Burt Bacharach: A Brand New Sound of Music
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Course Description
Burt Bacharach is a three-time Academy Award and Grammy Award-winning songwriter who invented a new sound. Among the unforgettable hits that you'll hear in live performance are: "Raindrops Keep Fallin on My Head," "Do You Know the Way to San Jose," "Alfie," "What the World Needs Now is Love," "Make It Easy on Yourself," "The Look of Love," and many more. We'll look at his writing partnerships with Hal David, Carole Bayer Sager, and others and his discovery of The Carpenters and Dionne Warwick. We'll also explore his personal life, including marriages to Angie Dickenson and Carole Bayer Sager. He enjoyed great success in pop music, film, and Broadway, along with his extensive concert work. We'll see and hear examples of each of these.Course Info
- Time: 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM
- Date: Tuesday, March 19
- Location: Friedberg Auditorium, Lifelong Learning Building
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Fees:
Member - $30
$100 for any combination of four events, members only
Non-member - $35
One-time guest pass, Member or Non-member at the door - $35.
About the Instructor
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Harvey Granat leads an exciting life as a performer and music historian. He performs at various supper clubs, resorts, and other cultural venues, including Lincoln Center, Norton Museum, Feinstein's at the Regency, Metropolitan Room, Birdland, and Canyon Ranch, where he has performed more than 300 shows. He has presented a very popular series on “The American Songbook” at The 92nd St Y in NYC, for 10 years. His shows are unique in that they focus on a composer or lyricist, combining the performance of their songs with fascinating inside stories from their lives. Granat produced four-time Academy Award winner Sammy Cahn on Broadway in the very successful “Words and Music”. His friendship with Cahn led to his serving on the Board of The Songwriters Hall of Fame with Cahn. He is a major collector of original letters and manuscripts of some of the greats and there is a "Harvey Granat George and Ira Gershwin Collection" at The Library of Congress