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Archive for 'Tag Archives: 'composers''

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Unhook the Stars: The Lyrics of Langston Hughes

Langston Hughes, born 110 years ago today, has been called “The Poet Laureate of Harlem” for his works depicting the everyday struggles and triumphs of the people of Harlem during the 1920s through the 1960s. Harlem [...]

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Long Live the King: The Songwriters who made Presley a legend

This past Sunday would have 76th birthday of the King of Rock and Roll himself, Elvis Presley. The very name of this pop music icon immediately calls to mind a host of images from his unprecedented [...]

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From Blackwing to Blue Eyes – Happy Birthday to the Chairman of the Board

The 1950s were a turbulent decade for legendary singer and actor Frank Sinatra. Early years saw him lose his voice due to vocal chord hemmoraging, he divorced his first wife and entered into a stormy relationship [...]

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Lighting the Fire: The Poetry of Jim Morrison

“The time to hesitate is through,/No time to wallow in the mire,/Try now we can only lose,/And our love becomes a funeral pyre.” These words, whose rhyme and meter evoke images of Byron, Wordsworth and other [...]

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When Words Aren't Enough: Music in Film

There is a story surrounding composer John Williams and the score for “Schindler’s List.” As both director Steven Spielberg and Williams tell it, Spielberg showed Williams a draft of the film before asking Williams to compose [...]