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	Yip Harburg
		Harburg moved to Hollywood where he wrote the lyrics for a series of musicals including
		Harburg, who had been a member of several radical organizations, was also
		Harburg was now fllisted in Hollywood and after two years without film work, returned to New York where he wrote Broadway shows.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USAharburg.htm (594 words)

	Broadway: The American Musical . Stars Over Broadway . E. Y. Harburg \| PBS
		Ira Gershwin was Harburg's classmate at Townsend Harris Hall, the prep school for City College.
		Harburg noted that he was influenced by his teachers at City College and by authors George Bernard Shaw, Sir William Schwenk Gilbert, Jonathan Swift, Sean O'Casey, Oscar Wilde, and Mark Twain, all of whom were noted satirists.
		Harburg believed that musicals "have become a lost art for the newer generation that is undisciplined, without roots in poetry or literature." He called "The Wiz," a modern version of THE WIZARD OF OZ, "a theatrical disgrace in keeping with the ugliness of today's culture."
	www.pbs.org /wnet/broadway/stars/harburg_e.html (422 words)

	Harburg - LoveToKnow 1911 (Site not responding. Last check: )
		HARBURG, a seaport town of Germany, in the Prussian province of Hanover, on the left bank of the southern arm of the Elbe, 6 m.
		It possesses a Roman Catholic and two Protestant churches, a palace, which from 1524 to 1642 was the residence of the Harburg line of the house of Brunswick, a high-grade modern school, a commercial school and a theatre.
		In 1376 it was united to the principality of Luneburg, along with which it fell in 1705 to Hanover, and in 1806 to Prussia.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /Harburg (260 words)

	JewishEncyclopedia.com - HARBURG: (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In March, 1622, the mint-farmers, who were in debt, fled from Harburg, whereupon the duke had them arrested at Altona; and before being set at liberty they were required to pay the costs of their confinement, and to swear that they would pay their debts and that they would never return.
		In 1690 the princely government of Celle, with the acquiescence of the Harburg city council, assigned a burial-ground to the Jews of Harburg.
		On Aug. 10, 1776, the Hanoverian government, in response to a petition of Simon Behrens, granted permission for the establishment of a synagogue in a house which was to be bought by the Jews for the purpose.
	www.jewishencyclopedia.com /view.jsp?artid=279&letter=H (468 words)

	"Something Sort of Grandish" - Spotlight on E.Y. "Yip" Harburg
		A quick-witted St. kid, Harburg was dubbed "Yip" (a diminutive of "yipsl" or "squirrel" in Yiddish) for his constant clowning and unbounded energy.
		Harburg and Arlen decided to approach the material as an integrated whole, crafting much of the dialogue as well as the lyrics in a rhythmic patter that forwarded the action and commented on the plot, prefiguring the modern musical.
		Harburg's delicious, daffy lyrics perfectly fit the fantastical setting, allowing the performers ample opportunity to show their talent without slowing down the action.
	www.42ndstmoon.org /History/Harburg.html (2168 words)

	Aisle Say (NY): DEENA ROSENBERG & ERNIE HARBURG PROFILE
		Harburg heard Gilbert and Sullivan for the first time on the Gershwin family Victrola and it changed Harburg's life, leading him first to light verse and eventually, lyrics.
		Harburg and Gershwin co-wrote lyrics during the Golden Age of Broadway revues in the thirties and both went on to phenomenal careers on Broadway and in Hollywood.
		Ernie Harburg, Yip's son, in addition to his work as a social psychologist and epidemiologist at the University of Michigan, is the coauthor of "Who Put the Rainbow in The Wizard of Oz," a biography of his father.
	www.aislesay.com /FTR-HARBURG.html (2847 words)

	Democracy Now! \| A Tribute to Yip Harburg: The Man Who Put the Rainbow in the Wizard of Oz
		ERNIE HARBURG: Yip’s career took a steady kind of detour because when the war, World War I, came and Yip was a Socialist and did not believe in the war, he took a boat down to Uruguay for three years and refused to fight in the thing.
		ERNIE HARBURG: ‘Because he was a full, deep-dyed Socialist who did not uh, believe that Capitalism was the answer to the human community and that indeed it was the destruction of the human spirit and he would not fight its wars.
		ERNIE HARBURG: Well I think they were quite surprised along with the film moguls and the fact that years and years later he and Harold both said that they did not know what depth and strength that that song "Over the Rainbow" had.
	www.democracynow.org /article.pl?sid=05/11/25/1251211 (5831 words)

