Entertainment industry veteran Harvey Sheldon has assembled a
series of highly entertaining and educational series of lectures
with video illustration detailing the important but
little-appreciated story. How the founding fathers of American
music, most of them immigrants of Russian-Jewish extraction,
created the American songbook, jazz, the Broadway musical, as well
as the radio, recording and the movie industries. Sheldon, a born
entertainer and story-teller, has studied this era of Americana
closely. His series of presentations draw upon the video libraries
of Jewish-American music he has donated to the University of
Pennsylvania and University of Southern California. These shows
captivate audiences, hold them spellbound, teach important lessons
about American Jewish culture, and capture the immigrant
experience. His question-and-answer sessions always go overtime
because the audiences do not want to leave. Multimedia footage
includes seldom-seen performances by Al Jolson, Alice Faye, Judy
Garland, Lena Horne, Eddie Cantor, Cab Calloway, Doris Day, Benny
Goodman, Artie Shaw, Harry James and many, many more, performing
the timeless music of Jerome Kern, George Gershwin, Rodgers and
Hart, Rodgers and Hammerstein, Harold Arlen, and others inspired by
them. Audiences are spellbound, educated and are entertained by the
most creative period in American music history. Harvey Sheldon's
timeless presentation is a must see for anyone interested in
'emmis' (the truth) behind the growth of America's greatest export:
music and the roles of the Jews who helped create this fantastic
art form. For further information about Harvey Sheldon's video
lecture series please contact: THE EMMIS FOUNDATIONPreserving the
Jewish-American Music History 7855 East Horizon View Drive Anaheim
Hills, CA 92808 T/F-714-281-5929 e-mail:
[email protected] website: www.harveysheldontv.com
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