Rust to Broadway: Celebrating a century of Ohio State’s School of Music and the lasting legacy of alumna Ruby Elzy

Ohio State’s School of Music was first established in 1925. As the school looks back at the past century, it also looks back at the first few classes of students and the accomplishments they went on to achieve. Ruby Elzy was an African American soprano who graduated from Ohio State in 1930 and performed among […]

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"Bess, You Is My Woman Now" is a #duet with music by #GeorgeGershwin and lyrics by #IraGershwin and #DuBoseHeyward. This song comes from the Gershwins' opera #PorgyAndBess (1935) where it is sung by the main character Porgy and his beloved Bess. They express their love for each other and say that they now belong together. The song has been covered a number of times by many artists (Porgy and Bess (Ella Fitzgerald and Louis Armstrong album), 1958). In 1959.
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Medley: I Loves You Porgy / Porgy, I's Your Woman Now (Bess, You Is My Woman Now)

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