Listening for America: Inside the Great American Songbook from Gershwin to Sondheim (By Rob Kapilow)

Please visit https://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/1/audiobook/588103 to listen full audiobooks. Title: Listening for America: Inside the Great American Songbook from Gershwin to Sondheim Author: Rob Kapilow Narrator: Paul Woodson Format: Unabridged Audiobook Length: 13 hours 44 minutes Release date: June 28, 2022 Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1 Genres: Arts & Entertainment Publisher's Summary: Few people in recent memory have dedicated themselves as devotedly to the story of twentieth-century American music as Rob Kapilow, the composer, conductor, and host of the hit NPR music radio program, What Makes It Great? Now, in Listening for America, he turns his keen ear to the Great American Songbook, bringing many of our favorite classics to life through the songs and stories of eight of the twentieth century's most treasured American composers—Kern, Porter, Gershwin, Arlen, Berlin, Rodgers, Bernstein, and Sondheim. Hardly confining himself to celebrating what makes these catchy melodies so unforgettable, Kapilow delves deeply into how issues of race, immigration, sexuality, and appropriation intertwine in masterpieces like Show Boat and West Side Story. A book not just about musical theater but about America itself, Listening for America is equally for the devotee, the singer, the music student, or for anyone intrigued by how popular music has shaped the larger culture.