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3 unusual facts about William Farina


William Farina

The German Cabaret Legacy in American Popular Music (2013) links the emblematic musical style of the Weimar Republic with the contemporary English-speaking pop vernacular of the late 20th century.

The grandson of Sicilian immigrants on his father’s side, Farina is also a Mayflower descendant from his mother’s family.

It won the 2007 Award for Scholarly Excellence presented by the Shakespeare Authorship Studies Conference of Concordia University-Portland, and recently earned praise in Washington State University’s Rocky Mountain Review of Language and Literature.



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