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SUMMARY:The Ragtime Craze!
DESCRIPTION:Although ragtime music was first heard at the Chicago World’s Fair in 1893\, it took another seven years for the syncopated music to become the rage of the new century. Scott Joplin wrote the bulk of the most-remembered classical piano rags\, but dozens of other composers vied for his recognition. From Kansas City came James Scott and Joseph Lamb who arrived in New York City from across the river in New Jersey. But then the barons of the music publishing industry on Tin Pan Alley flooded the market with cheap imitations which soured the buyers of sheet music. Ragtime music was finished by 1917\, the year that Joplin died. This program includes scores of archival recordings and clips\, as well as live performance by Robert Wyatt.
URL:https://www.robert-wyatt.com/event/the-ragtime-craze/
LOCATION:Florida Atlantic University\, Barry and Florence Friedberg Auditorium\, Boca Raton Campus\, Boca Raton\, FL\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170803T190000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170803T210000
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SUMMARY:Bluegrass Music
DESCRIPTION:If you have an urge to stomp your feet while enjoying some of the finest music you’ve ever heard\, allow Robert Wyatt to present a lecture on Bluegrass music. A historical narrative of the musical style will be included\, beginning with the immigrants from the United Kingdom who brought their tunes\, words and instruments to Appalachia\, and moving through the decades to the thrilling musicians of the present day. But best of all\, you will listen to recordings and see clips of dozens of artists who have made Bluegrass music a national treasure.
URL:https://www.robert-wyatt.com/event/bluegrass-music/
LOCATION:Historic Highfield Hall\, 56 Highfield Drive\, Falmouth\, MA\, 02540
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170519T160000
DTSTAMP:20260514T205239
CREATED:20170117T022909Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170424T151858Z
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SUMMARY:Andrew Lloyd Webber: A Master of Marvel
DESCRIPTION:British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has created a global empire unrivaled in the history of musical theatre. In 1983\, he was the first composer to have three musicals simultaneously on Broadway and in London’s West End\, a feat he duplicated five years later. The New York production of The Phantom of the Opera\, which opened in 1988\, is now nearing 12\,000 performances and was joined this season by a Broadway revival of another of the composer’s megahits\, Cats. \nLloyd Webber’s phenomenal successes can be attributed to a particular blend of showmanship and superb craft—the genesis of which began in childhood. The son of professional musicians\, he also possessed passions for architecture\, history\, mechanics\, and staging\, which fostered in him an ability to envision productions of astonishing complexity and grandeur. \nHis early collaborations with lyricist Tim Rice—Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat\, Jesus Christ Superstar\, and Evita—launched his career as an innovative musical force\, and long-running shows like Cats and Phantom turned him into an international phenomenon. Glenn Close stars in a revival of another of his biggest hits\, Sunset Boulevard\, on Broadway next season. \nThere have also been some disappointments and failures along the way—among them Starlight Express\, By Jeeves\, and the recent Stephen Ward—and the long-awaited sequel to Phantom\, Love Never Dies received mixed reviews and a West End run of just a year and a half. Nonetheless\, tours and revivals of Lloyd Webber’s shows continue to fill theaters around the world\, and compositions such as “Memory\,” “I Don’t Know How to Love Him\,” “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina\,” and “The Music of the Night” are among of the best-known and loved musical theatre songs. \nJoin music specialist Robert Wyatt as he raises the curtain on a lively evening that examines and celebrates Andrew Lloyd Webber’s theatrical artistry\, filled with clips and recordings that cover the full range of his career from his earliest to most recent works. \n  \n 
URL:https://www.robert-wyatt.com/event/the-music-of-jerome-kern-3/
LOCATION:Goodwin House\, 4800 Fillmore Street\, Alexandria\, VA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170518T184500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170518T210000
DTSTAMP:20260514T205239
CREATED:20170117T023543Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170121T021819Z
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SUMMARY:The Music of Jerome Kern
DESCRIPTION:Jerome Kern might be best remembered for Showboat\, his epoch-launching 1927 musical\, or for “almost” writing the music for Porgy and Bess and Annie Get Your Gun. The irascible Dorothy Parker (“And\, oh how I do like Jerome Kern’s music!”) knew him as an enlightened Jazz Age tunesmith and fourteen-year-old Richard Rodgers queued at the Standard Theatre on upper Broadway over a dozen times to be enchanted by Kern’s Very Good Eddie. \nYou will be guided through Kern’s life in New York and California\, sixty years that produced over 700 songs in more than 100 works for stage and film. Delight in some of his immortal tunes—”A Fine Romance\,” “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes\,” “All the Things You Are\,” “The Way You Look Tonight”—and enjoy samplings of live piano performance\, personal correspondence\, film clips and recordings of the masterworks which established Jerome Kern as the musical giant who laid the cornerstone for American musical theatre.
