July 15 - Dorothy Fields (The Musical Birthday Series, 3rd Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for July 15th are here: Harrison Birtwistle (2019) and Julian Bream (2020)

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Dorothy Fields (15 July 1904 – 28 March 1974) was an American librettist and lyricist.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dorothy Fields Forever

It’s rare that a lyricist wields

Their rhymes like the great Dorothy Fields.

You could mount a revue,

But you’d never get through

All the corkers her catalog yields.

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The Invisibility Paradox

Miss Fields, whose name was routine 

In the credits on stage and on screen,

Remains, all the same,

A non-household name,

Though her lyrics remain evergreen.

 

 

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