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How Music Moves Us
February 23 @ 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
EHST member Jay Niver will share the backstory behind one of the most powerful and controversial songs in US history, “Strange Fruit.” It became Billie Holiday’s signature song and sold more records than any she recorded, but few know that it originated as a protest poem written by a New York City English teacher.
Jay will also discuss another haunting, troubling, and sometimes-banned composition, “Gloomy Sunday” – also known as “the Hungarian suicide song.”
It all relates to the power of music as a universal language (and some of us might share our “favorite” tune and why it’s personally meaningful).
This meeting is a Zoom “hybrid” meeting. We will meet at our regular venue, Extraordinary Ventures, where the program will take place. We will also Zoom the program. If you wish to attend via Zoom, please use our contact us form (https://ehstnc.org/contact-us/) to make your request.
