Today’s Jewish Birthday

Milton Ager (October 6, 1893 – May 6, 1979) was an American composer, regarded as one of the top songwriters of the 1920s and 1930s. His compositions include “Ain’t She Sweet” and “Happy Days Are Here Again”. [Wikipedia]

Steve Reich (October 3, 1936) is an American composer best known as a pioneer of minimal music in the mid to late 1960s. Reich’s work is marked by its use of repetitive figures, slow harmonic rhythm, and canons. Reich describes this concept in his essay “Music as a Gradual Process” by stating, “I am interested in perceptible processes. [Wikipedia]

George Gershwin (September 26, 1898 – July 11, 1937) was an American composer and pianist whose compositions spanned jazz, popular and classical music. Among his best-known works are the songs “Swanee” (1919) and “Fascinating Rhythm” (1924), the orchestral compositions Rhapsody in Blue (1924) and An American in Paris (1928). [Wikipedia]