“Ragtime from Coast to Coast – A Musical Journey from New York to San Francisco”
Saturday, Januar 25 2025, 7:30 p.m., Goethes PostamD, Kassel
Sylvia Cordes (vocals) & Marcus Schwarz (piano)
“Everybody’s Singing The Sugar Blues!” Great African American Songwriters
Ragtime, blues and jazz songs from Perry Bradford, James R. Europe, Lucile Marie Handy, William Christopher Handy, Scott Joplin, James Scott, Charles & Effie Tyus, Clarence Williams & Spencer Williams
The great American songbook has enjoyed unbroken popularity in Europe for many years. Song composers such as Irving Berlin, Jerome Kern, Cole Porte and George Gershwin are well-known to many music lovers in Germany. Far too little is known to many music lovers, however, about the true creators of the musical forms with which the aforementioned white composers became known: the great African-American ragtime, blues and jazz composers from the beginning of the 20th century. From Scott Joplin, the “King of Ragtime” to William Christopher Handy, the “Father of the Blues” and Clarence Williams, the jazz legend from New Orleans. Sylvia Cordes (vocals) and Marcus Schwarz (piano) present a comprehensive cross-section of songs by these brilliant composers who have had a lasting impact on American music history. The diverse spectrum includes ragtime, blues and jazz songs from the first 30 years of the 20th century.
Sunday, September 15 2024, 5:00 p.m., Liederhof Hemeln, Hann.Münden – Hemeln
Sunday, March 9 2025, 4:00 p.m., Café Gesundbrunnen, Hofgeismar
Saturday, August 23 2025, 7:00 p.m., Knights’ Hall in the Guelph Castle, Hann.Münden
Piano Duo Barbara Schmidt & Marcus Schwarz
Music by Claude Debussy, Amy Beach, Percy Grainger, Astor Piazzolla & George Gershwin
Sunday, October 6, 2024 6:00 p.m., Bach-Haus, Bad Hersfeld
Thursday, November 7, 6:30 p.m., GDA Göttingen
Sunday, September 28, 2025, 5:00 p.m., Bevern Castle