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"Notable" songwriters could go on for ever without some criteria for determining who is notable. [[User:CasparRH|CasparRH]] 19:39, 15 July 2012 (EDT)
"Notable" songwriters could go on for ever without some criteria for determining who is notable. [[User:CasparRH|CasparRH]] 19:39, 15 July 2012 (EDT)
::Sure, but I picked a particular sub-genre. Cole Porter and those I added this morning (Gershwin and below) were (and in Sondheim's case, is) song composers who have written songs that are generally considered to be "standards". Their testament is in their music. Take one of them: perhaps you haven't heard of Harold Arlen, but he wrote "Stormy Weather", "Blues in the Night", "Sing Hallelujah, come on get happy", and many other songs including all the songs in "The Wizard of Oz". He is not a household name now, but he was - and to anyone who loves what is usually called "The Great American Songbook" these chaps are notable and much of their music unforgettable. Even if you don't hear them sung much these days (is Sinatra heard much these days?) many of them have morphed into "jazz classics". I'd bet that somewhere in America this week, some school, college or other amateur group is rehearsing a show containing songs by one of these blokes. Cheers. [[User:AlanE|AlanE]] 20:29, 15 July 2012 (EDT)