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The Yip Harburg Songbook

The Yip Harburg Songbook. A new edition published by Hal Leonard, 2009. Piano/vocal sheets to 34 songs including "Over the Rainbow," "It's Only a Paper Moon," "April in Paris," "Lydia, the Tattooed Lady," "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" "Old Devil Moon," and an illustrated introductory essay by Stephen Holden.

The Wizard of Oz: 70th Anniversary Deluxe Songbook

The Wizard of Oz: 70th Anniversary Deluxe Songbook features all of the classic songs by E.Y. Harburg and Harold Arlen plus never-before-published “character themes” by Academy-Award winning composer Herbert Stothart, the complete “Munchkinland Musical Sequence,” and the song “The Jitterbug,” which was deleted from the original film. Each song is presented in its original key, utilizing … Continue Reading ››

Finian’s Rainbow — Vocal Selections: Piano/Vocal/Chords

Finian's Rainbow -- Vocal Selections: Piano/Vocal/Chords. nine selections from the classic Broadway musical by E. Y. Harburg and Burton Lane, arranged for piano/vocal with chords. Few Broadway musicals have produced more standards than Finians Rainbow. A masterful combination of political satire, social commentary, and whimsical charm, its enchanting score has survived the test of time. Titles: … Continue Reading ››

Mary Tiegreen, Editor/Designer

Mary Tiegreen, Editor/Designer. Over the RainbowThe lyric to the famous Harburg-Arlen song is illustrated with paintings by Maxfield Parrish. Appropriately, Maxfield Parrish was one of Yip's favorite painters. Yip always treasured his postcard copy of Parrish's rendition of Maud Adams as Peter Pan in a stage production Yip saw as a child. Welcome Press, 2006.

That’s Entertainment

That's Entertainment (2004). A collection of all four parts of the famous retrospective of MGM musicals. On disc 1 Lena Horne sings "Ain't It de Truth?" (Harburg-Arlen) which was cut from Cabin in the Sky; on disc 3 Judy Garland sings Harburg and Arlen's "Last Night When We Were Young," cut from In the Good Old Summertime.

The Vernon Duke Songbook, Vol. 1

The Vernon Duke Songbook, Vol. 1 contains five songs Duke wrote with Yip Harburg ("April in Paris," "I Am Only Human After All," "I Like the Likes of You," "A Penny for Your Thoughts" and "Suddenly"). The team wrote over forty songs together from 1930-1934, many of them unpublished. Boosey Hawkes/Kay Duke, 2012.