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  • Interviewing the Freedom singers ; part 2

    1964
  • Interviewing the Freedom singers ; part 1

    1964
  • Interviewing John Langstaff

    Jan. 19, 1963
  • Interview with Richard Vikstrom

    Jan. 3, 1966

    The music professor and choral director of the University of Chicago's Rockefeller Chapel Choir joins Studs to discuss the context and history behind some of the selections featured in their performances.*Please note: some sections have been edited out from the original recording due to copyright considerations 

  • Fela Sowande discusses his career and Nigerian music ; part 2

    Jul. 3, 1962

    Fela Sowande discusses his career, different types of Nigerian and African music, the Yoruba people, and religion. Includes clips of an African Yoruba pagan hymn "Oyigiyigi," a Christian version of that hymn, and an organ version of that hymn. Includes Sowande's song "Roll de Ol' Chariot." Quotes a poem by [Anthony Gregascoigne], an English poet he met in England.

  • Burton Lowell Kaplan discusses Jewish culture

    Sep. 19, 1962
  • Barbara Hendricks

    Barbara Hendricks discusses her career, music education, and opera

    Apr. 3, 1978

    Barbara Hendricks discusses her career, music education, and opera. Includes a clip of Jennie Tourel's voice.

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