Yip Harburg
Edgar Yipsel "Yip" Harburg was an American popular song lyricist and librettist who worked with many well-known composers. He wrote the lyrics to the standards "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?", "April in Paris", and "It's Only a Paper Moon", as well as all of the songs for the film The Wizard of Oz, including "Over the Rainbow". Harburg was known for the social commentary of his lyrics, as well as his left-wing political leanings.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Lower East Side
- Educated at
- City College of New YorkTownsend Harris High School
- Awards
- 🏆 Academy Award for Best Original Song🏆 Johnny Mercer Award
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Trending topics shown first"As the writer of the lyric of the song ‘God’s Country’, I am outraged by the suggestion that somehow I am connected with, believe in, or am sympathetic with Communist or totalitarian philosophy."
"E. Y. Harburg papers and E. Y. Harburg papers in the Billy Rose Theatre Collection of The New York Public Library for the Peforming Arts."
"The Atheist Lyricist Who Put the Rainbow in the Wizard of Oz" at Freedom From Religion Foundation"
"Yip Harburg: Secular Songwriter" by Dan Barker in Freethought Today Vol. 22, No. 3"
"A Tribute to Yip Harburg: The Man Who Put the Rainbow in the Wizard of Oz" at Democracy Now"
"Extended audio/print interview with Ernie Harburg, Yip's son and biographer"
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1896
Born
Birth1981
Died
Death
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