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NYC's Tin Pan Alley is up for sale
Tin Pan Alley, the home of George Gershwin, Irving Berlin and other great American songwriters, is up for sale. Five buildings on West 28th Street in Manhattan's Chelsea district are being offered as a group for $44 million. A listing on a real estate...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Chelsea (Manhattan, New York), Irving Berlin, Music Industry
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Alfred Gallodoro, renowned musician, dies at 95
zachary.dowdy@newsday.comEven at 5, Alfred J. Gallodoro was persistent, if not impatient. He so yearned to play the clarinet that he dragged his father's instrument out of the closet and begged to be allowed to play. Two years later, perhaps impishly, he did it again. His...Tags: Leopold Stokowski, Classical Music, Paul Whiteman, Arthur Fiedler, Mario Lanza
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THE BUZZ
JANET TO RESUME TOUR. Janet Jackson plans to restart her tour tomorrow in Uncasville, Conn., but she has postponed her Madison Square Garden show on Oct. 16 until Nov. 1, Newsday's Glenn Gamboa reports. Her show on Oct. 17 at the Izod Center in East...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Chelsea (Manhattan, New York), Irving Berlin, Music Industry, Madison Square Garden
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5 buildings in Manhattan's historic Tin Pan Alley are up for sale; asking price is $44 million
NEW YORK (AP) _ Tin Pan Alley, the home of George Gershwin, Irving Berlin and other great American songwriters, is up for sale. Five buildings on West 28th Street in Manhattan's Chelsea district are being offered as a group for $44 million. A listing...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Chelsea (Manhattan, New York), Irving Berlin, Music Industry
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Jazz master, Eustis native to bring their piano magic
Sentinel Staff WriterTwo well-known pianists will bring some music this month when they play on their grand pianos in grand style during events in Ocala and Eustis. Jazz veteran Dick Hyman, whose career stems from the early 1950s, will perform during Appleton Museum of Art's...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Scott Joplin, Classical Music, Woody Guthrie, Folk Music
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ALMANAC
On Sept. 26, 1087, William II, the son of William the Conqueror, was crowned king of England. In 1580 Francis Drake, aboard his ship Golden Hind, returned to England after sailing around the globe in 33 months, the first Englishman to accomplish the...Tags: New York Stock Exchange, Antonin Scalia, John F. Kennedy, Texas, Music Industry
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'Turn of the Century' celebrates jukebox musical
Special to the Chicago TribuneWith their book for "Jersey Boys," Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice won heightened respect for the jukebox musical, a show that tells a story using old hits instead of a new score. Their latest, "Turn of the Century," now in previews and running...Tags: Popular Music, Broadway, Jeff Daniels, Easter, Irving Berlin
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Dave Holland At Yale, Joe Belmont At Iron Horse
As one of England's crown jewel cultural exports to the United States, bassist/composer/bandleader Dave Holland has been a continuously creative, catalytic force on the American jazz scene since participating four decades ago in such classic Miles Davis...Tags: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Redman, New Britain, Iron Horse Music Hall, North Carolina
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Jeff Daniels' twist in 'Turn of the Century'
Special to the Chicago TribuneJeff Daniels—actor, playwright, musician—boasts one of the more eclectic movie careers of the past two decades, portraying complex, checkered characters in films like "Terms of Endearment," "The Purple Rose of Cairo," "Pleasantville" and...Tags: Public Holidays, New Year's, Jeff Daniels, Irving Berlin, Goodman Theatre
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Classical Music: Piano series offers rare treat
Special to The Morning CallThe literature for classical solo piano is vast and of unparalleled quality. Yet the opportunities to hear this music are far too seldom. That's one of the reasons why the piano series at Muhlenberg College, which gets under way Sept. 26, is so...Tags: Bethlehem (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Muhlenberg College, Scott Joplin, Classical Music, Allentown
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Events Calendar - Sept. 18-26
THURSDAY SEPT. 18 ART Artist talk and reception: Ali LaRock, ''Bitter Sweet.'' Mixed media paintings. Show runs through Dec. 4. 5 p.m. Cedar Crest College, Cressman Library, 100 College Drive, Allentown. 610-606-4666. FILM Film and Discussion: ''...Tags: Arts, Auction Service, Rivers, Moravian Book Shop, Energy Saving
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Appreciating Puccini
Opera Theater of Connecticut celebrates Puccini's 150th anniversary year with a production of his Italian opera "Tosca" at Andrews Memorial Theater in Clinton in August. There will be four performances of "Tosca" — Tuesday at 7:30 p.m., followed...Tags: Poetry, Fiction, Classical Music, Aaron Copland, Tickets
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