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Jay Gorney memorial celebration

Title: Jay Gorney memorial celebration [videorecording] / [Hosted by] the New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater ; all songs composed by Jay Gorney ; lyricists, E. Y. Harburg and Howard Dietz.
Publication: New York, 1990.

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Description

1 videodisc (DVD) (104 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

This program is a tribute to songwriter Jay Gorney, who died in June of 1990. The program includes reminiscences by family members, friends and associates who speak of Gorney's role as father, friend, and husband, and as a renowned songwriter who collaborated with some of the most esteemed lyricists of his day to produce songs and scores for Hollywood and the musical theater. The speakers also discuss Gorney's championship of songwriters via his involvement with ASCAP and The Songwriters Guild of America, his discovery of Shirley Temple, and his appearance before the House Un-American Activities Committee, where he tried to sing The First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution in the form of his song The Bill of Rights.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival.

Series Statement

Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival Moving Image Collection

Alternative Title

Memorial celebration Jay Gorney Sept. 10 1990
A celebration of the life and music of Jay Gorney

Subjects

Genre/Form

Video.

Note

This video separated from the New York Shakespeare Festival collection, *T-Mss 1993-028.
Also available on NCOV 938.

Access (note)

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Performer (note)

Speakers: Rod Gorney, Morton Gould, George David Weiss, Laura Greene, Daniel Gorney, Daniel Neiden, Bel Kaufman, Marie Santell, Edward Eliscu, Morgot Moser, David Brooks, Marvin Lagunoff, Mary Cleere Haran, Joseph Papp, Sondra Gorney.
Performers: Karen Lynn Gorney, Laura Greene, Daniel Neiden, Marie Santell, Edward Eliscu, Margot Moser, David Brooks, Mary-Cleere Haran, Joseph Papp.
Performers (archival video): Shirley Temple, Jay Gorney.

Event (note)

Videotaped at the Public Theater in New York, N.Y. on September 10, 1990.

Biography (note)

Writer, lyricist and composer Jay Gorney (1896-1990) was born in Bailystock, Russia. Escaping a Russian pogrom, the Gorney family emigrated to Detroit in 1906. Gorney attended the University of Michigan where he studied law and music. Perhaps best known for penning the tune to the Depression-era anthem Brother, can you spare a dime?, with lyrics by E.Y. (Yip) Harburg, Gorney enjoyed a successful career writing music for Broadway shows and revues. These include Earl Carroll's Vanities (1925), Merry-Go-Round (1927), The Ziegfeld follies of 1931 and Meet the people (1940). During the 1930s through the 1940s Gorney wrote music for several Hollywood movies, including Jimmy and Sally, Moonlight and pretzels, Wild gold, Lottery lover, Redheads on parade, The heat's on and Hey Rookie! In addition to Harburg, Gorney collaborated with lyricists Lew Brown, Henry Myers, Edward Eliscu, Sidney Clare, Howard Dietz and Jean and Walter Kerr for both film and stage. From the late 1940s through the 1960s Gorney taught classes in musical theater and songwriting. In the early 1960s Gorney wrote and produced several episodes of religious programming for television, and with E.Y. Harburg adapted the music of Jacques Offenbach for the Broadway show The happiest girl in the world.

Contents

Includes performances of the songs: The Bill of Rights (Meet the people) / Daniel Neiden, singer -- What wouldn't I do for that man? / Karen Lynn Gorney -- Bewitched by the night and Ah, but is it love? (Moonlight and pretzels) / lyrics for Ah, but is it love?, E. Y. Harburg; Marie Santell, singer -- That Mittle Europa of mine (Meet the people) / Edward Eliscu, singer and lyricist -- A fellow and a girl (Meet the people) / Margot Moser, singer -- Dusty shoes (Moonlight and pretzels) / E.Y. Harburg lyricist, David Brooks, singer -- What makes my baby blue (The battle of Paris) / Howard Dietz, lyricist; Mary-Cleere Haran, singer -- Brother, can you spare a dime? (Americana) / E.Y. Harburg, lyricist; Joseph Papp, singer.

