[Open rehearsal with the Harvard Jazz Band]

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[Open rehearsal with the Harvard Jazz Band]

Jazz composer and musician Gershon and his ten-piece big band Either-Orchestra conducted an open rehearsal with the Harvard Jazz Band, featuring soloist John Carlson. Rehearsal included Gershon's arrangement of Willow Weep for Me, by Ann Ronell (Radcliffe 1927) and his own Born in a Suitcase.

2 sound cassettes (2 hr., 24 min.) : analog.2 sound cassettes : digital.

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Harvard Jazz Band.

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Ronell, Anna Petrov

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Ann Ronell (1903-1993) composer and lyricist, was born Anne Rosenblatt in Omaha, Nebraska. She transferred from Wheaton College to Radcliffe College and graduated in 1927. In 1935 she married Lester Cowan, an independent film producer. Encouraged by Irving Berlin and George Gershwin, Ronell wrote the words and music of popular songs including, "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf?", "Willow Weep for Me," and "Whistle While You Work." She wrote scores for many films and adapted a series of opera sco...

Gershon, Russ.

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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...