FREE at Last: Lawrence Schulman and the Great Artists and Composers of 20th Century Classic American Popular Music

By Robert Henrey

The speaker at the May 21 meeting of the Retired Men’s Association was author Lawrence Schulman on “the Great Artists and Composers of 20th Century Classic American Popular Music.” Schulman is a native New Yorker from the Bronx who developed a lifelong passion for classic American popular music, an art form that gave rise to the “Great American Song Book.” A graduate of Stony Brook University and of the Sorbonne (University of Paris), he is a music producer and critic who lived in Paris from 1971 to 1997 where he taught, translated and worked with Radio France as a producer and host. He has a well-earned reputation for being a quick study and exceptionally diligent. These talents have contributed to his scholarly and encyclopedic knowledge of his area of expertise. He li