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Edgar Yipsel Harburg (born Isidore Hochberg; April 8, 1896 – March 5, 1981) was an American popular song lyricist and librettist who worked with many well-known composers. He wrote the lyrics to the standards "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?"
Song lyricist E Y (Yip) Harburg deplores current songs of youth as 'maudlin, sentimental, and sermonizing'; deplores poor craftsmanship, imitative music and poor rhymes; cites admiration for...
Mar 7, 1981 · E. Y. (Yip) Harburg, who wrote the lyrics for ''Over the Rainbow,'' ''April In Paris,'' ''Brother, Can You Spare a Dime'' and the musical ''Finian's Rainbow,'' died Thursday when the car he was...
Apr 2, 1981 · A memorial service will be held next Tuesday for E.Y. (Yip) Harburg, the lyricist who died March 5 in an automobile crash in Los Angeles at the age of 84.
Jan 31, 1997 · Yip Harburg, Lyricist. Best known for writing the lyrics for The Wizard of Oz, Yip also wrote the musical Bloomer Girl, which was about women’s suffrage, and Finian’s Rainbow, which dealt with...
Feb 26, 2013 · During a 1973 speech at the Mark Taper Forum, in Los Angeles, Harburg explained that the song survived a struggle between Victor Fleming, the “Anglo-Saxon” film director who wanted it cut, and...
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Apr 21, 2017 · E. Y. Harburg, the lyricist behind The Wizard of Oz, remains one of the most important songwriters blacklisted during the Cold War. His removal from Hollywood features in the 1950s denied moviegoers a distinct American voice whose lyrics mixed humor and entertainment to champion liberal causes.
