Read the excerpt from the interview with e. y. (yip) harburg. i was relieved when the crash came. i was released. being in business was something i detested. when i found that i could sell a song or a poem, i became me, i became alive. other people didn't see it that way. they were throwing themselves out of windows. harburg was relieved when the crash occurred because it allowed him to become a man of leisure who did not have to work anymore. it forced him out of his comfort zone and into a brand new environment. it was easier to write songs about the depression than about prosperity. it gave him the opportunity to develop and profit from his creativity.

Harburg was relieved when the crash occurred because it gave him the opportunity to develop and profit from his creativity. Before the Crash, Harburg was co-owner of Consolidated Electrical Appliance Company, but the company went bankrupt with the Crash, leaving him with a huge debt. It was then he decided to start writting song lyrics.

The answer is that it allowed him to develop and profit from his creativity. Harburg was relieved when the crash occurred.

EXPLANATION

Yip Harburg was the co-owner of Consolidated Electrical Appliance Company. After the crash, his company went bankrupt and he was left with a huge debt. He started to made poem and song, then sold them.

Yip Harburg's long name is Edgar Yipsel Harburg. He was born in Isidore Hochberg on April 8. 1896. He was an American infamous song lyricist who worked with a lot of famous composers. He created many famous songs’ lyrics, such as "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime?", "It's Only a Paper Moon", and "April in Paris". He also wrote the songs from the famous movie, "The Wizard of Oz, including the song 'Over the Rainbow".

Yip Harburg is also known for the social critics in his lyrics. He included his beliefs in the writing of his lyrics. He put his liberal sensibilities inside some of his lyrics. He also supported gender and racial equality and union politics. He was also a bold critic of religion.

Harburg was the youngest out of all his other ten siblings. Harburg parents were Orthodox Jews who speak Yiddish and had immigrated from Russia. Harburg then attended Townsend Harris High School, where Harburg met Ira Gershwin and became a lifelong friend.

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KEYWORD: Harburg, poems, profit

Subject: English

Class: 10-12

Subchapter: Harburg

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