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...first disappointment was not seeing anything from Dark Side of the Moon. Pink Floyd's lyricist wasn't even listed in the index of authors. What upset me further was that an anonymous former Bartlett's editor described the quotations as "what looks to be most memorable of man's joy, suspicion, and dismay...
...realize that there is yet to be a rock lyricist who writes nearly as well as Pope or Dickinson, but some of these citations are just embarrassing. There are lyrics with more literary merit and more social impact than, "You are the sunshine of my life/That's why I'll always stay around." (Stevie Wonder...
...York University's School of Continuing Education called "The Creative Edge." Organized by Richard Brown, an assistant professor of humanities, the program uses both film and live interviews to explore the creative process of six great artists: writers Arthur Miller and Tom Wolfe, dancer Rudolf Nureyev, composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim, actress Helen Hayes and photographer Yousuf Karsh. "We saw this as a special opportunity," says Anne Janas, our manager of public affairs. "These are all people at the top of their fields and people TIME has written about throughout their careers...
They said XTC was dead. After years spent in and out of mental institutions, fans and critics believed lead singer and lyricist Andy Partridge was permanently committed. After a soaring success with the 1986 album Skylarking and its hit single "Dear God," the group was reportedly breaking...
When composer Frederick Loewe looked back on a career with lyricist Alan Jay Lerner that included Brigadoon, My Fair Lady and Camelot, he reportedly said he could not get over how easy he and his partner made it all seem. Loewe was right, but in retrospect the most startling thing about the team's success is that their creativity was far from unique. In the heyday of Broadway musicals, nearly every season brought a landmark production, often two or three. The 1946-47 season that introduced Brigadoon, for example, also provided Finian's Rainbow. The 1956-57 season...