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1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Yip_HarburgYip Harburg - Wikipedia

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   Formerly of. Harold Arlen, Vernon Duke, Jerome Kern, Jule Styne, Burton Lane. Musical artist. Edgar Yipsel Harburg(born Isidore Hochberg; April 8, 1896 – March 5, 1981) was an American popular song lyricistand librettistwho worked with many well-known composers.

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     PETER MINTUN: Love Being What It Is (Vernon Duke-E.Y. Harburg)

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     Yip Harburg - Over The Rainbow

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     PETER MINTUN: Moon About Town (Dana Suesse - E.Y. Yip Harburg) 1934

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3. www.democracynow.org › 2011/12/26 › a_tribute_to_yipA Tribute to Blacklisted Lyricist Yip Harburg: The Man Who ...

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   Dec 26, 2011 · ERNIE HARBURG: Yip’s career took a kind of detour, because when the war, World War I, came and Yip was a socialist and did not believe in the war, he took a boat down to Uruguay for three years ...

4. americansongwriter.com › somehwere-over-theYip Harburg: The Man Who Brought the Rainbow to The Wizard of Oz

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   Aug 2, 2021 · He is the man who brought the rainbow to The Wizard of Oz. Knowing Dorothy would sing a ballad yearning for escape from the monochrome farmland of her Kansas home in the film’s opening sequence ...

5. www.newyorker.com › magazine › 1996/09/30The Lemon-Drop Kid - The New Yorker

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   Sep 22, 1996 · The Lemon-Drop Kid. By John Lahr. September 22, 1996. Save this story. Save this story. The New Yorker, September 30, 1996 P. 68. PROFILE of lyricist Yip Harburg, whose work includes Broadway and ...

6. www.washingtonpost.com › archive › lifestyleYip Harburg, Beyond the Rainbow - The Washington Post

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   This Side of the Rainbow The Feisty Lyricist for the Little Guy. By Peter W. Kaplan. February 28, 1981 at 12:00 a.m. EST. Yip Harburg's up; he's pacing the floor, he's mad. "I'm a guy not just ...

7. www.npr.org › yip-harburg-a-lyricist-for-the-agesYip Harburg: A Lyricist For The Ages : A Blog Supreme : NPR

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   Apr 18, 2012 · Yip Harburg and Jay Gorney wrote this classic for a 1931 musical called New Americana, but it soon became the theme of the Great Depression, thanks primarily to Bing Crosby's 1932 recording of the ...

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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 is Edgar Harburg called Yipsel?

   • A dedicated socialist his entire life, even his name represents his politics. Though born Isadore Hochberg and called Edgar Harburg as a kid, he became Yip not for the Yiddish name Yipsel, as if often assumed, but for YPSL, an acronym for Young People’s Socialist League.

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

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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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   What song did Edgar Yipsel Harburg write?

   • 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?"

   Yip Harburg - Wikipedia

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   Why is Harburg called the Lemon-Drop Kid?

   • Harburg belongs in the pantheon of great theatrical lyricists. He collaborated with Harold Arlen on the score for "The Wizard of Oz," a contribution overlooked today. Arlen called Harburg the Lemon-Drop Kid because he "like [d] things to be joyous and/or poetic."

   The Lemon-Drop Kid | The New Yorker

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9. archives.nypl.org › the › 21281archives.nypl.org -- E. Y. (Yip) Harburg papers

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   E.Y. "Yip" Harburg, Academy Award winning lyricist created the lyrics for the Academy Award winning film The Wizard of Oz, as well as the Broadway shows Finian's Rainbow, Bloomer Girl, and Flahooley. Among his principal collaborators were Harold Arlen, Vernon Duke, Burton Lane, Arthur Schwartz and Jerome Kern. He died in Los Angeles in 1981.