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Title

A fine romance: Jewish songwriters, American songs

Authors

David Lehman

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Description

Excerpt: "The best songwriters combined a genius for melody, ingenuity at fitting the right words to it, and the ability to connect with a wide audience. A remarkably high percentage of them were Jewish by birth and heritage. Some (Jerome Kern, Richard Rodgers) came from relatively prosperous families with the foresight to immigrate in the 1860s or earlier. Others were children of refugees from Eastern Europe, who risked everything to escape pogroms and persecution in the years just before and after the turn of the century."

Publication Date

4-26-2012

Keywords

Arlen, Harold, 1905-1986, Harburg, E. Y. (Edgar Yipsel), 1896-1981, Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945, Fields, Dorothy, 1905-1974, Berlin, Irving, 1888-1989, Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979, Porter, Cole, 1891-1964, Hart, Lorenz, 1895-1943, Jolson, Al, d. 1950, Gershwin, George, 1898-1937, Kahn, Gus, 1886-1941, Hammerstein, Oscar, 1846-1919, Gershwin, Ira, 1896-1983, Robin, Leo, Gensler, Lewis E., 1896-1978, Dietz, Howard, 1896-1983, Schwartz, Arthur, 1900-1984, Mercer, Johnny, 1909-1976, Goodman, Benny, 1909-1986, Koehler, Ted, 1894-1973, Styne, Jule, 1905-1994, Cahn, Sammy

Recommended Citation

Lehman, David, "A fine romance: Jewish songwriters, American songs" (2012). Library Events & Exhibits. Book 1.
http://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/lib-events/1