Arlen and Harburg's Over the Rainbow
Author
Walter Frisch (H. Harold Gumm/Harry And Albert Von Tilzer Professor Of Music, H. Harold Gumm/Harry And
In this history of the ballad "Over the Rainbow", author Walter Frisch traces the song's journey from the imagination of composer Harold Arlen and lyricist "Yip" Harburg and its debut performance by Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz (1939) through its numerous, widely varying interpretations throughout the twentieth century.