Course Description

Instructor: William Allen, MA, MPhil, MLn

Technical Assistance: Michiyo Allen, BS

Lorenz Hart creatively “reveals himself” overtly and covertly in his sophisticated, witty, ironic, insightful, and occasionally darkly contemplative popular song lyrics written sometimes in league or in contrast to the melodic music of Richard Rodgers. We will investigate how the personal philosophy, background, and life of “Larry” Hart as well as his artistic genius inform such classic songs as “Where or When,” “Blue Moon,” “Johnny One Note,” “Little Girl Blue, “My Funny Valentine,” “The Lady is a Tramp,” “Bewitched, Bothered, & Bewildered” and many other memorable songs in the Rodgers & Hart canon.