I Can't Give You Anything but Love, Baby: Dorothy Fields and Her Life in the American Musical Theater

Dorothy Fields was America's most brilliant and successful female lyricist of the golden age of musical theater, working with thirteen different composers and writing the lyrics and/or librettos for unforgettable masterpieces such as Annie Get Your Gun, Redhead, and Sweet Charity. She was recognized with a Tony Award, an Oscar, and the accolades of ASCAP president Stanley Adams.

\n Format: Hardback
\n Length: 212 pages
\n Publication date: 28 March 2021
\n Publisher: Globe Pequot Press
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The giants of the golden age of musical theater are Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein, Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin, and Dorothy Fields. Dorothy Fields, America's most brilliant and successful female lyricist, was a trailblazer in the male-dominated world of popular song. Despite her lesser-known status, Fields was welcomed by her fellow male artists as an equal and a beloved colleague. Working with thirteen different composers, Fields wrote the lyrics and/or librettos for unforgettable masterpieces such as Annie Get Your Gun, Redhead, and Sweet Charity. Her more than four hundred songs include timeless classics like On the Sunny Side of the Street, Pick Yourself Up, and The Way You Look Tonight. This book introduces Fields to audiences who may not know her name but are familiar with her five decades of remarkable work. Beginning in the 1920s, Fields was one of the few women writing for commercial theater, and her exceptional talent earned her a Tony Award, an Oscar, and the admiration of ASCAP president Stanley Adams, who referred to her as the most important woman writer in ASCAP's history.

\n Weight: 492g\n
Dimension: 163 x 236 x 23 (mm)\n
ISBN-13: 9781493050949\n \n