Readers might be interested in this summer course - 3 days residential, at a Study Centre in the Lake District, beautiful setting, fabulous food and loadsa music.
Ron Guariento
The Great American
Songbook
Ron Guariento
HIGHAM
HALL
The Lake
District ’s Residential Study Centre
BASSENTHWAITE LAKE
tel. (017687) 76276
The Great American
Songbook
At the start of the 20th
C two large migrations from Europe and
the Southern United States crammed intoNew York ’s
Manhattan Island
In this frenetic hothouse the new arrivals from the European and
Black-American diaspora created a new music.
the Southern United States crammed into
In this frenetic hothouse the new arrivals from the European and
Black-American diaspora created a new music.
The popular American
Songbook was one of the glories of the 20th C.
The songs of Kern, Berlin, the Gershwins, Porter, Rodgers, Arlen
- written first for theatre, radio, records, movies
but soon everywhere in bars, clubs, halls, cabaret, online.
The songs of Kern, Berlin, the Gershwins, Porter, Rodgers, Arlen
- written first for theatre, radio, records, movies
but soon everywhere in bars, clubs, halls, cabaret, online.
Song is the oldest and
most widespread human musical expression.
Voiced by interpreters as
distinctive as Louis, Fred Astaire, Ethel Waters,
Ella, Judy Garland, Lee Wiley, Susannah McCorkle, Frank Sinatra,
Aretha Franklin, Billy Eckstine, Vic Damone, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Shore,
Tony Bennett, Bing Crosby, Barbra Streisand, Nina Simone,
Chris Connor, K. D. Lang, Carmen McRae … and more,
the American Songbook has portrayed human lives through modern times -
their joy, infatuation, rejection, hope, shrugged-off pain, tenderness, gospel faith.
Ella, Judy Garland, Lee Wiley, Susannah McCorkle, Frank Sinatra,
Aretha Franklin, Billy Eckstine, Vic Damone, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Shore,
Tony Bennett, Bing Crosby, Barbra Streisand, Nina Simone,
Chris Connor, K. D. Lang, Carmen McRae … and more,
the American Songbook has portrayed human lives through modern times -
their joy, infatuation, rejection, hope, shrugged-off pain, tenderness, gospel faith.
We will delight in the music,
and critically discuss the melodic riches
and the significance to audiences.
and the significance to audiences.
4 comments :
from Ann Alex
What is the date of this venture? Sounds good
I'll try and find out otherwise just ring or email the hotel.
The course runs from 6:30 pm Thursday 13th, to 10 am Sunday 16th June 2013,full residential: £260, days: £155. On application by phone Higham Hall will answer any questions, offer travel directions, dietary/accommodation choices, etc, supply a detailed outline of the course.
Ron
doesn't that sound great?
Liz
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