Art Deco in American Song: Holland Robinsonʼs Loose Lyrics of Lovely Ladies and Mac Harshbergerʼs Drawings

If there is an art deco period in American music, its height probably would have been the 1920s. Art deco received much impetus from the French, as did a significant quantity of American music during the period. Into this scene stepped composer Holland Robinson (ca. 1897-1945); this is primarily about one set of Holland Robinsonʼs songs, Loose Lyrics of Lovely Ladies (1928). Robinson also wrote other sets of songs and individual songs, some with his own lyrics and some with texts by others; Appendix 1 provides a complete list of songs by Holland Robinson. Robinson was part of a collaborative a... Mehr ...