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SpokenWord: Songwriters of the Harlem Renaissance

bill-messenger.jpgWednesday, May 6
7:30 pm
McManus Room

Professor Bill Messenger, lecturer in music at the Peabody Institute of John Hopkins University and narrator with The Teaching Company Great Courses, will explore the events that created the most fertile era of black music and musicals in American history. Eighty years after songs such as "Ain't Misbehavin'" and "Sweet Georgia Brown" were written by composers and lyricists of the Harlem Renaissance, they continue to be featured in films, theatre and cabaret. Find out why!

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Carole Donenfeld:

What a wonderful upbeat program to look forward to hearing. Thank you.

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