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Classical Music

elleng

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4. No surprise!

Reply to Otto_Harper (Reply #3)

Tue Sep 21, 2021, 04:09 PM

Sep 2021

Similar analysis provided in PBS' docu on

*Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy

Joel Grey narrates this look at the role Jewish composers and lyricists played in creating the modern American musical. Archival and performance clips accent the documentary.

PBS Great Performances, televised this past June (and past years, I think.)

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The interesting thing about this piece Otto_Harper Sep 2021 #1

Bueno! elleng Sep 2021 #2

You can also hear the same melody surface Otto_Harper Sep 2021 #3

No surprise! elleng Sep 2021 #4

But its not only Jewish connected pathways through which the piece travels. Otto_Harper Sep 2021 #5

This is beautiful. No wonder it is one of your favorites. Thanks also for Tadpole Raisin Sep 2021 #6

Thanks! elleng Sep 2021 #7