These three outstanding composers
dominated the Great American
Songbook, a term given to the most
popular music classics or standards
from the 1920-60s. Their songs
monopolized the radio and were
transported from publishers to homes
while their musical scores raised the
quality of Broadway musicals and
Hollywood films. This course follows
the paths of their lives, the context
of their works and compares their
personal and musical characteristics.
We experience how they reached their
audiences through the full spectrum
of emotions, from love and loss to
patriotism and humor.
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