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.…”

Yours for a song : the women of Tin Pan Alley / by Fields, Dorothy, 1905-1974, Ronell, Ann, Suesse, Dana, 1909-1987, Swift, Kay, 1897-1993