Exhibition Curator
David Lehman
Exhibition Design
Chester Design Associates, Chicago
Location
Zach S. Henderson Library, 1st floor exhibit area, and 2nd floor browsing area
Start Date
3-8-2012 12:00 AM
End Date
4-20-2012 12:00 AM
Description
On display from March 8 through April 20, 2012
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."
Keywords
Henderson Library, Library events and exhibits, A Fine Romance, 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, Jules, 1905-1994, Cahn, Sammy
Recommended Citation
"A Fine Romance: Jewish Songwriters, American Songs, 1910-1965" (2012). Library Events and Exhibits. 1.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/lib_events/songwriters/songwriters/1
Included in
A Fine Romance: Jewish Songwriters, American Songs, 1910-1965
Zach S. Henderson Library, 1st floor exhibit area, and 2nd floor browsing area
On display from March 8 through April 20, 2012
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."
