Days to be happy, years to be sad : the life and music of Vincent Youmans / by Bordman, Gerald Martin

Timeless jazz standards.

Table of Contents: “…Candy / Mack David, Joan Whitney, Alex Kramer -- Caravan / Duke Ellington, Juan Tizol, Irving Mills -- Feeling good / Leslie Bricusse, Anthony Newley -- Good morning, heartache / Dan Fisher, Ervin Drake, Irene Higginbotham -- I didn't know about you / Duke Ellington, Bob Russell-- It'a a raggy waltz / Dave Brubeck -- Judy / Hoagy Carmichael, Sammy Lerner -- Moon over Miami / Joe Burke, Edgar Leslie -- More than you know / Vincent Youmans, William Rose, Edward Eliscu -- Nightingale sang in Berkeley Square / Manning Sherwin, Eric Maschwitz -- Prelude to a kiss / Duke Ellington, Irving Gordon, Irving Mills -- Satin doll / Billy Strayhorn, Duke Ellington, Johnny Mercer -- Solitude / Duke Ellington, Eddie De Lange, Irving Mills -- Spring is here / Richard Rogers, Lorenz Hart -- Summer song / Dave Brubeck, Iola Brubeck -- Sunny / Bobby Hebb -- Take the "A" train / Billy Strayhorn, The Delta Rhythm Boys -- Unsquare dance / Dave Brubeck -- When lights are low / Benny Carter, Spencer Williams -- Why try to change me now / Cy Coleman, Joseph A. …”

Play it again, Stan : As time goes by & 24 great standards for solo guitar /

Table of Contents: “…/ Johnny Burke, Bob Haggart -- Lover, come back to me / Oscar Hammerstein II, Sigmund Romberg -- But not for me / George and Ira Gershwin -- You took advantage of me / Lorenz Hart, Richard Rodgers -- I cover the waterfront / Edward Heyman, Johnny Green -- If I could be with you (one hour tonight) / Henry Creamer, Jimmy Johnson -- Tea for two / Irving Caesar, Vincent Youmans -- How long has this been going on / George and Ira Gershwin --…”

The American popular ballad of the golden era, 1924-1950 / by Forte, Allen

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The harmonic language of the popular ballad --Rhythmic features of the popular ballad -- Melodic design : descriptive categories -- The lyric : its qualities and melodic roles -- Form : nomenclature and templates -- The large-scale view : a primer -- Ballads of Jerome Kern -- Ballads of Irving Berlin -- Ballads of Cole Porter --Ballads of George Gershwin -- Ballads of Richard Rodgers -- Ballads of Harold Arlen -- Ballads of Richard Whiting, Walter Donaldson, Harry Warren, Jimmy McHugh, Vincent Youmans, Duke Ellington, and Kurt Weill --Ballads of Hoagy Carmichael, Arthur Schartz, Vernon Duke, John Green, Burton Lane, and Jimmy Van Heusen -- Ballads of Kay Swift, Bernice Petkere, Ann Ronell, Dana Suesse, and Ruth Lowe -- Concluding reflections.…”

Show tunes : the songs, shows, and careers of Broadway's major composers / by Suskin, Steven

Table of Contents: “…Introduction ; Jerome Kern ; Irving Berlin ; George Gershwin ; Vincent Youmans ; Richard Rodgers ; Cole Porter ; Arthur Schwartz ; Harold Arlen ; Vernon Duke ; Burton Lane ; Kurt Weill ; Marc Blitzstein ; Harold Rome -- New composers of the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. …”