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Music

  • Elisabeth Schwarzkopf discusses her roles and interpretation ; part 1

    Apr. 11, 1962
  • Thom Bishop discusses the musical revue "Suburbs of Heaven"

    Feb. 7, 1979
  • Members of the Shanghai Quartet discuss their backgrounds

    May. 17, 1989
  • Eubie Blake

    Interviewing ragtime pianist-composer Eubie Blake, Bill Bolcolm and Bob Kimball

    Feb. 5, 1973
  • Ralph Gleason discusses jazz, jazz artists, and jazz festivals ; part 1

    Jul. 31, 1971
  • Lawrence (Bud) Freeman discusses his career as a tenor sax jazz musician

    Dec. 1, 1980
  • Christopher Keene and Gian Carlo Menotti discuss the opera

    Sep. 6, 1973
  • Gian Carlo Menotti discusses his career, his operas, and his colleagues

    Mar. 20, 1981
  • Luciano Pavarotti

    Luciano Pavarotti discusses singing for the Pope and other audiences

    Oct. 8, 1979
  • Red Saunders discusses jazz music and jazz musicians

    Mar. 16, 1978
  • Billy Taylor

    Discussing the book "Jazz Piano: History and Development" with Billy Taylor

    Nov. 16, 1982
  • Terkel talks jazz with Teddy Wilson and John McDonough

    Apr. 27, 1976
  • Buffy Sainte-Marie talks with Studs Terkel ; part 1

    1968
  • John Prine

    John Prine discusses songwriting and growing up in Southern Illinois

    1972
  • Teresa Orantes in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Oct. 22, 1975
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