	Yip Harburg - A potted Biography
		Harburg odd-jobbed to pay for his schooling at Townsend Harris High, where he co-edited a literary column in the school paper with fellow pupil Ira Gershwin, who was to become his friend for life.
		For three years, Harburg knocked about Montevideo, in South America, before returning to New York to set up the Consolidated Electrical Appliance Co. This failed with the crash of 1929, and in desperation he turned to writing verse and articles.
		On the strength of this startling debut, Harburg was contracted to write the lion's share of the lyrics in several other shows.
	www.nodanw.com /biographies/harburg.htm (459 words)

	Freethought Today, January/February 2006
		Harburg, whose lyrics include "Over the Rainbow," "Paper Moon," "April in Paris," and "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?", was an avid agnostic who devoted much of his light verse to iconoclasm about religion and other taboos.
		Ernie Harburg, Yip's son and a member of the Freedom From Religion Foundation, notes that his father is widely known as a great lyricist of classics: "But far fewer know Yip as a light verse poet.
		The Foundation is grateful to Ernie Harburg, his sister Margie Harburg, and the Yip Harburg Foundation for their cooperation, collaboration and friendship.
	www.ffrf.org /fttoday/2006/janfeb/harburg.php (637 words)

	Harburg (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Harburg was born into a very poor family and attended a free city college while writing and selling poems to magazines to support himself.
		After college "Yip" (Harburg's well-known nick-name - note for etymologists; derived from Yiddish word for "squirrel" ("yipsel"), referring to how lively Harburg was when he was little) went into the electronic-supply business with a college classmate.
		After that Harburg was "in," and continued to write lyrics - he wrote "It's Only a Paper Moon" and "April in Paris" among dozens of others.
	www.toughtraveler.com /NAT/harburg.htm (353 words)

	'Over the Rainbow' Songwriter Yip Harburg on U. S. Postage Stamp
		Harburg subsequently teamed with Arlen for the first all-fl Hollywood musical, "Cabin in the Sky" (1943), and for "Bloomer Girl," a 1944 stage musical set during the Civil War era, in which themes of feminism and anti- racism reflected Harburg's views.
		Other Harburg projects, such as a projected musical about journalist Nellie Bly, were scrapped as a result of the fllist.
		Partly as a result of his direct influence, the musical play evolved from a revue or star vehicle into a story in which music and dance were smoothly integrated, furthering the plot rather than bringing it to a halt.
	www.prnewswire.com /cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/04-05-2005/0003331755&EDATE= (1457 words)

	Jazz Standards History: Biography (Yip Harburg)
		Yip Harburg, the son of poor Russian immigrants remembered his happy childhood of baseball and theater.
		But in 1947 Harburg’s outspoken interest in social justice got him fllisted in Hollywood, so he returned to Broadway.
		Harburg is responsible for instituting the popular “Lyrics and Lyricists” series in 1970 at YMHA in New York City.
	www.jazzstandards.com /biographies/yip_harburg.htm (324 words)

	ASCAP SONGWRITING GREAT YIP HARBURG TO BE HONORED WITH U.S. POSTAGE STAMP
		ASCAP member and legendary songwriter E.Y. “Yip” Harburg (1896-1981) will be honored by the United States Postal Service with a new 37-cent commemorative postage stamp on April 28.
		Harburg’s most notable Broadway show was the classic Finian’s Rainbow -- written in 1947 with composer Burton Lane, it featured such songs as “Look to the Rainbow,” “Old Devil Moon” and “How Are Things in Glocca Morra?” and was the first Broadway show in which fl and white performers danced together.
		The famed "LYRICS and LYRICISTS" series at the 92nd Street Y was launched with Yip Harburg as its first guest in 1970.
	www.ascap.com /press/2005/harburg_041905.html (424 words)

