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Music - World Music
  • Xochimoki discuss their music and musical influences

    Apr. 18, 1986

    Musical duo Xochimoki discuss music and musical influences drawn from Mesoamerican civilizations; clips of their music are also played throughout the interview.

  • Walter Levin discusses the LaSalle Quartet

    Feb. 7, 1984

    Terkel comments and presents a musical performance of the LaSalle Quartet, comprised of two violins, a cello, and a viola. Terkel interviews Walter Levin, a senior member of the LaSalle Quartet, they discuss the following: the Second Viennese School; chamber music; transparency of quartets; subjective interpretation of compositions; the awareness of color as a musical element; and how the LaSalle Quartet was founded.

  • Vasilios Gaitanos in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Feb. 4, 1991

    Interviewing Greek singer Vasilios Gaitanos.

  • Terkel comments and presents musical performance of Pierre Bensusan

    Jun. 11, 1979

    Presenting music with Pierre Bensusan.

  • Charlie Byrd

    Terkel comments and presents musical performance of Charlie Byrd

    Aug. 31, 1977

    Presenting music performance with Charlie Byrd.

  • Terkel comments and presents musical performance of a Spanish music program

    Apr. 13, 1982
  • Teresa Orantes in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Oct. 22, 1975

    This program has been edited to remove copyright material.

  • Ted Alevizos discusses Greek culture and folk songs ; part 2

    Oct. 11, 1962

    Greek-American singer Ted Alevizos talks about Greek culture and history, and the folk songs and traditional dances of Greece.

  • Ted Alevizos discusses Greek culture and folk music ; part 1

    Oct. 11, 1962

    Greek-American singer Ted Alevizos talks about the various geographic influences on Greek folk music. He sings traditional Greek folk songs such as "An Pethano Sto Karavi."

  • Sylvia Woods

    Sylvia Woods discusses her book "Teach Yourself to Play the Folk Harp"

    Sep. 2, 1982

    Syvia Woods, an American, and 1980 All Ireland Harp Competition winner sits down with Studs Terkel in a wonderful discussion on the history of the folk harp and plays a variety of selections. As a self taught folk harper, she has written a book "Teach Yourself to Play the Folk Harp" for the absolute beginner. She is known as a harper and not harpist because she doesn't play the orchestra harp. She also discusses her involvement musically in a documentary for PBS entitled "Chicago Secret Wilderness", produced by Mike Hirsh. The folk harp is also known as the celtic harp or Irish harp.

  • Alan Lomax

    Studs Terkel plays selections from Alan Lomax's collection

    Dec. 14, 1960
  • Stomu Yamash'ta

    Studs Terkel interviews Japanese percussionist Stomu Yamash'ta

    Jun. 24, 1969

    The virtuoso percussionist, Stomu Yamash'ta, sits down with Studs Terkel and discusses from his heart how he creates the sound of his music. Sound is created in your head and heart. The ocean creates a different sound by day and night. Yamash'ta writes down his thoughts on the sounds he hears and creates the music. For the Akira Kurasawa film "YoJimbo" where he did solo musical work, he analyzed the character and what type of sound was in his mind and thought how to create it and convey that to his audience musically. Technology is not the answer to the development of sound.

  • Jacques Tati

    Studs Terkel discusses the film "Mon Oncle"with creator Jacques Tati

    Dec. 12, 1958

    Studs Terkel reintroduces this 1958 broadcast with Jacques Tati in a 1992 rebroadcast. At 39:06, Terkel includes a musical epilogue to the conversation with Jacques Tati with French children's songs such as "Cadet Rousselle". Tati discusses his films "Mr. Hulot's Holiday" and" Mon Oncle" and his emphasis as writer, director, actor, and producer to maintain a naturalness. He doesn't want lights, cameras or action to influence the actors. Naturalness will respect independence and keeping it simple and real will create pride and invite people in.

  • Studs Terkel comments and presents the Sophiatown Church of Christ the King ; part 3

    1963

    Presenting performances at the Sophiatown Church of Christ the King while Studs was in South Africa. They talked how they brought folk music back to South Africa.

  • Studs Terkel comments and presents the Sophiatown Church of Christ the King ; part 2

    1963

    Presenting performances at the Sophiatown Church of Christ the King while Studs was in South Africa. They talked how they brought folk music back to South Africa.

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