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Sometimes a Song

Random posts from my wife, Debra, whose head and heart are brimming over with wonderful old popular songs that she wants to share with anyone willing to lend an ear.

During Dvorak's illness, famed violinist Fritz Kreisler came to visit his friend, and asked him, “Anton, do you have any works that you have not yet…
Debra Esolen
16
Just a Song at Twilight | In the United States, we adopted many our “our” folk songs from the native lands of those who immigrated to America and…
Debra Esolen
26
Rogers and Hammerstein | Sometimes a Song can be sad and yet have a beauty born of suffering, of sorrow, of love lost.
Debra Esolen
14
Rodgers and Hart | As successful as they were, Rogers and Hart could hardly have imagined that a song they had written for a cast of teenagers would…
Debra Esolen
7
Revisiting a Delightful Song
Debra Esolen
If you have ever seen the film or watched the television show, “M.A.S.H,” you already know the most famous piece of music written by the composer of…
Debra Esolen
6
Will Hudson, composer. If there’s one thing that hits you over the head when you take even a brief look at popular music of the mid-20th century, it’s…
Debra Esolen
9
Anthony Newley / Leslie Bricusse
Debra Esolen
15
"Jingle Bells" as you've never heard it before!
Debra Esolen
8
Sammy Fain (music)
Debra Esolen
6
And Mr. New Year's Eve
Debra Esolen
2
Ancient Welsh Tune
Debra Esolen
3
Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn
Debra Esolen
3
Leroy Anderson
Debra Esolen
9
Irving Berlin
Debra Esolen
12
Irving Berlin
Debra Esolen
1
Can you imagine a Broadway show featuring a score by Jerome Kern and lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein being a flop? The thought is preposterous. I can hardly…
Debra Esolen
4
Alonzo Elliot (Composer)
Debra Esolen
4
Traditional Irish Tune
Debra Esolen
2
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“You’ll Never Walk Alone" is a song of hope, written when the world was literally at war, when so many were suffering so greatly, and when optimism was…
Debra Esolen
12
During Dvorak's illness, famed violinist Fritz Kreisler came to visit his friend, and asked him, “Anton, do you have any works that you have not yet…
Debra Esolen
16
Just a Song at Twilight | In the United States, we adopted many our “our” folk songs from the native lands of those who immigrated to America and…
Debra Esolen
26
Rogers and Hammerstein | Sometimes a Song can be sad and yet have a beauty born of suffering, of sorrow, of love lost.
Debra Esolen
14
Rodgers and Hart | As successful as they were, Rogers and Hart could hardly have imagined that a song they had written for a cast of teenagers would…
Debra Esolen
7
Revisiting a Delightful Song
Debra Esolen
If you have ever seen the film or watched the television show, “M.A.S.H,” you already know the most famous piece of music written by the composer of…
Debra Esolen
6
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