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  • Peter, Paul, and Mary

    Peter, Paul and Mary discuss Folk music and the forming of their singing group ; part 1

    Apr. 12, 1961

    Peter Yarrow, Paul Stookey and Mary Travers talk with Studs about the forming of the Folk singing group Peter, Paul and Mary. They perform their music throughout the interview.

  • Peter Sellars

    Peter Sellars discusses his job at the Los Angeles Festival

    Feb. 16, 1990

    Actor Peter Sellars takes on a different role as director of the Los Angeles Festival. The sixteen day event will happen in parks, streets, churches and community centers all over Los Angeles, says Sellers. With all the diverse groups living in Los Angeles, there's so much culture to share with one another & Sellers wanted people to get out and see things that they never experienced before.

  • Peter Schickele performs and lectures on the music of composer P.D.Q. Bach

    Dec. 1, 1988

    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.

  • Peter Glossop discusses his career and the 2nd interview is of Sarah Caldwell discussing her profession

    At a young age, Peter Glossop knew that all he ever wanted to be was an opera singer. Glossop said with opera, there's the best of two worlds, both singing and acting. Verdi was a favorite, Glossop explained, as Verdi had written great roles for baritone singers. Sarah Caldwell was very good at playing music at a young age. She also loved the theatre. To her, it was a logical step to direct operas. Caldwell explained that her job as the director is to hold the audiences' attention and to make the piece real, to convey the playwright's message.

  • Pete Seeger discusses music, the Hudson River, and American culture ; part 2

    Feb. 10, 1969

    The conversation spans trends in American culture plans for public access television.

  • Pete Seeger discusses music and the Hudson River ; part 1

    Feb. 10, 1969

    Pete Seeger discuss music and his plan to build a sloop to sail on the Hudson River.

  • Pete Seeger

    Pete Seeger discusses folk music

    Nov. 12, 1955
  • Performance of traditional folk hymns sung by Helen Schneyer

    Nov. 9, 1990

    Musical performance of traditional folk hymns

  • Peggy Lee in white, wearing a white hat and white animal fur stole

    Peggy Lee in conversation with Studs Terkel

    May. 23, 1989
  • Paula Robison in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Dec. 1, 1980
  • Paula Robison in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Feb. 27, 1995
  • Paul Angle and Win Stracke

    Paul Angle, historian and writer, and Win Stracke, folk musician, discuss "Crossroads: 1913," part 3

    Jul. 1, 1963

    Paul Angle discusses his book "Crossroads: 1913," and Win Stracke provides a musical review. The three gentlemen talk in depth about the book with live and recorded music interspersed. Music: "Water--Oh!, Water For Me" and "The Rosary." "The Voice of Vienna" (a waltz).

  • Paul Angle and Win Stracke

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

    Jul. 1, 1963

    Paul Angle discusses his book "Crossroads: 1913," and Win Stracke provides a musical review. The three gentlemen talk in depth about the book with live and recorded music interspersed. Songs include: "Casey Jones - The Union Scab," "Sweet Adeline," "We Shall Overcome," "Oh, Dear, What Can the Matter Be," and "Immortality" by William Jennings Bryan (1908).

  • Paul Angle and Win Stracke

    Paul Angle, historian and writer and Win Stracke folk musician discuss "Crossroads: 1913," ; part 1

    Jul. 1, 1963

    Paul Angle, director of the Chicago Historical Society, discusses his new book "Crossroads: 1913." Win Stracke, musician, provides a musical review of Angle's book.

  • Patrick Henry, Tricia Alexander in conversation with Studs Terkel

    May. 21, 1986

    Discussing PROJECT! with Free Street Theater founder Pat Henry and lyricist Tricia Alexander. Produced by the Free Street Theater, PROJECT! is a series of inner-city vignettes in song and dance about life in an inner-city housing project. All of the actor

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