NEWMAN LEVY SONGS

Newman Levy (Nov. 30, 1888 - March, 1966) was a former Assistant District Attorney of NYC, trial lawyer, writer of light verse, opera and theater fan. He wrote for the New Yorker Magazine, The Saturday Evening Post, and other periodicals, and published several books of light verse including OPERA GUYED, THEATRE GUYED, SATURDAY TO MONDAY, and GAY BUT WISTFUL.  He wrote an autobiography, MY DOUBLE LIFE, in 1958.  He is said to have replied to George Gershwin's question, "I wonder if my music will be played a hundred  years from now?" with the answer, "Yes, if you're around to play it!" Quite a wit, he deserves to be better known to a later generation.
 

Bluebeard

Carmen

Oedipus Rex

Rain

The Three Cherry Sisters Karamazov

Thais

Faust
 

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