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  • 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.

  • Discussion with Gail Quillman

    Apr. 17, 1989
  • Discussing the upcoming biography of American violinist Maud Powell with author Karen Shaffer and violinist and conductor Yehudi Menuhin. Program also includes a discussion of a Chicago performance by Menuhin (part 1 of 2).

    Mar. 4, 1986
  • Discussing the upcoming biography of American violinist Maud Powell with author Karen Shaffer and violinist and conductor Yehudi Menuhin. Program also includes a discussion of Menuhin's involvement in jazz and Indian music (part 2 of 2).

    Mar. 5, 1986
  • Discussing the novel "The Career of Magda V.: A Novel" with the author and musicologist Joseph Machlis ; part 1

    Nov. 1, 1985
  • Frank Zappa

    Discussing the music of the Mothers of Invention and interviewing Frank Zappa

    Aug. 1, 1970

    Discussing the music of the Mothers of Invention and interviewing Frank Zappa. Songs include "Who are the Brain Police," "Brown Shoes Don't Make It," "Concentration Moon," "Mom and Dad," "Bow Tie Daddy," "Harry, You're a Beast," "What's the Ugliest Part of Your Body?" "Trouble Every Day," "Very Distraughtening," "White Ugliness" and "There Will Come a Time."

  • Discussing the history of the trumpet with trumpeter Ludwig Guttler

    Jan. 10, 1990
  • Discussing the history of music with author and musicologist Joseph Machlis ; part 2

    Nov. 1, 1985
  • Discussing the book "Ruth Crawford Seeger: A Composer's Search for American Music" with the author, music historian Judith Tick

    Dec. 12, 1997
  • Discussing the book "Pastures of Plenty: A Self-Portrait" with the editor, rock critic and historian Dave Marsh

    Nov. 29, 1990
  • Discussing the book "Our Two Lives", a biography of her husband conductor Artur Rodzinski, with the author Halina Rodzinski

    May. 7, 1976
  • Discussing the book "Ensemble!: A Rehearsal Guide to Thirty Great Works of Chamber Music" with Abram Loft

    Jun. 24, 1992
  • Discussing the book "Bravi: Lyric Opera of Chicago" with author and photographer Victor Skrebneski

    Apr. 14, 1994
  • Discussing the book "Alma Mahler, Muse to Genius: From Fin-de-Siecle Vienna to Hollywood's Heyday" with the author, biographer and music critic Karen Monson

    Jan. 12, 1984
  • Discussing the book "All American Music: Composition in the Late Twentieth Century" with the author, music critic John Rockwell

    Apr. 5, 1983
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