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10/28/02

TALK AT SLU EXAMINES LIFE OF COMPOSER RICHARD RODGERS

CANTON - "Thou Swell, Thou Witty" is the title of a lecture by 
University of North Carolina at Wilmington Professor Philip Furia, 
on the life of composer Richard Rodgers, to take place at 
St. Lawrence University on Wednesday, November 13, at 7:30 p.m. 
in Gilbert Recital Hall, Griffiths Arts Center. The event, part 
of a series celebrating the centennial of Rodgers' birth, is 
open to the public, free of charge.
	Among Furia's books on American popular music is The 
Poets of Tin Pan Alley: A History of America's Great Lyricists, 
1900-1950. He has also written biographies of Irving Berlin and 
Ira Gershwin, and is at work on a book about songwriter Johnny 
Mercer. Furia has also written on American songwriters for In 
Theater, The American Scholar, and other magazines, and done 
liner notes for a number of albums issued by  Concord Jazz and 
other labels.
	Rodgers (1902-1979) was a prolific songwriter, best 
known for collaborating with lyricists Oscar Hammerstein II and 
Lorenz Hart on some of the best-loved musicals for theatre and 
screen. The Special Productions Ensemble at St. Lawrence, which 
each year selects a theme or type of music upon which to 
concentrate, this year is focusing on the work of Rodgers. 
The celebration will culminate in the ensemble's public 
performance, on Thursday, November 21. Titled "The Blue Moon 
Radio Hour," the performance will be held at 8 p.m. in the 
Blackbox Theatre, Griffiths Arts Center.
        For more information, contact the music department 
at 315-229-5192.

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