URL:https://www.robert-wyatt.com/event/the-music-of-jerome-kern-4/
LOCATION:Smithsonian Hirshhorn Museum\, Independence Ave and 7th St SW\, Washington\, DC\, 20560
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170513T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170513T220000
DTSTAMP:20260514T205239
CREATED:20170117T020842Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170118T032129Z
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SUMMARY:The Music of Jerome Kern
DESCRIPTION:Jerome Kern might be best remembered for Showboat\, his epoch-launching 1927 musical\, or for “almost” writing the music for Porgy and Bess and Annie Get Your Gun. The irascible Dorothy Parker (“And\, oh how I do like Jerome Kern’s music!”) knew him as an enlightened Jazz Age tunesmith and fourteen-year-old Richard Rodgers queued at the Standard Theatre on upper Broadway over a dozen times to be enchanted by Kern’s Very Good Eddie. \nYou will be guided through Kern’s life in New York and California\, sixty years that produced over 700 songs in more than 100 works for stage and film. Delight in some of his immortal tunes—”A Fine Romance\,” “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes\,” “All the Things You Are\,” “The Way You Look Tonight”—and enjoy samplings of live piano performance\, personal correspondence\, film clips and recordings of the masterworks which established Jerome Kern as the musical giant who laid the cornerstone for American musical theatre.
URL:https://www.robert-wyatt.com/event/the-music-of-jerome-kern-2/
LOCATION:Historic Highfield Hall\, 56 Highfield Drive\, Falmouth\, MA\, 02540
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170511T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170511T220000
DTSTAMP:20260514T205239
CREATED:20170114T012214Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210126T194503Z
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SUMMARY:The Music of Jerome Kern
DESCRIPTION:Jerome Kern might be best remembered for Showboat\, his epoch-launching 1927 musical\, or for “almost” writing the music for Porgy and Bess and Annie Get Your Gun. The irascible Dorothy Parker (“And\, oh how I do like Jerome Kern’s music!”) knew him as an enlightened Jazz Age tunesmith and fourteen-year-old Richard Rodgers queued at the Standard Theatre on upper Broadway over a dozen times to be enchanted by Kern’s Very Good Eddie. \nYou will be guided through Kern’s life in New York and California\, sixty years that produced over 700 songs in more than 100 works for stage and film. Delight in some of his immortal tunes—”A Fine Romance\,” “Smoke Gets in Your Eyes\,” “All the Things You Are\,” “The Way You Look Tonight”—and enjoy samplings of live piano performance\, personal correspondence\, film clips and recordings of the masterworks which established Jerome Kern as the musical giant who laid the cornerstone for American musical theatre.
URL:https://www.robert-wyatt.com/event/the-music-of-jerome-kern/
LOCATION:Historic Highfield Hall\, 56 Highfield Drive\, Falmouth\, MA\, 02540
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20170421T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20170421T170000
DTSTAMP:20260514T205239
CREATED:20170209T190804Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170215T194951Z
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SUMMARY:Cole Porter: Sophisticate of American Song
DESCRIPTION:His energy was unparalleled\, his charisma addictive and the monikers inevitably attached to his name — dilettante\, hedonist\, snob — were simply tossed off with an impish smile and a shrug while the tunes continued to spin magically from his fingertips. For whatever Cole Porter was as a person\, his reputation as a quintessential creative genius has never been questioned. \nWalk through Porter’s life on Broadway and in Hollywood\, 40 years that produced 33 stage shows and almost 20 films. Rare archival film clips and recordings of original cast members\, including Ethel Merman\, Fred Astaire\, Patricia Morison\, Gertrude Lawrence\, Mary Martin\, Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby\, are featured along with Porter himself singing and playing “You’re the Top\,” which he was.
