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I Love to Rhyme: The Lyrics of Ira Gershwin 16 March

Ira Gershwin
Ira Gershwin

This time Alan Farley and Gershwin biographer Philip Furia consider "The Firebrand of Florence," the musical that Ira created with Kurt Weill, based on the life of Benvenuto Cellini.

 

Playlist:

Song of the Hangman

Come to Florence

My Lords and Ladies

There Was Life, There Was Love, There Was Laughter

You're Far Too Near Me

Alessandro the Wise

Sing Me Not a Ballad

I Know Where There's a Cozy Nook

In Memoriam (1936-2012): KALW lost an important voice for the arts in the Bay Area, our senior announcer, Alan Farley, in October of 2012. Alan’s diagnosis and subsequent passing of pancreatic and liver cancer was sudden, and a shock to all of us here at KALW.