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Jewish Songwriters, American Songs
Poet David Lehman talks about the brilliant Jewish composers and lyricists whose work largely comprises the great American songbook
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Composer Irving Berlin wrote scores of hits on his custom-built instrument
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Composer Nico Muhly wowed them at Carnegie Hall and the New York Public Library
…Of a lost father, an abandoned airplane and a composer’s dilemma
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Lorenzo Da Ponte was a hit in Europe: a courtier, a cad, the librettist for Mozart’s finest operas. But the New World truly tested his creative powers
Mozart: In Search of the Roots of Genius
On the 250th anniversary of the composer’s birth, the author scours Salzburg and Vienna for traces of the master’s mischievous spirit
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Francis Scott Key, the Reluctant Patriot
The Washington lawyer was an unlikely candidate to write the national anthem; he was against America’s entry into the War of 1812 from the outset
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What is This Thing Called Love?
A new movie explores composer Cole Porter’s consummate musical gifts and his remarkable, unorthodox marriage
A summer festival showcases the wit and artistry of the musical-theater master, drawing “nuts” from all over
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