URL:https://www.robert-wyatt.com/event/cole-porter-sophisticate-american-song/
LOCATION:Residence at Otter Creek\, 50 Lodge Road\, Middlebury\, VT\, 05753
CATEGORIES:Lecture,Recital
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170330T184500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170330T210000
DTSTAMP:20260514T205239
CREATED:20170104T020210Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210126T194515Z
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SUMMARY:The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber
DESCRIPTION:Buy Tickets\nBritish composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has created a global empire unrivaled in the history of musical theatre. In 1983\, he was the first composer to have three musicals simultaneously on Broadway and in London’s West End\, a feat he duplicated five years later. The New York production of The Phantom of the Opera\, which opened in 1988\, is now nearing 12\,000 performances and was joined this season by a Broadway revival of another of the composer’s megahits\, Cats. \nLloyd Webber’s phenomenal successes can be attributed to a particular blend of showmanship and superb craft—the genesis of which began in childhood. The son of professional musicians\, he also possessed passions for architecture\, history\, mechanics\, and staging\, which fostered in him an ability to envision productions of astonishing complexity and grandeur. \nHis early collaborations with lyricist Tim Rice—Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat\, Jesus Christ Superstar\, and Evita—launched his career as an innovative musical force\, and long-running shows like Cats and Phantom turned him into an international phenomenon. Glenn Close stars in a revival of another of his biggest hits\, Sunset Boulevard\, on Broadway next season. \nThere have also been some disappointments and failures along the way—among them Starlight Express\, By Jeeves\, and the recent Stephen Ward—and the long-awaited sequel to Phantom\, Love Never Dies received mixed reviews and a West End run of just a year and a half. Nonetheless\, tours and revivals of Lloyd Webber’s shows continue to fill theaters around the world\, and compositions such as “Memory\,” “I Don’t Know How to Love Him\,” “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina\,” and “The Music of the Night” are among of the best-known and loved musical theatre songs. \nJoin music specialist Robert Wyatt as he raises the curtain on a lively evening that examines and celebrates Andrew Lloyd Webber’s theatrical artistry\, filled with clips and recordings that cover the full range of his career from his earliest to most recent works.
URL:https://www.robert-wyatt.com/event/the-music-of-andrew-lloyd-webber-5/
LOCATION:Smithsonian Hirshhorn Museum\, Independence Ave and 7th St SW\, Washington\, DC\, 20560
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170329T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170329T160000
DTSTAMP:20260514T205239
CREATED:20170114T012737Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170118T032209Z
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SUMMARY:We've Grown Accustomed to Lerner & Loewe
DESCRIPTION:In temperament\, personality and background\, Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe were perhaps the most dissimilar of all of the great songwriting teams. Yet together they penned some of the most original and successful musicals written during the Golden Age of Broadway\, hits beginning with Brigadoon in 1947 and ending with Gigi in 1973. Between those bookends fell Paint Your Wagon\, the blockbuster My Fair Lady which made Julie Andrews an over-night sensation\, and Camelot\, pairing Ms. Andrews with a young Richard Burton. Often at odds with each other personally\, their resulting music was both inspired and enduring. \nLearn the origins of immortal songs like “Almost Like Being in Love\,” “Thank Heaven for Little Girls\,” “I Could Have Danced All Night\,” “If Ever I Would Leave You\,” and “They Call the Wind Mariah\,” explore their film adaptations\, while delving into the personal lives of the songwriting team\, underscored with correspondence\, testimonials and film footage.
URL:https://www.robert-wyatt.com/event/weve-grown-accustomed-to-lerner-loewe/
LOCATION:Goodwin House\, 4800 Fillmore Street\, Alexandria\, VA\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170325T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170325T120000
DTSTAMP:20260514T205239
CREATED:20170114T013318Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170118T032209Z
UID:940-1490436000-1490443200@www.robert-wyatt.com
SUMMARY:The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber
DESCRIPTION:British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has created a global empire unrivaled in the history of musical theatre. In 1983\, he was the first composer to have three musicals simultaneously on Broadway and in London’s West End\, a feat he duplicated five years later. The New York production of The Phantom of the Opera\, which opened in 1988\, is now nearing 12\,000 performances and was joined this season by a Broadway revival of another of the composer’s megahits\, Cats. \nLloyd Webber’s phenomenal successes can be attributed to a particular blend of showmanship and superb craft—the genesis of which began in childhood. The son of professional musicians\, he also possessed passions for architecture\, history\, mechanics\, and staging\, which fostered in him an ability to envision productions of astonishing complexity and grandeur. \nHis early collaborations with lyricist Tim Rice—Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat\, Jesus Christ Superstar\, and Evita—launched his career as an innovative musical force\, and long-running shows like Cats and Phantom turned him into an international phenomenon. Glenn Close stars in a revival of another of his biggest hits\, Sunset Boulevard\, on Broadway next season. \nThere have also been some disappointments and failures along the way—among them Starlight Express\, By Jeeves\, and the recent Stephen Ward—and the long-awaited sequel to Phantom\, Love Never Dies received mixed reviews and a West End run of just a year and a half. Nonetheless\, tours and revivals of Lloyd Webber’s shows continue to fill theaters around the world\, and compositions such as “Memory\,” “I Don’t Know How to Love Him\,” “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina\,” and “The Music of the Night” are among of the best-known and loved musical theatre songs. \nJoin music specialist Robert Wyatt as he raises the curtain on a lively evening that examines and celebrates Andrew Lloyd Webber’s theatrical artistry\, filled with clips and recordings that cover the full range of his career from his earliest to most recent works.
