Walter Frisch is H. Harold Gumm/Harry and Albert von Tilzer Professor of Music at Columbia University. He has written widely about music from the Austro-German sphere in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Frisch served as general editor of the series Western Music in Context from W. W. Norton, and as author of the series volume Music in the Nineteenth Century. His current research involves the music and career of American songwriter Harold Arlen.

In this remarkably brief yet fact-packed text, Frisch elegantly conjoins the many "palimpsest" identities of "Over the Rainbow," all while summarizing nearly a century of history for readers. Though primarily intended for undergraduate students, performers, and inquisitive listeners, Frisch's insightful and accessible contribution may also interest academics in the fields of musicology, film, and theatre.

• Acknowledgments A Note on Recordings and Primary Sources About the Companion Website Introduction 1. Creating the Rainbow 2. Bringing the Rainbow to Life 3. Hearing the Rainbow 4. A Garland of Rainbows 5. Ivory Rainbows 6. The Island Rainbow Epilogue For Further Reading and Listening

Walter Frisch is H. Harold Gumm/Harry and Albert von Tilzer Professor of Music at Columbia University. He has written widely about music from the Austro-German sphere in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Frisch served as general editor of the series Western Music in Context from W. W. Norton, and as author of the series volume Music in the Nineteenth Century. His current research involves the music and career of American songwriter Harold Arlen.

In this remarkably brief yet fact-packed text, Frisch elegantly conjoins the many "palimpsest" identities of "Over the Rainbow," all while summarizing nearly a century of history for readers. Though primarily intended for undergraduate students, performers, and inquisitive listeners, Frisch's insightful and accessible contribution may also interest academics in the fields of musicology, film, and theatre.

• Acknowledgments A Note on Recordings and Primary Sources About the Companion Website Introduction 1. Creating the Rainbow 2. Bringing the Rainbow to Life 3. Hearing the Rainbow 4. A Garland of Rainbows 5. Ivory Rainbows 6. The Island Rainbow Epilogue For Further Reading and Listening

Walter Frisch is H. Harold Gumm/Harry and Albert von Tilzer Professor of Music at Columbia University. He has written widely about music from the Austro-German sphere in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Frisch served as general editor of the series Western Music in Context from W. W. Norton, and as author of the series volume Music in the Nineteenth Century. His current research involves the music and career of American songwriter Harold Arlen.

In this remarkably brief yet fact-packed text, Frisch elegantly conjoins the many "palimpsest" identities of "Over the Rainbow," all while summarizing nearly a century of history for readers. Though primarily intended for undergraduate students, performers, and inquisitive listeners, Frisch's insightful and accessible contribution may also interest academics in the fields of musicology, film, and theatre.

• Acknowledgments A Note on Recordings and Primary Sources About the Companion Website Introduction 1. Creating the Rainbow 2. Bringing the Rainbow to Life 3. Hearing the Rainbow 4. A Garland of Rainbows 5. Ivory Rainbows 6. The Island Rainbow Epilogue For Further Reading and Listening