Rida Johnson Young (28 Februari 1875 – 8 Mei 1926)[1] adalah seorang pengarang sandiwara, penulis lagu dan librettist Amerika Serikat.[2] Selama berkarier, Young menulis lebih dari tiga puluh sandiwara dan musikal, dan lebih dari 500 lagu.[3] Ia dimasukkan dalam Songwriters Hall of Fame pada 1970.
Referensi
- ↑ The year of birth is given incorrectly as 1869 by IMDb and IBDB. Pfeffer's index of composers and lyricists explicitly says "1875 (Not 1869)", but contains an attribution error for "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling", since the lyrics were actually written by Chauncey Olcott.
- ↑ IBDB: Rida Johnson Young. Retrieved November 21, 2007
- ↑ Engle, Sherry. New Women Dramatists in America, 1890–1920 (NY: Palgrave Macmillan, 2007); Serafin, Steven and Alfred Bendixen. The Continuum Encyclopedia of American Literature (2003) Continuum International Publishing Group, p. 296 ISBN0-8264-1777-9
Pranala luar
- Rida Johnson Young di IMDb (dalam bahasa Inggris)
- Rida Johnson Young di Internet Broadway Database
- Interview of Young with photograph, The Sun, May 6, 1917
- Rida Johnson Young recordings at the Discography of American Historical Recordings.