URL:https://www.robert-wyatt.com/event/the-music-of-andrew-lloyd-webber-2/
LOCATION:Historic Highfield Hall\, 56 Highfield Drive\, Falmouth\, MA\, 02540
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170323T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170323T210000
DTSTAMP:20260514T205239
CREATED:20170114T013953Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170118T032210Z
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SUMMARY:The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber
DESCRIPTION:British composer Andrew Lloyd Webber has created a global empire unrivaled in the history of musical theatre. In 1983\, he was the first composer to have three musicals simultaneously on Broadway and in London’s West End\, a feat he duplicated five years later. The New York production of The Phantom of the Opera\, which opened in 1988\, is now nearing 12\,000 performances and was joined this season by a Broadway revival of another of the composer’s megahits\, Cats. \nLloyd Webber’s phenomenal successes can be attributed to a particular blend of showmanship and superb craft—the genesis of which began in childhood. The son of professional musicians\, he also possessed passions for architecture\, history\, mechanics\, and staging\, which fostered in him an ability to envision productions of astonishing complexity and grandeur. \nHis early collaborations with lyricist Tim Rice—Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat\, Jesus Christ Superstar\, and Evita—launched his career as an innovative musical force\, and long-running shows like Cats and Phantom turned him into an international phenomenon. Glenn Close stars in a revival of another of his biggest hits\, Sunset Boulevard\, on Broadway next season. \nThere have also been some disappointments and failures along the way—among them Starlight Express\, By Jeeves\, and the recent Stephen Ward—and the long-awaited sequel to Phantom\, Love Never Dies received mixed reviews and a West End run of just a year and a half. Nonetheless\, tours and revivals of Lloyd Webber’s shows continue to fill theaters around the world\, and compositions such as “Memory\,” “I Don’t Know How to Love Him\,” “Don’t Cry for Me Argentina\,” and “The Music of the Night” are among of the best-known and loved musical theatre songs.
URL:https://www.robert-wyatt.com/event/the-music-of-andrew-lloyd-webber-3/
LOCATION:Historic Highfield Hall\, 56 Highfield Drive\, Falmouth\, MA\, 02540
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170127T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170127T143000
DTSTAMP:20260514T205239
CREATED:20170122T000932Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170130T200358Z
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SUMMARY:An Enchanted Afternoon with Rodgers and Hammerstein
DESCRIPTION:For sixteen years the songwriting team of Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II produced a novel brand of musical play which wove book\, music\, lyrics and dance into a seamless tapestry of near-perfect theater art. Hit after hit flowed from their collective genius between Oklahoma! in 1943 and Hammerstein’s death in 1960: Carousel\, State Fair\, South Pacific\, The King and I\, Cinderella\, The Flower Drum Song and\, finally\, The Sound of Music. \nThrough original cast recordings\, film clips\, interviews\, correspondence\, and other primary materials furnished by The Library of Congress\, The New York Public Library and The Rodgers and Hammerstein Organization\, learn about the lives of these two icons of the American musical\, experience their great productions\, and listen to their music which has kept the American public hopeful through wars\, recessions\, natural disasters\, and political intrigue.
URL:https://www.robert-wyatt.com/event/an-enchanted-afternoon-with-rodgers-and-hammerstein/
LOCATION:Residence at Otter Creek\, 50 Lodge Road\, Middlebury\, VT\, 05753
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170124T140000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170124T160000
DTSTAMP:20260514T205239
CREATED:20170114T011322Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170130T200432Z
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SUMMARY:Cole Porter: Sophisticate of American Song
DESCRIPTION:His energy was unparalleled\, his charisma addictive and the monikers inevitably attached to his name — dilettante\, hedonist\, snob — were simply tossed off with an impish smile and a shrug while the tunes continued to spin magically from his fingertips. For whatever Cole Porter was as a person\, his reputation as a quintessential creative genius has never been questioned. \nWalk through Porter’s life on Broadway and in Hollywood\, 40 years that produced 33 stage shows and almost 20 films. Rare archival film clips and recordings of original cast members\, including Ethel Merman\, Fred Astaire\, Patricia Morison\, Gertrude Lawrence\, Mary Martin\, Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby\, are featured along with Porter himself singing and playing “You’re the Top\,” which he was.
