Reading Lyrics(ISBN=) 英文原版

From Back Cover
“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

“This music is an amazing art form; it’s a substantial cultural
phenomenon.”

–Newsweek

“’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

“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

“[‘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

“’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

“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

“Sparklingly entertaining, ‘Reading Lyrics’ exalts the lyrical
sublimity of such cunning wordsmiths as Porter, Gershwin, and
Coward.”

–Vanity Fair

“Tuneless, but what joy! . . . . For no sooner do the lyrics
appear before one’s eyes than reading gives way to song.”

–Billboard Magazine

“This wondrous and magical concoction is highly
recommended.”
–Wall Street Journal

“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

From Booklist
~Most people remember a song better than they remember a poem.
During the 1900^-75 scope of this sterling anthology, remembering a
song was remembering a poem. That span was the heyday of the
classic American popular song, which re-expressed all the old
emotions in language invigorated by the dialects of all the
external and internal immigrants drawn to America’s burgeoning
industrial centers. The typical classic American popular song–any
of the 1,000-plus examples editors Gottlieb and Kimball have
chosen–is rife with those pnemonic aids par excellence, rhyme and
wordplay. Accordingly, you could use the book for a party game, the
object of which would be seeing who recalls the most songs and,
beyond that, can sing them. With lyricists including all the
superstars, from Cohan to Sondheim, and plenty whose songs’ fame
have outlived that of their names, such as Haven Gillespie (“Santa
Claus Is Comin’ to Town”) and Edward Eliscu (“Without a Song”), the
party could take all of a grand night for singing. Oh!–get a copy
for the reference desk, too. Ray Olson
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights
reserved~

A huge gathering of the finest American and British song lyrics
from 1910 to 1975. Robert Kimball, editor of the complete lyrics of
Cole Porter, Ira Gershwin, Lorenz Hart and next year’s Irving
Berlin, and Robert Gottlieb, editor of the recent Reading Jazz,
have collaborated to choose the 800 or more most distinguished
lyrics of the century, from early P.G. Wodehouse and the Irving
Berlin of Alexander’s Ragtime Band through the greats of Broadway
and Hollywood — Gershwin, Hart, Porter, Berlin, Oscar Hammerstein,
Yip Harbourg, Dorothy Fields, Frank Loesser, Noel Coward — to the
early triumphs of Stephen Sondheim. Plus many writers who are
barely remembered today — Don Raye (“Mr. Five by Five”, “I’ll
Remember April”), Bobby Troup (“Route 66”, “Daddy”) — with
surprises like Ogden Nash, Maxwell Anderson, Dorothy Parker, and
Truman Capote. Over 100 lyricists in all, each one introduced with
a brief biography and commentary, and presented chronologically, so
that this big volume not only presents the core of an entire
literature that we love, but will serve as a reference book and a
history of the lyric and the lyricist in the 20th century.

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

This music is an amazing art form; its a substantial cultural
phenomenon.
Newsweek

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

America was the laboratory that proved Platos 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

[Reading Lyrics] defies literary categorization. Its reference
work. Its a singalong book. . . Its a shadow history of taste and
mores over much of the past century. Its a valentine to a
now-vanished artistic craft. And its an act of fond
provocation.
The Boston Globe

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

With around 170 lyricists on offer, the book makes its share of
worthwhile rediscoveries. . . . Thats the fun of Reading Lyrics.
Readers can hum along with songs they know, while songs they dont
will have them hurrying off to the nearest music megastore. New
York Times Book Review

Sparklingly entertaining, Reading Lyrics exalts the lyrical
sublimity of such cunning wordsmiths as Porter, Gershwin, and
Coward. Vanity Fair

Tuneless, but what joy! . . . . For no sooner do the lyrics
appear before ones eyes than reading gives way to song. Billboard
Magazine

This wondrous and magical concoction is highly
recommended.
Wall Street Journal

This is one of the finest collections of words there is. To
quote P.G. Wodehouse. . . And I wish someday I could find my way/To
the land where the good songs go. That land is Reading Lyrics. S
wonderful. Newsday — Review