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    A Jewish Christmas Soundtrack

    The top 10 Christmas songs written by Jews, from ‘Silver Bells’ to ‘Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow’

    byMarc Tracy
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    ASCAP To Honor ‘A Fine Romance’

    Lehman’s book tells of ‘Jewish songwriters, American songs’

    byThe Editors
  • Cab Calloway, New York, 1947.(William Gottlieb, Library of Congress)
    Cab Calloway, New York, 1947.(William Gottlieb, Library of Congress)
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    Fusion Confusion

    A new CD claims to shine a light on a secret chapter in black-Jewish music history, but the secret is long out

    byAlexander Gelfand
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    American Songwriter Reviews “A Fine Romance”

    “Part researched history, part clarifying criticism, and at times it becomes a phantasmagoria dreamscape.”

    byMarc Tracy
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    Philadelphia Inquirer Review “A Fine Romance”

    “a poet’s witty and ruminative examination of how Jewish songwriters…used outsider status to gain perspective in forging a canon of sophisticated, quintessentially American songs in the pre-rock era”

    byMarc Tracy
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    A Fine Concert

    Rufus, Sting, Lou Reed, and a celebration of David Lehman’s Nextbook Press book

    byJesse Oxfeld
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    Nextbook Author Talks Gershwin, Dylan

    Lehman traces Jewish influence in American music

    byMarc Tracy
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    A Fine Romance

    Jewish Songwriters, American Songs

    byDavid Lehman
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    Good Vibrations in Blue

    Brian Wilson to put his singular spin on George Gershwin

    byHadara Graubart
  • Richard Rodgers, Irving Berlin, and Oscar Hammerstein II at the St. James Theater.
    Richard Rodgers, Irving Berlin, and Oscar Hammerstein II at the St. James Theater.
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    A Fine Romance

    An expert picks his top ten favorites from the Jewish-written American songbook

    byDavid Lehman
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