URL:https://www.robert-wyatt.com/event/cole-porter-sophisticate-of-american-song-2/
LOCATION:Helen Porter Home\, 30 Porter Drive\, Middlebury\, VT
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161215T193000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161215T213000
DTSTAMP:20260514T205239
CREATED:20161019T004953Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210126T194536Z
UID:17-1481830200-1481837400@www.robert-wyatt.com
SUMMARY:Cole Porter: Sophisticate of American Song
DESCRIPTION:His energy was unparalleled\, his charisma addictive and the monikers inevitably attached to his name — dilettante\, hedonist\, snob — were simply tossed off with an impish smile and a shrug while the tunes continued to spin magically from his fingertips. For whatever Cole Porter was as a person\, his reputation as a quintessential creative genius has never been questioned. \nWalk through Porter’s life on Broadway and in Hollywood\, 40 years that produced 33 stage shows and almost 20 films. Rare archival film clips and recordings of original cast members\, including Ethel Merman\, Fred Astaire\, Patricia Morison\, Gertrude Lawrence\, Mary Martin\, Frank Sinatra and Bing Crosby\, are featured along with Porter himself singing and playing “You’re the Top\,” which he was.
URL:https://www.robert-wyatt.com/event/cole-porter-sophisticate-of-american-song/
LOCATION:Yacht & Raquet Club of Boca Raton\, 2711 N Ocean Blvd\, Boca Raton\, FL\, 33431\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161212T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161212T210000
DTSTAMP:20260514T205239
CREATED:20161019T004520Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210126T194540Z
UID:13-1481569200-1481576400@www.robert-wyatt.com
SUMMARY:Gershwin\, by George!
DESCRIPTION:George Gershwin\, a giant of American music\, is singular in that he was both a brilliant writer of popular songs (Swanee\, I Got Rhythm\, They Can’t Take That Away from Me) and more serious musical scores\, including Rhapsody in Blue\, An American in Paris\, and Porgy and Bess. Although his career covered less than two decades\, and ended with his tragic death in 1937\, his music endures. Join pianist and Gershwin-authority Robert Wyatt\, co-editor of Oxford University Press’ The George Gershwin Reader\, in this lively lecture and recital exploring Gershwin’s life and legacy. The evening includes live performances of the solo piano version of Rhapsody in Blue\, early and unpublished music\, the piano improvisations and other Gershwin hits. Rare film footage obtained from the Gershwin family will illustrate the program\, along with unpublished photographs of the composer and his friends. Attendees will also hear archival recordings of his 1932-33 radio program\, Music by Gershwin. The audience will exit with an appreciation of the influence of Gershwin’s compositions on American music and a better understanding of his relationships to other artists of his era.
URL:https://www.robert-wyatt.com/event/gershwin-by-george/
LOCATION:Florida Atlantic University\, Barry and Florence Friedberg Auditorium\, Boca Raton Campus\, Boca Raton\, FL\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20161115T184500
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20161115T210000
DTSTAMP:20260514T205239
CREATED:20161019T004157Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20170118T032208Z
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SUMMARY:The Hollywood Musical Part 4: From West Side Story Hello\, Dolly!
DESCRIPTION:Films created during the 1960s belong to the most creative era in cinema history\, one in which Hollywood responded to a time of tremendous changes reflected in shifting social and cultural values\, the Vietnam War\, new forms of rock and pop music\, and the acceleration of technological ingenuity. The dominance of television led to a rapidly diminishing movie audience\, with just 145 musicals produced in the decade\, compared to the 453 all-singing\, all-dancing extravaganzas churned out in the 1930s. \nThough the musical would continue to decline as the decade unfolded\, three films of the 1960s were among the screen’s greatest spectacles and successes: West Side Story\, The Sound of Music\, and My Fair Lady. Other straightforward adaptions of Broadway hits like Gypsy\, Can-Can\, Oliver!\, Camelot\, Funny Girl\, and Bye Bye Birdie suggested that the beloved musical movie was in good health. Mary Poppins\, Thoroughly Modern Millie\, Doctor Dolittle\, and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang\, original film musicals\, ended the decade with a flourish of creativity. \nEnjoy an evening of memorable film clips\, musical recordings\, and historical anecdotes with American music specialist Robert Wyatt. Be entertained by the emergence of Barbara Streisand\, witness Julie Andrews’ transformation from a nanny to a nun\, and revisit a decade in which the movie musical tradition reached heights in terms of story\, song\, star power\, and box-office success that it would never again achieve. \n 
URL:https://www.robert-wyatt.com/event/the-hollywood-musical-part-4-from-west-side-story-hello-dolly/
LOCATION:Smithsonian Dillon Ripley Center\, 1100 Jefferson Dr SW\, Washington\, D.C.\, DC\, United States
CATEGORIES:Lecture
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