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Lyrics & Lyricists

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  • Songs of America: From Stephen Foster to Bob Dylan and Beyond

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    Ted Sperling explores the full spectrum of songs about America, from buoyant to bellicose, reaching back to Foster and forward to Dylan, giving new meaning to the “traditional American song.”

  • In Perfect Harmony: Celebrating the Vocal Group

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    From the Boswell Sisters to the Modernaires to the Beach Boys, vocal groups have been an influential force on the American Songbook. Rob Fisher and his acclaimed guests conjure the hip sounds and tight harmonies that took pop standards to new horizons.

  • Mad Dogs & Educated Fleas: Noël & Cole, A Battle of Wits

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    Noël Coward and Cole Porter were the 20th century’s masters of wordplay, Each peppered his lyrics with topical zingers, wicked double entendres and scintillating rhymes. Their wit was sharp enough to provoke guffaws—or draw blood. Director/lyricist Mark Waldrop referees the verbal fencing.

  • It's Magic: Nine Decades of Songs from Warner Bros.

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    With The Jazz Singer and the words, “you ain’t heard nothin’ yet,” Warner Bros. invented the movie musical.




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Individuals who have participated in 92nd Street Y programs over the past year in selected program areas, participants in certain memberships, and those who have made contributions of $500 or more to 92Y, are eligible to register for programs before they become available to the general public.

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