Researching the Song: A Lexicon

522 Pages·2006·2.067 MB·English

by  Shirlee Emmons, Wilbur Watkins Lewis

Researching the Song:
A Lexicon
Shirlee Emmons
Wilbur Watkin Lewis
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
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Researching the Song
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RESEARCHING
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THE SONG
A L E X I C O N
Shirlee Emmons and Wilbur Watkin Lewis
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Emmons, Shirlee.
Researching the song : a lexicon / by Shirlee Emmons
& Wilbur Watkin Lewis
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Includes bibliographical references.
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. Songs—Dictionaries. I. Lewis, Wilbur Watkin.
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To the late Stanley Sonntag,
a supremely knowledgeable and passionate
lover of song literature,
whose creative idea this book was
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Acknowledgments
We extend sincere gratitude to members of our families for their cheerful accep-
tance of our absences from family activities, which were caused by the heavy work
schedule the completion of this lexicon mandated: Annette Mulholland-Lewis, Rol-
lin Baldwin, Samuel and Danielle Lewis, Hilary Baldwin, and Joseph Guagliardo
(whose input saved the project more than once).
Our appreciation to Kim Robinson and Eve Bachrach for their never ending
patience and the stream of helpful suggestions, and to Maribeth Anderson Payne,
who oversaw the very beginning of this project that started so many years ago.
To Lewis Daniels of the Westbrook, Connecticut, Public Library, ever staunch in
his helpful attitude and computer expertise, never less than enthusiastic about spend-
ing his time to fi nd the answers to our diffi cult issues—many thanks.
To Natasha Lutov, who provided much expertise on Russian song literature and
pointed the way to Prince Mirsky’s invaluable volume, containing fi rst-hand infor-
mation about the poets—our appreciation.
Thanks to the excellent libraries of Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey,
where much of the research for this book was done.
Last, thanks to the students who kept their eyes and ears open and faithfully
reported delicious tidbits of information gleaned from their experiences in the
immense landscape of song composers and poets.
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Contents
Introduction xi
Researching the Song 
Abbreviations 