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Overview"Famed lyricist Dorothy Fields penned the words to more than four hundred songs, among them mega-hits such as ""On the Sunny Side of the Street,"" ""I Can't Give You Anything But Love, "" and ""The Way You Look Tonight."" In Pick Yourself Up, Charlotte Greenspan offers the most complete treatment of Fields's life and work to date, tracing her rise to prominence in a male-dominated world. Born in 1904 into a show business family--her father, Lou Fields, was a famed stage comedian turned Broadway producer--Fields first teamed with songwriter Jimmy McHugh in the late 1920s and went on to a series of Hollywood collaborations with Jerome Kern, including the Fred Astaire-Ginger Rogers classic Swing Time. With her brother Herbert, she co-authored the books for several of Cole Porter's shows and for Irving Berlin's classic Annie Get Your Gun. Fields's lyrics--colloquial, urbane, sometimes slangy, sometimes sensuous--won her high praise from later generations of songwriters including Stephen Sondheim, and her stellar career opened a path for other women in her profession, among them Betty Comden and Dory Previn." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Charlotte Greenspan (, Ithaca, NY, United States)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 24.80cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 16.50cm Weight: 0.621kg ISBN: 9780195111101ISBN 10: 0195111109 Pages: 336 Publication Date: 16 September 2010 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of Contents"Preface A Note About the Lyrics Chapter One: The World of Her Father Chapter Two: The World of Her Family Chapter Three: The Teen Years Chapter Four: Marriage and the Start of a Career Chapter Five: What's Black and White and Heard All Over? Chapter Six: Give My Refrains to Broadway Chapter Seven: Hello to Hollywood Chapter Eight: Change Partners and Write Chapter Nine: The Best of Hollywood Chapter Ten: End of an Era Chapter Eleven: Hollywood Through a Broadway Lens Chapter Twelve: Librettos Instead of Lyrics Chapter Thirteen: Up In Central Park Chapter Fourteen: Annie Get Your Gun Chapter Fifteen: More Movies Chapter Sixteen: Colonial America and Brooklyn Chapter Seventeen: Something Old, Something New Chapter Eighteen: Sweet Charity Chapter Nineteen: ""It's Where You Finish"" Appendix One: List of Songs Appendix Two: List of Theatre Works and Movies Notes"ReviewsA fine and entertaining biography [...] Pick Yourself Up is a traditional cradle-to-grave life story, and [...] is also in many ways a biography of the twentieth century musical. Judith Flanders, The Times Literary Supplement. <br> This marvelously researched and highly readable book is the definitive account of Dorothy Fields's path-breaking career-and of its interactions with her famously accomplished family (Weber and Fields), colleagues (Rodgers and Hammerstein), and collaborators (Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin, Bob Fosse, Cy Coleman). Greenspan's thoughtful analyses, her lively exploration of historical mysteries, and her grasp of both Broadway and Hollywood from the 1920s to the 1970s make this chunk of Americana irresistible, both for song lovers and for scholars. -Rose Rosengard Subotnik, Professor of Music Emerita, Brown University<br> Charlotte Greenspan's thorough research and thoughtful analyses provide insights into Dorothy Fields' wit, will, collaborators, and talented family, and offer a rich context for her works. It is a wonderful tribute to her indomitable optimism and enduring career. -Vicki Ohl, author of Fine and Dandy: The Life and Work of Kay Swift<br> Pick Yourself Up is a lively chronic This marvelously researched and highly readable book is the definitive account of Dorothy Fields's path-breaking career-and of its interactions with her famously accomplished family (Weber and Fields), colleagues (Rodgers and Hammerstein), and collaborators (Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin, Bob Fosse, Cy Coleman). Greenspan's thoughtful analyses, her lively exploration of historical mysteries, and her grasp of both Broadway and Hollywood from the 1920s to the 1970s make this chunk of Americana irresistible, both for song lovers and for scholars. -Rose Rosengard Subotnik, Professor of Music Emerita, Brown University Charlotte Greenspan's thorough research and thoughtful analyses provide insights into Dorothy Fields' wit, will, collaborators, and talented family, and offer a rich context for her works. It is a wonderful tribute to her indomitable optimism and enduring career. -Vicki Ohl, author of Fine and Dandy: The Life and Work of Kay Swift Pick Yourself Up is a lively chronicle of the career of a central but hitherto neglected figure in American musical theater. Greenspan's engaging study combines meticulous research with an insightful, revealing exploration of Fields's accomplishments as a lyricist. -Paul Machlin, Arnold Bernhard Professor of Arts and Humanities, Colby College, author of Thomas Fats Waller in Performance and Stride: The Music of Fats Waller Excellent contribution to the burgeoning literature on the American songbook. -Library Journal, Starred Review Thorough. Filled with wonderful anecdotes. Makes for good reading. -Jewish Exponent Author InformationCharlotte Greenspan is a musicologist and pianist who has written extensively on music and film. She lives in Ithaca, New York. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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