Composer
Dorothy Fields
American librettist and lyricist (1905-1974)
1905–1974
32 works and musical collections
- Born
- 1905
- Died
- 1974
- Birthplace
- Allenhurst
- Place of death
- New York City
- Citizenship / historical state
- United States
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Modern
Biography
Dorothy Fields (July 15, 1904 – March 28, 1974) was an American librettist and lyricist. She wrote more than 400 songs for Broadway musicals and films. Her best-known pieces include "The Way You Look Tonight" (1936), "A Fine Romance" (1936), "On the Sunny Side of the Street" (1930), "Don't Blame Me" (1948), "Pick Yourself Up" (1936), "I'm in the Mood for Love" (1935), "You Couldn't Be Cuter" (1938) and "Big Spender" (1966). Throughout her career, she collaborated with various influential figures in the American musical theater, including Jerome Kern, Cy Coleman, Irving Berlin, Arthur Schwartz, and Jimmy McHugh. Along with Ann Ronell, Dana Suesse, Bernice Petkere, and Kay Swift, she was one of the first successful Tin Pan Alley and Hollywood female songwriters.
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Life and musical career
- Occupations
- screenwriter; composer; songwriter; librettist; writer; lyricist; poet; musician
- Recorded memberships
- Jerome David Kern and Dorothy Fields
- Genres
- musical play
- Movements
- Harlem Renaissance
- Official website
- http://www.dorothyfields.org
- Languages used
- English
- VIAF ID
- 59268144
- ISNI
- 0000000081386224
- GND ID
- 120891735
- Library of Congress ID
- n81023046
- MusicBrainz ID
- 9a775c6e-9346-4b16-a611-cae1b1c6362f
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Guitar, Piano, Voice, Vocal, Choir
- Genres represented
- Jazz, Musicals, pop, Christmas, Country
- Source entries with composition dates
- 0
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Sheet music catalogue
Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.
| Title | Work details | Listed instruments | Sheet music |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Way You Look Tonight | See work details |
3 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Pick Yourself Up | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| On The Sunny Side Of The Street | See work details |
2 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Don't Blame Me | See work details |
2 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| I Can't Give You Anything But Love | See work details |
4 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| I Won't Dance | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| A Fine Romance | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Exactly Like You | See work details |
1 more instruments
| View sheet music |
| Look Who's In Love | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Big Spender | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Cuban Love Song | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Moody's Mood For Love | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| The Rhythm Of Life | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Sweet Charity | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Close As Pages In A Book | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| 'erbie Fitch's Twitch | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| I Dream Too Much | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| I Must Have That Man | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Dinner At Eight | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Lovely To Look At | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Too Many Tomorrows | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| You Couldn't Be Cuter | See work details |
| View sheet music |
| Let's Make It Christmas All Year 'Round | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Lost In A Fog | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Pick Yourself Upsheet music to download for jazz band | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| On The Sunny Side Of The Streetsheet music to download for jazz band | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| Pick Yourself Up, Full Score | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| The Way You Look Tonight, Full Score | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| The Way You Look Tonightsheet music to download for jazz band | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| The Way You Look Tonightsheet music to download for orchestra | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| I Feel a Song Coming On | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
| I Feel a Song Comin' On | See work details | See edition details | View sheet music |
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 59268144. Portrait: New York World-Telegram and the Sun staff photographer: Albertin, Walter, photographer., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.