Call Number

NCOV 5037

OCLC

NYPG05-F10334

Title

Jay Gorney memorial celebration [videorecording] / [Hosted by] the New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater ; all songs composed by Jay Gorney ; lyricists, E. Y. Harburg and Howard Dietz.

Imprint

New York, 1990.

Series

Joseph Papp Public Theater/New York Shakespeare Festival Moving Image Collection

Access

Restricted to qualified researchers.

Cast

Speakers: Rod Gorney, Morton Gould, George David Weiss, Laura Greene, Daniel Gorney, Daniel Neiden, Bel Kaufman, Marie Santell, Edward Eliscu, Morgot Moser, David Brooks, Marvin Lagunoff, Mary Cleere Haran, Joseph Papp, Sondra Gorney.

Performers: Karen Lynn Gorney, Laura Greene, Daniel Neiden, Marie Santell, Edward Eliscu, Margot Moser, David Brooks, Mary-Cleere Haran, Joseph Papp.

Performers (archival video): Shirley Temple, Jay Gorney.

Event

Videotaped at the Public Theater in New York, N.Y. on September 10, 1990.

Biography

Writer, lyricist and composer Jay Gorney (1896-1990) was born in Bailystock, Russia. Escaping a Russian pogrom, the Gorney family emigrated to Detroit in 1906. Gorney attended the University of Michigan where he studied law and music. Perhaps best known for penning the tune to the Depression-era anthem Brother, can you spare a dime?, with lyrics by E.Y. (Yip) Harburg, Gorney enjoyed a successful career writing music for Broadway shows and revues. These include Earl Carroll's Vanities (1925), Merry-Go-Round (1927), The Ziegfeld follies of 1931 and Meet the people (1940). During the 1930s through the 1940s Gorney wrote music for several Hollywood movies, including Jimmy and Sally, Moonlight and pretzels, Wild gold, Lottery lover, Redheads on parade, The heat's on and Hey Rookie! In addition to Harburg, Gorney collaborated with lyricists Lew Brown, Henry Myers, Edward Eliscu, Sidney Clare, Howard Dietz and Jean and Walter Kerr for both film and stage. From the late 1940s through the 1960s Gorney taught classes in musical theater and songwriting. In the early 1960s Gorney wrote and produced several episodes of religious programming for television, and with E.Y. Harburg adapted the music of Jacques Offenbach for the Broadway show The happiest girl in the world.

Local Subject

Tributes.

Added Author

Gorney, Jay, 1896-1990, composer.

Harburg, E. Y. (Edgar Yipsel), 1896-1981, lyricist.

Dietz, Howard, 1896-1983, lyricist.

Gorney, Roderic, 1924- speaker.

Gould, Morton, 1913-1996, speaker.

Gorney, Karen Lynn, performer.

Weiss, George (George David), speaker.

Greene, Laura, speaker.

Greene, Laura, performer.

Gorney, Daniel, speaker.

Neiden, Daniel, speaker.

Neiden, Daniel, performer.

Kaufman, Bel, speaker.

Santell, Marie, speaker.

Santell, Marie, performer.

Eliscu, Edward, 1902-1998, speaker.

Eliscu, Edward, 1902-1998, performer.

Moser, Margot, 1930- speaker.

Moser, Margot, 1930- performer.

Brooks, David (Vocalist), speaker.

Brooks, David (Vocalist), performer.

Lagunoff, Marvin, speaker.

Haran, Mary Cleere, performer.

Papp, Joseph, speaker.

Papp, Joseph, performer.

Gorney, Sondra, speaker.

Gorney, Jay, 1896-1990, performer.

Temple, Shirley, 1928-2014, performer.

New York Shakespeare Festival Public Theater, producer.

Research Call Number

NCOV 5037

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