Life&MusicofRodgers&Hart
Music110TheTimelessMelodiesFoundationforEducation,Inc.hasbeencreatedtodevelop,promote,andadvancethestudyandunderstandingoftheroleplayedbyAmericansongintheculturaldevelopmentofoursociety.Ourpresentationsaredesignedtoincreaseandenhancetheawarenessofthegeneralpublicwithregardtotherich,historicalsignifi-
canceofourAmericanmusicaltradition.Assuch--vialecture,livemusic,andaudioandvideoexcerpts--werecountthelifestoriesandcareerhighlightsofthosewhocomposedthemusic,wrotethewords,orperformedtheclassic,
popularmelodiesandlyrics.Thesearethemenandwomenwhohaveimmeasurablyinformedourlivesandworld...andwhoseaccomplishmentsremainthestandardtowhichallothershaveaspiredorbeencompared.
Description:ThisisasurveycoursedetailingthelivesandmusicalpartnershipofRichardRodgersandLorenzHart.
Ourobjectives:1.Toreviewanddevelopanappreciationfortheprodigiousoutput--inquantityandquality--effectedbyRodgers&HartfortheBroadwaystageandtheearlyHollywoodfilmmusicals;2.Tocompareandcontrastthedifferentattitudesheldbythetwomenwithregardtoboththeirprofessionalcareersandtheirpersonallives;3.Todetailtheirceaselessattemptstoenhance,elevate,andexpandthemusical--andtoappreciatetheearlyevolutionitenjoyedattheirhands;4.TorememberandacknowledgetheuniqueskillofLarryHartaslyricist,versifier,rhymingtechnician,andpopmusic“poet.”
SuggestedReading: RichardRodgers,WilliamG.Hyland,YaleUniversityPresss,1998. ThouSwell,ThouWitty,TheLifeandLyricsofLorenzHart,DorothyHart,Harper&Row,1976
SuggestedListening: RichardRodgers:TheSweetestSounds,AnAmericanMastersProduction,DVD,2001.
Instructor:LarryMaurerAllRightsReserved©Copyright2005
Timeless Melodies Foundation for Education, Inc.
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Timeless Melodies Foundation for Education, Inc.26152 Escala Drive, Mission Viejo, CA 92691
Larry Maurer, Instructor
Allprogrammaterialsusedareinthepublicdomainorunderthe“classroomexception”tothenormallicensingrequirementsoftheUSCopyrghtAct
Timeless Melodies Foundation For Education, Inc.26152EscalaDrive,MissionViejo,CA92691
LarryMaurer,ExecutiveDirectorVoice(949)305-3090Fax(949)305-2187
GeorgeGershwinIrvingBerlinRodgers&HartHarryWarrenAmerica1900:PopularMusicBegins
Rodgers&HammersteinColePorterSentimentalJourney:TheSongsofWorldWarII
FrankSinatraParts1&2FredAstaireParts1,2&3JewishContributionstoAmericanPopularMusic
JudyGarland GeneKellyParts1&2SongsThatInspiredaNationAfrican-AmericanContribution
TheRoaring20’sAin’tWeGotFunSwingThePowerofMusic
TimelessMelodiesexpressesitsprofoundappreciationtothefollowingcompanies:20thCenturyFox,ColumbiaPictures,WarnerBros.MGM,&ParamountPictureswhosefilmclipsmadethiscoursepossible.
Timeless Melodies Courses
Lesson1-WhyRodgersLovedBroadway-TributetoAmerica’sStreetofDreams
Minstrels,Vaudeville,Cohan&Ziegfeld
Lesson2-First“Regards”toBroadway
Developmentofpopularsongs-1910-1919Any Old Place With You
Lesson3–TheEarlySongHits
HartburnFirstTreasureTrove:Manhattan Blue Room Mountain GreeneryandmoreRiseandFallofMusicalFilm
Lesson4-TheGreatDepression/HollywoodInterlude
TheNextBatchofHits:With A Song in My Heart Ten Cents A Dance
Lesson5-CaliforniaContinued:Experimentation&Struggle
Isn’t It Romantic? Cohan’s First and Last Talking Picture: Somebody Ought to Wave a FlagThe Third Time is the Charm: Blue Moon
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Lesson6-Comeback(WhatElephant?!”)
The songs of Billy Rose’s Jumbo
Lesson7-TheBoysfromBroadway
Ballet,Boys&anAngel:TheGreatPlaysofthe30’s
Lesson8-AttheTop:It’sSmooth,It’sSmartIt’sRodgers,it’sHart
Slaughter on 10th AvenueTheAll-HitScore:BabesinArmsCagney as Cohan as FDR....all thanks to Dick and Larry
Lesson9-LosingLarry
Pal JoeyASalutetoLarryHartAtHisBesttotheLast:ToKeepMyLoveAlive
Lesson10-PreludetoRodgers&Hammerstein
Finale
Rodgers & HartMusic 110
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