Sally Rountree Klein
3:30-4:30 pm | Mondays, October 6 through November 10
$50 for members/$100 for visitors

This course is not open to individual session attendance.

Although It was born of poverty and sorrow, the Blues—that uniquely American musical form—nevertheless became the most comforting and witty genre of them all. How did this happen, and how did the Blues survive to be the robust and relevant musical tradition that it is today? This fascinating course blends historical lectures with musical selections, both familiar and unknown, to yield the story of the Blues.

“The Birth of the Blues”

Composer: Ray Henderson, 1926

Sally Rountree Klein is a retired educator who taught science and later served in secondary and post-secondary school administration. An accomplished poet and prose writer, she has also sung the Blues for many years.

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