America
Series: Broadway Matinee - Songs from the Stage & Screen
From: Janean Jorgensen
Length: 00:58:18
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Did you know God Bless America was written by one of the nation’s best-loved musical theater composers, Irving Berlin? Other Broadway composers have paid tribute to the United States, including Harold Arlen, George & Ira Gershwin, and Jason Robert Brown. I’m Janean Jorgensen, Wave the red, white, and blue with some of America’s best songs from the American stage and screen on the Matinee
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Piece Description
Did you know God Bless America was written by one of the nation’s best-loved musical theater composers, Irving Berlin? Other Broadway composers have paid tribute to the United States, including Harold Arlen, George & Ira Gershwin, and Jason Robert Brown. I’m Janean Jorgensen, Wave the red, white, and blue with some of America’s best songs from the American stage and screen on the Matinee
Broadcast History
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Additional Files
- America Playlist (110629America_playlist.xls)
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