The Jewish history behind modern music.
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WEDNESDAYS, 12-1:30pm (ET) Nov. 4, 11, 18; Dec. 2, 9, 16
"Music doesn't argue, discuss, or quarrel. It just breathes the air of freedom."
--Harold Arlen, Jewish composer of "Over the Rainbow"
Course Description:
So much of twentieth-century music, and the whole business built around it, came out of an unlikely collaboration between minorities, with Jewish talent right at the center. Emanuel Abramovits spent thirty years as a concert promoter, and he tells these stories from the inside: the songwriters, the label bosses, the performers who changed what America listened to. Benny Goodman, Bob Dylan, Barbra Streisand, Leonard Cohen, Lou Reed, Kiss, Slash, and plenty more. Every session comes loaded with the actual music and footage. Think of it as pop history with a backstage pass.
WEDNESDAYS, 12-1:30 pm (ET)
Emanuel Abramovits is a Mechanical Engineer with an MBA, Concerts promoter since 2000, responsible for many shows by international artists in Venezuela, like Itzhak Perlman, Gustavo Dudamel, Sarah Brightman, Roger Hodgson (Supertramp), Kansas, Megadeth, Dream Theater, Slash, Backstreet Boys, ASIA, Journey, Kenny G and all main local Symphony Orchestras. Designed and staged many original events, like MOZARTFEST, PINK FLOYD NUESTRO TRIBUTO (Event of the Year winner), OFRENDA PARA VYTAS, EL CAMINO DE SANTIAGO LLEGA A TI (world premier), etc..Cultural Director at UNION ISRAELITA DE CARACAS from 2008 to 2019, in charge of documenting Holocaust survivors’ stories, the history of the local Jewish Community, art exhibitions, lectures, film cycles, orchestral concerts, Limmud contents, etc. Recent exhibitions included the History of Yiddish Culture in 2017 and the History of Jewish Music in 2018.
