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  • Interview with Frank Abbinanti and Peter Gena

    May. 6, 1996

    Interviewing composer Frank Abbinanti and pianist Peter Gena.

  • Interview with David Amram

    Jul. 3, 1986

    Interviewing composer, conductor and musician David Amram.

  • Interview with Darol Anger

    Nov. 14, 1989

    Interviewing a member of the Turtle Island String Quartet, Darol Anger (part 1 of 3).

  • Paul Robeson

    Interview with Avery Brooks

    Feb. 7, 1991

    Discussing Paul Robeson with actor, teacher, and musician Avery Brooks.

  • Disscussing the Balalaika and the Cimbalon with musician Alexander Eppler

    Mar. 30, 1984

    Eppler plays the cimbalom, an instrument descended from the hand-held hammered dulcimer found in Eastern Europe.

  • Anthony Braxton discusses his music and jazz

    Aug. 24, 1989

    Musician Anthony Braxton speaks with Studs Terkel about his music and the various musicians who have influenced him.

  • Allen Wayne Damron in conversation with Studs Terkel

    May. 9, 1985

    Terkel presents musical performance of Texas songs with Allen Wayne Damron

  • Alexander Frey in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Feb. 3, 1997

    Interviewing organist, pianist and conductor Alexander Frey.

  • A discussion with Dr. S. Frederick Starr, Perrin Yang, and Glen Nikitin

    Aug. 1, 1988

    Studs sits down with a musicologist and jazz musician, an American violinist, and a Russian violinist to discuss their cross-cultural and musical genre-bending collaboration - the American Soviet Youth Orchestra (AKA the American Russian Young Artists Orchestra).*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

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