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More copies of this ISBN:Reading Lyrics: More Than 1,000 of the Century's Finest Lyrics--A Celebration of Our Greatest Songwriters, a Rediscovery of Forgottenby Robert Gottlieb
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Featuring the works of more than 100 American and British song writers from 1900 to 1975, this anthology is a magnificent gathering of lyrics whose power to stir memories of longing and desire, to evoke romance, remains undiminished. Review:“Indispensable, stellar new anthology. This eclectic book provides enough humor, romance and sophistication to make you forget that Seussical even existed.” –Jason Zinoman, Time Out New York Review:“This music is an amazing art form; it’s a substantial cultural phenomenon.” –Newsweek Review:“’Reading Lyrics’ is both a groundbreaking social document and its own pleasure dome. Its seven hundred and six pages confirm the accomplishments of the greats, but they also provide surprises.” –The New Yorker Review:“America was the laboratory that proved Plato’s contention that songs are ‘spells for souls for the creation of concord.’ If you read between the lines of many of the lyrics in the anthology, you hear an alarmed society calming its frazzled nerves.” The New Yorker Review:“[‘Reading Lyrics’] defies literary categorization. It’s reference work. It’s a singalong book. . . It’s a shadow history of taste and mores over much of the past century. It’s a valentine to a now-vanished artistic craft. And it’s an act of fond provocation.” –The Boston Globe Review:“’Reading Lyrics’ demonstrates one of the may magic tricks that words can do: the way that letters and lines on a page can (with years of practice) learn how to carry a tune.” Elle Review:“With around 170 lyricists on offer, the book makes its share of worthwhile rediscoveries. . . . That’s the fun of ‘Reading Lyrics.’ Readers can hum along with songs they know, while songs they don’t will have them hurrying off to the nearest music megastore.” –New York Times Book Review Review:“Sparklingly entertaining, ‘Reading Lyrics’ exalts the lyrical sublimity of such cunning wordsmiths as Porter, Gershwin, and Coward.” –Vanity Fair Review:“Tuneless, but what joy! . . . . For no sooner do the lyrics appear before one’s eyes than reading gives way to song.” –Billboard Magazine Review:“This wondrous and magical concoction is highly recommended.” –Wall Street Journal Review:“This is one of the finest collections of words there is. To quote P.G. Wodehouse. . . ‘And I wish someday I could find my wayTo the land where the good songs go.’ That land is Reading Lyrics. ‘S wonderful.” –Newsday What Our Readers Are SayingBe the first to add a comment for a chance to win!Product Details
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