The music of The Wizard of Oz turns up in the most unlikely places! Did you see President Bush being serenaded while in Israel?
“Over the Rainbow” was written by lyricist E.Y. “Yip” Harburg. Known as “Broadway’s social conscience, Harburg collaborated with composer Harold Arlen to create the enduring songs for the 1939 film.
In Manhattan,Singer Karen Oberlin is presenting a tribute show, “The Wizard of Words: Yip Harburg’s Songs of Wit and Wisdom” at the Metropolitan Room on Sunday January 27 at 9:30 pm.
Want to enjoy Harburg & Arlen’s songs right here in Westport? On Saturday March 1, follow the yellow brick road to the WestportREADS 2008 kickoff at the Library and listen to the Flying Monkeys Quintet play your favorites in the Great Hall from 12:30 -1:30. (a/k/a Norwalk Symphony Orchestra Woodwind Quintet.)
Come to the Emerald City Bash on Friday March 14 from 7-9 pm and sing along as Ted Simons accompanies our favorite Wizard tunes.
As Yip Harburg said: “Words make you think a thought. Music makes you feel a feeling. A song makes you feel a thought.”
