Stephen Sondheim
Stephen Sondheim. Finishing the Hat: Collected Lyrics (1954-1981) with Attendant Comments, Principles, Heresies, Grudges, Whines and Anecdotes. Knopf, 2010. Contains several references to Yip, including an full essay on page 99
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Michael Sragow.Victor Fleming: An American Movie Master
Michael Sragow. Victor Fleming: An American Movie Master, Pantheon, 2008. This well researched biography of the prolific Hollywood Golden Age movie director contains a chapter about Fleming's contributions to The Wizard of Oz in which Yip's role in that production is discussed from a fresh perspective.
Larry Stempel
Larry Stempel. Showtime: A History of the Broadway Musical Theater, W.W. Norton and Company, Ltd., 2010. A section of this book ('"Harburg's Circle," beginning on page 426) neatly summarizes Yip's satirical contributions to the Broadway musical.
Steven Suskin
Steven Suskin. The Sound of Broadway Music: A Book of Orchestrators and Orchestrations. Oxford University Press, 2009. Detailed history of the crucial contribution orchestrators have made to the Broadway sound over the decades, includes previously little-known facts about how the music to Finian's Rainbow and Jamaica evolved. Also contains essential information on the scores to all of Yip's Broadway productions.
Who’s Who
Who's Who. 1980-81 edition. NY: St. Martin's Press, 1981.
Max Wilk
Max Wilk. They're Playing Our Song: Conversations with America's Classic Songwriters. New York: Atheneum, 1973; DaCapo, 1991, 1997. "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?" p. 217.
William Zinsser
William Zinsser. Easy to Remember: The Great American Songwriters and Their Songs. David R. Godine, 2001. "E.Y. Harburg and The Wizard of Oz," p. 145.
Rhymes for the Irreverent
Rhymes for the Irreverent. (Originally published by Grossman, NY, 1965.) Reissued by the Yip Harburg Foundation, 1999 with new illustrations by LeVan/Barbee Studio. Softcover. This book is OUT OF PRINT and available exclusively from The Yip Harburg Foundation.
Harold Meyerson and Ernest Harburg.Who Put the Rainbow in The Wizard of Oz?
Harold Meyerson and Ernest Harburg.Who Put the Rainbow in The Wizard of Oz? Yip Harburg, Lyricist. 454 pages, black-and-white and color illustations, lyrics to dozens of songs. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1993 (hardcover), 1995 (softcover). This book is also available directly from The Yip Harburg Foundation
The Yip Harburg Songbook
The Yip Harburg Songbook. (Out of print; copies can be ordered from private used booksellers or from the Yip Harburg Foundation.) Piano/vocal sheets to 44 songs with lyrics by Yip Harburg. Contains an illustrated essay by Stephen Holden and four songs that appear here for the first time in published form: Leave the Atom Alone (Arlen, 1957); … Continue Reading ››