Author: William Henry Curry

I have a special admiration for one of the most resilient presidents in American history: Franklin Delano Roosevelt. As a young man, he was the wealthy golden boy of American politics. And then, at...

EULOGY FOR AN AMERICAN MELODY MASTER In John Ireland—Portrait of a Friend, the musician John Longmire recalls the time the 20th century composer invited him to hear a recording of George Gershwin’s latest hit song, “The...

Part 1: Celebrating the Music and Mourning the Loss of American Composer Herman Whitfield III  When I was the first-prize winner of the 1988 Stokowski Conducting Competition Award, sponsored by the American Symphony Orchestra,...