Fine and Dandy: The Life and Work of Kay Swift by Vicki Ohl (English) Hardcover

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Fine and Dandy

by Vicki Ohl

Kay Swift (1897-1993) was one of the few women composers active on Broadway in the first half of the 20th century. Vicki Ohl describes a remarkable life, which included being the first woman to write a Broadway musical and eloping to Oregon with a rodeo cowboy she met at the 1939 World's Fair.

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The first biography of a composer who broke the gender barrier on Broadway

Kay Swift (1897–1993) was one of the few women composers active on Broadway in the first half of the twentieth century. Best known as George Gershwin's assistant, musical adviser, and intimate friend, Swift was in fact an accomplished musician herself, a pianist and composer whose Fine and Dandy (1930) was the first complete Broadway musical written by a woman. This fascinating book—the first biography of Swift—discusses her music and her extraordinary life.

Vicki Ohl describes Swift's work for musical theater, the ballet, Radio City Music Hall's Rockettes, and commercial shows. She also tells how Swift served as director of light music for the 1939 World's Fair, eloped with a cowboy from the rodeo at the fair, and abandoned her native New York for Oregon, later fashioning her experiences into an autobiographical novel, Who Could Ask for Anything More? Informed by rich material, including Swift's unpublished memoirs and extensive interviews with her family members and friends, this book captures the essence and spirit of a remarkable woman.

Author Biography

Vicki Ohl is professor of piano and theory at Heidelberg College.

Review

"This first full-scale biography of Kay Swift is a comprehensive examination of her life and work in all its phases." Geoffrey Block, author of Richard Rodgers, Yale Broadway Masters"

Details ISBN0300102615 Author Vicki Ohl Short Title FINE & DANDY Publisher Yale University Press Language English ISBN-10 0300102615 ISBN-13 9780300102611 Media Book Format Hardcover Year 2004 Imprint Yale University Press Subtitle The Life and Work of Kay Swift Place of Publication New Haven Country of Publication United States Residence US Birth 1950 DOI 10.1604/9780300102611 AU Release Date 2004-06-10 NZ Release Date 2004-06-10 US Release Date 2004-06-10 UK Release Date 2004-06-10 Pages 336 Publication Date 2004-06-10 DEWEY 780.92 Illustrations 15 b-w photographs + 21 musical examples Audience General

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  • Condition: Brand new
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-13: 9780300102611
  • Author: Vicki Ohl
  • Book Title: Fine and Dandy

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