieth- century American music as Rob Kapilow, the composer, conductor, and host of the hit NPR music radio program, What Makes It Great? Now, in Listening for America, he turns his keen ear to the Great American Songbook, bringing many of our favorite classics to life through the songs and stories of eight of the twentieth century's most treasured American composers-Kern, Porter, Gershwin, Arlen, Berlin, Rodgers, Bernstein, and Sondheim. Hardly confining himself to celebrating what makes these catchy melodies so unforgettable, Kapilow delves deeply into how issues of race, immigration, sexuality, and appropriation intertwine in masterpieces like Show Boat and West Side Story. A book not just about musical theater but about America itself, Listening for America is equally for the devotee, the singer, the music student, or for anyone intrigued by how popular music has shaped the larger culture, and promises to be the ideal gift book for years to come"--
- Assigning source
- Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Kapilow, Robert
- Dewey number
- 782.421640973
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- ML3477
- LC item number
- .K363 2019
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Popular music
- Songs
- Songs
- Musicals
- MUSIC / History & Criticism
- Label
- Listening for America : inside the great American songbook from Gershwin to Sondheim, Rob Kapilow
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [431]-444) and index
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- Contents
- Prologue : Nothing Comes from Nothing -- Inventing America / Jerome Kern's "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" -- The New Sexual Morality / Cole Porter's "Let's Do It" -- Airbrushing the Depression / George Gershwin's "I Got Rhythm" -- Segregation and Opportunity in Harlem / Harold Arlen's "Stormy Weather" -- Appropriation or Inspiration? / George Gershwin's "Summertime" -- Immigration and the American Voice / Irving Berlin's "Cheek to Cheek" -- How the Other Half Lived / Cole Porter's "Begin the Beguine" -- Love in New York / Richard Rodgers's "I Wish I Were in Love Again" -- The Impact of Recorded Sound / Jerome Kern's "All the Things You Are" -- America Goes to the Movies / Harold Arlen's "Over the Rainbow" -- World War II and the Integrated Musical / Richard Rodgers's "If I Loved You" -- America Gets a Classical Voice / Leonard Bernstein's "I Can Cook Too" -- Will the Real Annie Oakley Please Stand Up? / Irving Berlin's "I Got the Sun in the Morning" -- Fantasy in New York / Leonard Bernstein's "Tonight" -- Rock and Roll, Broadway, and the Me Decade / Stephen Sondheim's "Send in the Clowns" -- New Directions On and Off Broadway / Stephen Sondheim's "Finishing the Hat" -- Epilogue : The Broadway Musical Goes Global
- Control code
- on1084383116
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xvii, 460 pages
- Isbn
- 9781631490293
- Lccn
- 2019026121
- Media category
- unmediated
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- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1084383116
- Label
- Listening for America : inside the great American songbook from Gershwin to Sondheim, Rob Kapilow
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [431]-444) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
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- Contents
- Prologue : Nothing Comes from Nothing -- Inventing America / Jerome Kern's "Can't Help Lovin' Dat Man" -- The New Sexual Morality / Cole Porter's "Let's Do It" -- Airbrushing the Depression / George Gershwin's "I Got Rhythm" -- Segregation and Opportunity in Harlem / Harold Arlen's "Stormy Weather" -- Appropriation or Inspiration? / George Gershwin's "Summertime" -- Immigration and the American Voice / Irving Berlin's "Cheek to Cheek" -- How the Other Half Lived / Cole Porter's "Begin the Beguine" -- Love in New York / Richard Rodgers's "I Wish I Were in Love Again" -- The Impact of Recorded Sound / Jerome Kern's "All the Things You Are" -- America Goes to the Movies / Harold Arlen's "Over the Rainbow" -- World War II and the Integrated Musical / Richard Rodgers's "If I Loved You" -- America Gets a Classical Voice / Leonard Bernstein's "I Can Cook Too" -- Will the Real Annie Oakley Please Stand Up? / Irving Berlin's "I Got the Sun in the Morning" -- Fantasy in New York / Leonard Bernstein's "Tonight" -- Rock and Roll, Broadway, and the Me Decade / Stephen Sondheim's "Send in the Clowns" -- New Directions On and Off Broadway / Stephen Sondheim's "Finishing the Hat" -- Epilogue : The Broadway Musical Goes Global
- Control code
- on1084383116
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xvii, 460 pages
- Isbn
- 9781631490293
- Lccn
- 2019026121
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1084383116
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