	Harburg Things To Do - Travel Guides - VirtualTourist.com
		Harburg castle is a well maintained castle with a nice courtyard.
		And it's name "harburg" indicates at least 11th century for the castles from 12th and 13th cent.
		This castle is on the Romantic Road and with 220m long and 120m wide it isone of the castles with largest area from Hohenstaufen period.
	www.virtualtourist.com /travel/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Harburg-56209/Things_To_Do-Harburg-R-1.html (521 words)

	Freethought Today, October 2005
		Irreverent Rhymes by Yip Harburg to be Republished by FFRF
		Ernie Harburg, son of songwriter Yip Harburg, and Dan Barker, Foundation co-president, met recently in the New York offices of the Yip Harburg Foundation.
		Ernie, a retired research scientist who shares his father's freethought views, is the president of the Yip Harburg Foundation and a new member of the Freedom From Religion Foundation.
	www.ffrf.org /fttoday/2005/oct/harburg.php (235 words)

	"OVER THE RAINBOW" SONGWRITER YIP HARBURG ON U.S. POSTAGE STAMP
		Harburg is best known for writing the song "Over the Rainbow" from the motion picture "The Wizard of Oz," for which he received an Academy Award in 1940.
		The 92nd Street Y enriches the lives of the over 300,000 people who visit each year, offering comprehensive performing arts, film, concerts and spoken word events; courses in the humanities, arts and Jewish education; activities and workshops for children, teenagers and parents; and health and fitness programs for people of every age.
		Harburg wrote the lyrics for more than 600 songs for theater and film, all distinguished by their intelligence, humanity and inventiveness.
	www.usps.com /communications/news/stamps/2005/sr05_023.htm (704 words)

	E.Y. Harburg - Biography (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Harburg determined to make a living at lyric writing; Gershwin provided a $500 lo an and an introduction to the composer Jay Gorney.
		His liberalism led to Harburg's fllisting by Hollywood in the 1950s, helping to ensure that "Finian" would not be filmed for decades.
		Harburg continued to write, with Jule Styne, Earl Robinson and others, into his eighties.
	www.imdb.com /name/nm0361971/bio (468 words)

	Harburg — Infoplease.com
		Harburg, E. Yip - Harburg, E. “Yip” songwriter Birthplace: New York City Born: 1896 Died: 1981...
		Harburg change went smoothly.(L. Possehl und Company mbH acquires ThyssenKrupp ElastomerTechnik and name changed to Harburg Freudenberger)...
		On the waterfront: a new headquarters for the water police in Hamburg reflects both the changing nature of the city's docklands and......
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0822685.html (247 words)

	Landkreis-Harburg.de
		+ + + Von Brahms bis Bohlen — Musikland Kreis Harburg + + + Lüneburger Heide bündelt Kräfte + + + Online-Genehmigungs-Verfahren von Bauanträgen im Landkreis Harburg eingeführt + + + Zusätzlicher Schulbus für Salzhausen + + + Von Faustkeilen, heidnischen Hügeln und alten Sachsen + + + Verteilung der neuen Abfallbehälter hat am 24.
		Von Brahms bis Bohlen — Musikland Kreis Harburg
		Informationen rund ums Thema Abfall vom Landkreis Harburg
	www.landkreis-harburg.de (89 words)

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		Inside it, you will believe to be in the the middle ages.
		Harburg Castle is one of the oldest and largest castle complexes in
		Since 1731 Harburg Castle is in the possession of the Oettingen-Wallerstein family.
	www.castles.org /castles/Europe/Central_Europe/Germany/Harburg.htm (117 words)

	AllRefer.com - Harburg, Germany (German Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		AllRefer.com - Harburg, Germany (German Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		Refined petroleum and rubber goods are produced in the district.
		Formerly an independent town, Harburg was incorporated into Hamburg in 1937.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/H/Harburg.html (146 words)

	Yip Harburg archive
		FILM and TV In a CBS-TV special aired on June 22, 2004, “Over the Rainbow” (lyrics by Yip Harburg, music by Harold Arlen, from the 1939 film classic The Wizard of Oz) was announced as the best song in US film history by the American Film Institute.
		The Yip Harburg Foundation, with Marie Nesthus, Director of the Donnell Media Center of the NY Public Library, has compiled a Yip Harburg Political Documentary Collection housed at the Center where periodic screenings of selected films with appearances by the filmmakers will be held.
		On June 14, 2003 at the Aronow Theatre at the City College of New York (Yip's alma mater) a tribute concert to Yip and fellow alumnus and friend Ira Gershwin was presented on the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the school's first graduating class.
	www.yipharburg.com /archive.html (1732 words)

