Yip Harburg
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Yip Harburg (born Isidore Hochberg) was an American popular song lyricist and librettist from New York City, born on April 8, 1896. Harburg attended Townsend Harris High School, where he met lifelong collaborator Ira Gershwin. In 1932, Harburg wrote the lyrics for âBrother, Can You Spare a Dime?â, which became a defining anthem of the Great Depression. In Hollywood, Harburg collaborated with composers including Harold Arlen and Jerome Kern. He wrote the lyrics for the film The Wizard of Oz (1939), including âOver the Rainbowâ, for which he won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 1940. Harburg also created the Broadway musical Finian's Rainbow (1947). Between 1950 and 1962, Harburg was blacklisted from Hollywood due to his political leanings. He continued working on Broadway, producing the musical Jamaica in 1957. Harburg died on March 5, 1981, in Los Angeles.
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