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-"'''Speak Low'''" ([[1943 in music|1943]]) is a [[popular music|popular]] [[song]] composed by [[Kurt Weill]], with lyrics by [[Ogden Nash]]. It was introduced by [[Mary Martin]] and [[Kenny Baker (American singer and actor)|Kenny Baker]] in the [[Broadway theatre|Broadway]] [[musical theatre|musical]] ''[[One Touch of Venus]]'' (1943). The 1944 hit single was by [[Guy Lombardo]] and his orchestra, with vocal by Billy Leach. [[Barbra Streisand]] recorded a David Foster arrangement of "Speak Low" for her 1993 album, [[Back to Broadway]] The tune is a [[jazz standard]] that has been widely recorded, both by vocal artists from [[Billie Holiday]] to [[The Miracles]] to [[Dee Dee Bridgewater]], and such instrumentalists as [[Bill Evans]], [[Roy Hargrove]], [[Woody Shaw]] and [[Brian Bromberg]]. [[Ella Fitzgerald]] and [[Joe Pass]] recorded this in 1983 (on CD ''Speak Love''). Al Caiola's 1961 version reached #105 on Cashbox magazine's "Looking Ahead" survey.+'''Frederic Ogden Nash''' (August 19, 1902 – May 19, 1971) was an [[American poet]] well known for his [[Light poetry|light verse]]. At the time of his death in 1971, ''[[The New York Times]]'' said his "droll verse with its unconventional [[rhyme]]s made him the country's best-known producer of humorous poetry".
 + 
 +==Bibliography==
 +* ''Candy is Dandy'' by Ogden Nash, Anthony Burgess, Linell Smith, and Isabel Eberstadt. Carlton Books Ltd, 1994. ISBN 0-233-98892-0
 +* ''Custard the Dragon and the Wicked Knight'' by Ogden Nash and Lynn Munsinger. Little, Brown Young Readers, 1999. ISBN 0-316-59905-0
 +* ''I'm a Stranger Here Myself'' by Ogden Nash. Buccaneer Books, 1994. ISBN 1-56849-468-8
 +* ''The Old Dog Barks Backwards'' by Ogden Nash. Little Brown & Co, 1972. ISBN 0-316-59804-6
 +* ''Ogden Nash's Zoo'' by Ogden Nash and Etienne Delessert. Stewart, Tabori, and Chang, 1986. ISBN 0-941434-95-8
 +* ''Pocket Book of Ogden Nash'' by Ogden Nash. Pocket, 1990. ISBN 0-671-72789-3
 +* ''Selected Poetry of Ogden Nash'' by Ogden Nash. Black Dog & Levanthal Publishing, 1995. ISBN 1-884822-30-8 {{Please check ISBN|reason=Check digit (8) does not correspond to calculated figure.}}
 +* ''The Tale of Custard the Dragon'' by Ogden Nash and Lynn Munsinger. Little, Brown Young Readers, 1998. ISBN 0-316-59031-2
 +* ''Bed Riddance'' by Ogden Nash. Little Brown & Co, 1969. ASIN B000EGGXD8
 +* "Versus" by Ogden Nash. Little, Brown, & Co, 1949.
 +* ''Good Intentions'' by Ogden Nash. Little Brown & Co, 1942. ISBN 978-1-125-65764-5
 +* "The Face is Familiar: The Selected Verse of Ogden Nash" by Ogden Nash. Garden City Publishing Company, Inc., 1941.
 +* ''There's Always Another Windmill'' by Ogden Nash. Little Brown & Co, 1968. ISBN 0-316-59839-9
 +* ''Private Dining Room'' by Ogden Nash. Little Brown & Co, 1952. ASIN B000H1Z8U4
 +* ''Many Long Years Ago'' by Ogden Nash. Little Brown & Co, 1945. ISBN B000OELG1O
 +* ''You Can't Get There From Here'' by Ogden Nash. Little Brown & Co, 1953.
 +* ''I'm a Stranger Here Myself'' by Ogden Nash. Little Brown & Co, 1938
 +* ''Everyone But Thee and Me'' by Ogden Nash. Boston : Little, Brown, 1962.
 +* "Collected Verse from 1929 On" by Ogden Nash. Lowe & Brydone (Printers) Ltd., London, for J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1972
 + 
 +===Individual poems===
 +* "What I Know About Life" ''[[The New Yorker]]'' 24/47 (15 January 1949) : 35
 +* "Carnival of Animals" ''[[The New Yorker]]'' 25/48 (7 January 1950) : 26
-The opening line is a (slight mis)quotation from [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Much Ado About Nothing]]'' (1600), where it is spoken by Don Pedro. 
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Frederic Ogden Nash (August 19, 1902 – May 19, 1971) was an American poet well known for his light verse. At the time of his death in 1971, The New York Times said his "droll verse with its unconventional rhymes made him the country's best-known producer of humorous poetry".

Bibliography

  • Candy is Dandy by Ogden Nash, Anthony Burgess, Linell Smith, and Isabel Eberstadt. Carlton Books Ltd, 1994. ISBN 0-233-98892-0
  • Custard the Dragon and the Wicked Knight by Ogden Nash and Lynn Munsinger. Little, Brown Young Readers, 1999. ISBN 0-316-59905-0
  • I'm a Stranger Here Myself by Ogden Nash. Buccaneer Books, 1994. ISBN 1-56849-468-8
  • The Old Dog Barks Backwards by Ogden Nash. Little Brown & Co, 1972. ISBN 0-316-59804-6
  • Ogden Nash's Zoo by Ogden Nash and Etienne Delessert. Stewart, Tabori, and Chang, 1986. ISBN 0-941434-95-8
  • Pocket Book of Ogden Nash by Ogden Nash. Pocket, 1990. ISBN 0-671-72789-3
  • Selected Poetry of Ogden Nash by Ogden Nash. Black Dog & Levanthal Publishing, 1995. ISBN 1-884822-30-8 Template:Please check ISBN
  • The Tale of Custard the Dragon by Ogden Nash and Lynn Munsinger. Little, Brown Young Readers, 1998. ISBN 0-316-59031-2
  • Bed Riddance by Ogden Nash. Little Brown & Co, 1969. ASIN B000EGGXD8
  • "Versus" by Ogden Nash. Little, Brown, & Co, 1949.
  • Good Intentions by Ogden Nash. Little Brown & Co, 1942. ISBN 978-1-125-65764-5
  • "The Face is Familiar: The Selected Verse of Ogden Nash" by Ogden Nash. Garden City Publishing Company, Inc., 1941.
  • There's Always Another Windmill by Ogden Nash. Little Brown & Co, 1968. ISBN 0-316-59839-9
  • Private Dining Room by Ogden Nash. Little Brown & Co, 1952. ASIN B000H1Z8U4
  • Many Long Years Ago by Ogden Nash. Little Brown & Co, 1945. ISBN B000OELG1O
  • You Can't Get There From Here by Ogden Nash. Little Brown & Co, 1953.
  • I'm a Stranger Here Myself by Ogden Nash. Little Brown & Co, 1938
  • Everyone But Thee and Me by Ogden Nash. Boston : Little, Brown, 1962.
  • "Collected Verse from 1929 On" by Ogden Nash. Lowe & Brydone (Printers) Ltd., London, for J.M. Dent & Sons Ltd. 1972

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