[Seminar/demonstration] [sound recording]

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[Seminar/demonstration] [sound recording]

Seminar/demonstration on the tradition of the American popular song style with singer Bobby Short. He discussed his career, popular song forms, and his favorite composer, Cole Porter, demonstrating several of the latter's songs.

1 sound tape reel : analog, 7 1/2 ips ; 10 in.

eng, Latn

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SNAC Resource ID: 8186671

Harvard University Archives.

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Porter, Cole, 1891-1964

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Cole Porter was born in Peru, Indiana on June 9, 1891. As a boy he took lessons in piano and violin, and began writing songs while in prep school. He attended Yale College (Class of 1913), where he composed fight songs that are still used today. After graduating, he went on to Harvard Law School, but he had little interest in law and soon began studying music instead. Porter would later complete his musical education at the Schola Cantorum in Paris. Porter's first Broadway show, See America F...

Short, Bobby

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Office for the Arts at Harvard & Radcliffe

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The Office for the Arts at Harvard and Radcliffe (OFA) was established in 1973 with joint funding to coordinate and support the creative and performing arts at Harvard and Radcliffe. The Office was administered by Radcliffe College until Radcliffe and Harvard University merged in October 1999. At the time of the merger, the name of the office changed to Office for the Arts at Harvard. The Office oversees the Learning from Performers Program, the Jazz Program, the dance program, and painting, p...