I attended the 3rd lecture on the Jewish Roots of Tin Pan Alley by Jordan Klapman. My notes on the previous lecture can be found here : http://mwiner.wordpress.com/2008/04/03/jewish-contributions-to-tin-pan-alley
The lecture series will continue with another 3 lectures in December of ’08.
This lecture centered around the success of “Bei Mir Bist Du Shein” (To Me You’re Beautiful) [...]
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I recently attended the second in a series of lectures given by Jordan Klapman on the Jewish contribution to Tin Pan Alley. I regret missing the first in the series and hope to make it for the 3rd. Some notable points from this lecture:
1) It is easy to detect clear Klezmer influences in [...]
I’ve never had to wonder where my knack for music and poetry comes from. In the 50′s my Zaydie bought the family a record player and provided a set of records of himself. Some records tell the story of Hanukkah while others provide a family history. All are in rhyming couplets some set to music.
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