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Terkel comments and presents a musical performance by Teresa Orantes, Dan Tucker, and Laura Fenster
Musical performance by Larry Schanker
Performance of Orpheus descending
Terkel comments and presents music from "Fancy Meeting You."
Terkel comments and presents a musical performance by Bill Mathieu
Presenting music and discussing the tuba with tubists Arnold Jacobs, Harvey Phillips, Fritz Kaenzig, and Richard Frazier. This mixdown includes recorded and live music in the last three minutes.
Presenting jazz with Bill Leonard and Frank Holzfeind
Musical performance by Ned Rorem
Terkel comments and presents a performance of 18th and 19th century American parlor music
Terkel comments and presents songs of the Spanish Civil War
Studs interviews Phyl Garland about her book "Sound of Soul." They discuss the history of music and how black music influenced white music. Studs reads a quote from her book where she quoted Lerone Bennett. Garland also reads from her book a few times. They discuss how music changed over time for blacks from spirituals to slave songs to the blues because it was a reflection of their lives. Garland explains how blacks used music to help them through their trials and frustrations.
Peter Schickele, the man behind the pseudonymous musical persona P.D.Q. Bach, gives a lecture on the oft-forgotten composer and sibling of Johann Sebastian Bach, playing and discussing a number of works by the fictitious composer.
Presenting music from a performance at the Jazz Showcase with Showcase organizer Joe Segal.