The Man That Got Away: The Life and Songs of Harold Arlen

by Walter Rimler

Book Overview

Over the Rainbow, Stormy Weather, and One for My Baby are just a few of Harold Arlen's well-loved compositions. Yet his name is hardly known--except to the musicians who venerate him. At a gathering of songwriters George Gershwin called him the best of us. Irving Berlin agreed. Paul McCartney sent him a fan letter and became his publisher. Bob Dylan wrote of his fascination with Arlen's bittersweet, lonely world. A cantor's son, Arlen believed his...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0252039467
• ISBN13: 9780252039461
• Release Date: August 2015
• Publisher: University of Illinois Press
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.3" x 9.3"