The Great American Songbook - The Composers

The Great American Songbook: The Composers (Music and Lyrics for Over 100 Standards from the Golden Age of American Song).  By Various. For Piano/Vocal/Guitar. P/V/C. A comprehensive collection of standards from the greatest American composers. Songbook. Vocal melody, lyrics, piano accompaniment, chord names, guitar chord diagrams, photos and composer biographies. 320 pages. Published by Hal Leonard.

From Berlin to Gershwin to Carmichael to Cahn, this folio features a comprehensive collection of standards from the greatest American composers, along with photos and bios of these masters of song. Romance, heartbreak, optimism, melancholy, or just a lovely autumn day - it's all been captured by American songwriters. A generation of the country's finest songwriters captured universal feelings and experiences in such an infectious combination of words and music that their songs have never disappeared. Show tunes, pop hits and songs written for films, these treasured classics speak to Americans of every generation.

Contents: Easy Living * Ac-cent-tchu-ate the Positive * Ain't Misbehavin' * Blue Skies * Cheek to Cheek * Time After Time * All The Things You Are * All The Way * Somebody Loves Me * April in Paris * Autumn in New York * The Best Is Yet To Come * The Best Things In Life Are Free * Everything's Coming Up Roses * and more.