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" The great song thesaurus / "
Roger Lax, Frederick Smith.
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873538
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Lax, Roger.
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The great song thesaurus /\ Roger Lax, Frederick Smith.
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2nd ed., updated and expanded.
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New York :: Oxford University Press,, 1989.
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774 pages ;; 24 cm
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0195054083
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: 9780195054088
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The greatest songs -- The award winners -- Themes, trademarks, and signatures -- Elegant plagiarisms -- Song titles -- British song titles -- Lyricists and composers -- American and British theatre, film, radio, and television -- Thesaurus of song titles by subject, key word, and category -- Lyric key lines.
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"This edition: chronicles the popular song from 1558 to the present; Furnishes 100 to 150 new songs listings for each year from 1980-1987; Allows recall, through a new key lyric line index, of 3,025 song titles; Compiles vast popular song information for those in radio, television, and advertising; Covers a vast range of songs--from liturgical hymns to disco, folk songs, and lieder; from sea chanteys to commercial jingles, theme songs, and award winners; lists 11,000 song titles with lyricists, composers, dates of popularity, and pertinent facts; Gives featured songs from 865 musical theatre scores and from 1,441 musical and non-musical films, television, and radio programs; Indexes 6, 163 contributing lyricists and composers; Provides a listing of 2,300 song titles by subject, key word, and category; Catalogues songs by year of popularity; Cross-references information by 10 different avenues of access; Cites record sales, Hit Parade and air play rankings, and recording artists associated with 'hit' songs"--Jacket.
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Verzeichnis
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Popular music, Discography.
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Popular music, Indexes.
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Musique populaire, Index.
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Lied
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Music, Popular (Songs, etc.)-- Indexes.
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Popular music.
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Volkstümliche Musik
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Verzeichnis.
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Liederen.
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784.5/0016
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016.78163
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ML128.S3L4 1989
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784.5 L425g (1989)
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Smith, Frederick.
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