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     • Over The Rainbow From 'My One & Only Thrill' By Melody Gardot This song is Yip Harburg's greatest lyrical legacy, a perfect melding of words and music that has staked a claim for immortality.
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   What is Yip Harburg's greatest lyrical legacy?

   • This song is Yip Harburg's greatest lyrical legacy, a perfect melding of words and music that has staked a claim for immortality. Though Judy Garland's version of "Over the Rainbow" is considered definitive, the song has been recorded by an amazing spectrum of musicians, from Frank Sinatra to Jeff Beck.

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   Who is Yip Harburg?

   • Finian's Rainbow is probably his most popular stage work, but he's best known for working with composer Harold Arlen on music for The Wizard of Oz, a collaboration which won them an Oscar for "Over the Rainbow." What follows is the work of five singers, each putting his or her own stamp on the lyrics of Yip Harburg. From 'Any Old Time'

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   Did Yip Harburg bring the Rainbow to the Wizard of Oz?

   • With music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Yip Harburg, it’s become one of the most beloved songs in the history of American popular music. Yet a rainbow was never part of the screenplay for the famous 1939 movie. It was entirely the concoction of Yip. He is the man who brought the rainbow to The Wizard of Oz.

   Yip Harburg: The Man Who Brought the Rainbow to The Wizard of Oz

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   Why was Edgar Harburg nicknamed Yipsel?

   • Though born Isadore Hochberg and called Edgar Harburg as a child, he became Yip due to his involvement in the Young People’s Socialist League (YPSI), not for the Yiddish name Yipsel as some believe. Harburg himself added: “ I was nicknamed Yips for YPSI, an acronym for the Young People’s Socialist League, and not because it is the Yiddish term for a squirrel as some believe, and evidently I was quite a flighty kid.

   Yip Harburg: Father of the Socially Conscious Lyric

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   How old was Yip Harburg when he died?

   • As Broadway’s social commentator, and given his ability to “gild the philosophic pill” with witticisms and a lyric style all his own, Yip Harburg is a unique and major lyricist of 20th century American musical theatre. Yip Harburg died on March 5, 1981 at 84 years young.

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   What are the themes of Harburg's lyrics?

   • Harburg's lyrics are about the everyday man and woman, the working poor, the disenfranchised, and the oppressed. No one could ever have accused him of losing his social consciousness nor his hardscrabble roots. However, he remained full of youthful energy, whimsy, and optimism.

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   Oct 11, 2019 · Harburg’s lyrics are largely about the everyday man and woman, the working poor the disenfranchised, the oppressed, the weary. No one could ever have accused him of losing his social ...

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   Aug 2, 2021 · With music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by Yip Harburg, it’s become one of the most beloved songs in the history of American popular music. Yet a rainbow was never part of the screenplay for the ...

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   E. Y. (Yip) Harburg (1896-1981), in a career spanning over fifty years, was known as “Broadway’s social conscience.” A master lyricist, poet and book writer, Yip was always dedicated to social justice.

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   E. Y. (Yip) Harburg, known as “Broadway’s social conscience” was a master lyricist, poet and book writer dedicated to social justice. His best-known songs include “Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?” and “Over The Rainbow.”

8. www.songhall.org › awards › winnerE.Y. "Yip" Harburg - Songwriters Hall of Fame

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   1972 Songwriters Hall of Fame inductee E.Y. “Yip” Harburg was born Isidore Hochberg to Jewish immigrant parents on the lower east side of New York City on April 8, 1898. He was nicknamed “Yipsel” (Yiddish for squirrel) for his constant clowning and unbounded energy.

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   During his 84 years on the planet, Yip Harburg contributed brilliant lyrics to some of the finest melodies of the American popular song canon.