This edition: Alex Leonard on Harry Warren
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Original tape date: August 31, 2016. First aired: August 31, 2016.ITALICS attends an outdoor performance of Harry Warren’s classics at the Garibaldi-Meucci Museum in Staten Island. Oscar-winning composer of such hits as "Lullaby of Broadway," Harry Warren was the first major American songwriter to write primarily for film, including the first blockbuster on-screen musical “42nd Street.” Born Salvatore Antonio Guaragna, Warren wrote over 800 songs, among them "At Last," rendered beloved to the modern listener by Etta James’s powerful voice. Alex Leonard performs some of Warren’s standards and gives a history of famous Italian American crooners who also sang his songs.
Guest List
Alex Leonard Pianist/Vocalist
Cav. Anthony Julian Tamburri, PhD. Dean & Executive Director, Calandra Institute, Queens College/CUNY
- Open Roads: New Italian Cinema
- Monday, March 9 - 9:30am
- Claudio Pagliara
- Tuesday, March 10 - 9:30am
- CAFÉ MARS AND CIVITA
- Wednesday, March 11 - 9:30am
- Tuesday, March 31 - 9:30am
- THE VIEW FROM LAKE COMO: CONVERSATION WITH ADRIANA TRIGIANI
- Thursday, March 12 - 9:30am
- Wednesday, April 1 - 9:30am
- Alain Elkann & ILICA
- Monday, March 16 - 9:30am
- Thursday, April 2 - 9:30am
- Book Launch, PIACE, and a Presepio
- Tuesday, March 17 - 9:30am
- Frank Ingrasciotta in Blood Type: Ragu
- Wednesday, March 18 - 9:30am
- Antonio Tibaldi, Gorgona
- Thursday, March 19 - 9:30am
- TBA
- Monday, March 23 - 9:30am
- Tuesday, March 24 - 9:30am
- Wednesday, March 25 - 9:30am
- Thursday, March 26 - 9:30am
- Monday, March 30 - 9:30am
- Italian American Culture & NOIAW
- Thursday, March 5 - 9:30am
- POWS IN THE UNITED STATES & NIAF
- Wednesday, March 4 - 9:30am
- Maria Lai. A Journey to America
- Tuesday, March 3 - 9:30am
- Antonio Tibaldi, Gorgona
- Monday, February 23 - 9:30am
- Tuesday, February 24 - 9:30am
- Wednesday, February 25 - 9:30am
- Thursday, February 26 - 9:30am
- Monday, March 2 - 9:30am
- THE VIEW FROM LAKE COMO: CONVERSATION WITH ADRIANA TRIGIANI
- Thursday, February 12 - 9:30am
- CAFÉ MARS AND CIVITA
- Wednesday, February 11 - 9:30am
- Frank Ingrasciotta in Blood Type: Ragu
- Tuesday, February 10 - 9:30am
- Wednesday, February 18 - 9:30am
- Book Launch, PIACE, and a Presepio
- Monday, February 9 - 9:30am
- Tuesday, February 17 - 9:30am
- Thursday, February 19 - 9:30am
- Alain Elkann & ILICA
- Thursday, February 5 - 9:30am
- Monday, February 16 - 9:30am