	"OVER THE RAINBOW" SONGWRITER YIP HARBURG ON U.S. POSTAGE STAMP
		“Yip Harburg was a witty and brilliant lyricist who allowed us to sing along,” said John F. Walsh, of the U.S. Postal Service’s Board of Governors, who will dedicate the stamp.
		Harburg subsequently teamed with Arlen for the first all-fl Hollywood musical, "Cabin in the Sky" (1943), and for "Bloomer Girl," a 1944 stage musical set during the Civil War era, in which themes of feminism and anti-racism reflected Harburg's views.
		The first fully racially integrated Broadway musical was "Finian's Rainbow," Harburg's 1947 masterpiece with music by composer Burton Lane.
	www.usps.com /communications/news/stamps/2005/sr05_021.htm (1148 words)

	Free Concert Celebrates Yip Harburg at Donnell
		The event, held on the anniversary of Yip's birth, celebrates the Yip Harburg Political Documentary Film Collection, which was established at the Donnell Media Center by the Yip Harburg Foundation in 2004.
		The theatrical concert, based on an idea by Ernie Harburg, Yip's son, is co-conceived and narrated by Deena Rosenberg (Harburg) with veteran director Michael Montel.
		Ben Harburg, Yip Harburg's grandson, is a junior at East Side Community High School in the East Village near where his grandfather grew up.
	www.nypl.org /press/2005/yipharburg.cfm (645 words)

	Ehrenburg Homes - Harburg (Site not responding. Last check: )
		All of our "Family of Castles" can be customized to your specifications.
		Harburg Castle between Nördlingen and Donauwörth, is high above the river Wörnitz, and is one of the few undestroyed German castles.
		Situated along the Romantic Road, it formed a very important military stronghold already during the reign of the Staufer-Kings (1079-1272).
	www.ehrenburg.com /modelhomes/harburg.htm (223 words)

	Songwriters Hall of Fame (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Harburg and Gorney were offered contracts with Paramount Pictures, and during the following decades, Harburg wrote lyrics for the music of many composers, including Harold Arlen, Vernon Duke, Jerome Kern, Jule Styne, and Burton Lane. Harburg collaborated with Duke on several shows, including Walk a Little Faster in 1932, which introduced "April in Paris."
		In spite of the fllist, Harburg continued to write poetry and musicals, including 1957's Jamaica, with music by Arlen and Lena Horne as the leading lady, and 1961's The Happiest Girl in the World (set to music by Offenbach).
		Harburg once said, "I am one of the last of a small tribe of troubadours who still believe that life is a beautiful and exciting journey with a purpose and grace which are well worth singing about." Harburg died in a car accident in Los Angeles, California on March 5, 1981.
	www.songwritershalloffame.org /exhibit_home_page.asp?exhibitId=14 (434 words)

	Harold Meyerson and Ernie Harburg: Who Put the Rainbow in The Wizard of Oz?, University of Michigan Press
		"[Yip Harburg was] one of the songsmiths who changed the American musical from the revue format into a so-called book show in which song and dance became media for telling a dramatic story.
		And they attend to Harburg's psyche as well, taking time to consider what his words reveal about his inner life.
		Their love for Harburg's work, for Harburg himself, and for the possibilities of a serious musical theatre which does not forsake its entertainment imperative, suffuses this study.
	www.press.umich.edu /titleDetailPraise.do?id=23331 (663 words)

	Playbill News: Brother, Can You Spare a Song? Concert of Yip Harburg Songs and Poems Kicks Off NYPL's Film Series April ...
		The left-leaning Yip Harburg is known for his playful, saucy — and often socially aware — lyrics in the musicals "The Wizard of Oz," Finian's Rainbow, Jamaica, Flahooley, The Happiest Girl in the World, Bloomer Girl and more.
		The performance is held on the 109th anniversary of Harburg's birth.
		The Yip Harburg Political Documentary Film Collection was established at the Donnell Media Center (within the Donnell Library Center) by the Yip Harburg Foundation in 2004.
	www.playbill.com /news/article/91929.html (642 words)

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