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Lecture

Ronald E. Bornstein
Where Shall We Go? Let’s Fly Away on the Wings of Popular Song

Sunday 9.06.2024

Summary

Ron Bornstein discusses songs relating to travel and places near and far conceived by Irving Berlin, Noel Coward, Frank Loesser, Stephen Sondheim and others from the 1920s to the 1970s. Fasten your seat belts, it’s going to be happy ride!

Ronald E. Bornstein

an image of Ronald Bornstein

Ronald E. Bornstein is an international lawyer who has practiced in New York, Paris, San Francisco, and London (where he currently resides). He is a member of Chatham House, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, and a Lifetime Member of the Pacific Pension & Investment Institute (PPI). He was a Ford Foundation Fellow at the Academy of International Law at The Hague and a visiting Fulbright Professor at the University of Dakar. Ron holds a BS (econ) degree from the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School and a JD degree from its Law School.

Ron grew up in Manhattan and is a life long student of the “Great American Songbook” and American music from 1920 to 1970. He is also a Patron of the Musée d’Orsay and the British Museum where he sponsored its recent exhibition, “French Impressions: Prints from Manet to Cezanne”.