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Music

  • Marian Anderson

    Marian Anderson discusses her career, and how she interprets songs

    Feb. 20, 1960
  • Wolfgang Rubsam discusses his career as an organist and Associate Professor of church music at Northwestern University

    Mar. 1, 1984
  • Big Bill Broonzy discusses the blues ; part 2

    Jul. 22, 1953
  • Singer-songwriters Florence Reece and Pete Seeger discuss writing songs

    Mar. 17, 1978
  • Brownie McGhee and Sonny Terry discuss their careers as blues musicians

    Jan. 28, 1970
  • Claude Brown

    Claude Brown talks with Studs Terkel

    Sep. 13, 1965
  • Teresa Stich-Randall

    Teresa Stich-Randall discusses her career ; part 2

    Nov. 3, 1961
  • Eartha Kitt

    Eartha Kitt discusses her music career ; part 1

    Jul. 10, 1962
  • Renee Fleming

    Renee Fleming discusses her opera career

    Feb. 12, 1996
  • The Andrews Sisters

    Terkel interviews Maxene Andrews of The Andrews Sisters

    Aug. 23, 1982
  • Oscar Brown Jr.

    Presenting music with Oscar Brown, Jr

    Jun. 6, 1977
  • Frederick Douglas Kirkpatrick in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Apr. 11, 1975
  • Studs Terkel discusses the global status of theater with Croatian director Vlado Habunek

    Apr. 25, 1962
  • Arnold Jacobs, Harvey Phillips, Fritz Kaenzig, and Richard Frazier

    Presenting music and discussing the tuba with tubists Arnold Jacobs, Harvey Phillips, Fritz Kaenzig, and Richard Frazier

    Feb. 20, 1987
  • Robert Kimball

    Discussing Cole Porter's work and the book "Cole" and interviewing its author Robert Kimball

    1970
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