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Music

  • Interviewing John Williams

    Nov. 6, 1964
  • Sarah Caldwell discusses conducting operas

    Aug. 2, 1976
  • Talking about piano instruction, with David Sudnow

    Dec. 14, 1987
  • Paul Angle and Win Stracke

    Paul Angle, historian and writer, and Win Stracke, folk musician, discuss "Crossroads: 1913," part 2

    Jul. 1, 1963
  • Claudia Cassidy discusses her career as a critic ; part 2

    Nov. 30, 1966
  • Ralph Ellison

    Ralph Ellison American novelist and literary critic discusses his life and writing

    1970
  • Lawrence (Bud) Freeman discusses jazz with Studs Terkel

    May. 11, 1971
  • Teresa Stich-Randall

    Teresa Stich-Randall discusses her career ; part 1

    Nov. 3, 1961
  • Elisabeth Schwarzkopf discusses her role as The Marschallin in Der Rosenkavalier ; part 2

    Nov. 2, 1960
  • Richard Peaslee

    Composer Richard Peaslee discusses his work for the film "Marat/Sade"

    Feb. 1, 1967
  • Marian Anderson

    Interviewing Marian Anderson and James DePreist ; part 2

    1966
  • Charles Mingus

    Charles Mingus discusses his book "Beneath The Underdog"

    May. 20, 1971
  • Interviewing Alec Wilder discussing his music and his book: American Popular Songs ; part 1

    1980
  • Terkel comments and presents musical performance of Buck Clayton

    Jan. 25, 1978
  • Terkel comments and presents musical performance of old jazz duets with Don DeMichael

    Sep. 20, 1978
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