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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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"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"

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      Publisher: Yale University Press
      Publication Date: 10/06/2004
      ISBN13: 9780300102611, 978-0300102611
      ISBN10: 0300102615
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      Biography: arts and entertainment Composers and songwriters

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Trade 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"

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