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  • Performance of music from the opera, Between two worlds

    Jun. 11, 1997
  • Performance from the Jazz Showcase

    Apr. 8, 1983

    Presenting music from a performance at the Jazz Showcase with Showcase organizer Joe Segal.

  • 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.

  • Osian Ellis in conversation with Studs Terkel

    Nov. 9, 1977
  • Oscar Peterson

    Oscar Peterson plays and discusses jazz

    Sep. 8, 1961

    Jazz pianist Oscar Peterson sits down with Studs Terkel to discuss historical developments in jazz piano, his own personal development as a pianist, and his experience directing a youth jazz piano school. Includes Peterson playing short excerpts from "Chicago (that toddlin' town)," "Soon," Chopin's Nocturne in E flat Major to demonstrate musical concepts.

  • Oscar Ghiglia discusses the history of classical guitar music in different cultures

    Feb. 14, 1977

    Oscar Ghiglia discusses studying under Andres Segovia and reviews different types of guitars and composers through history, including Weiss, Villa-Lobos, and Scarlatti. Music is played throughout: "Prelude, Fugue and Allegro in E-Flat Major, BWV 998 (Arr. for Guitar) : I. Prelude" composed by J.S. Bach, "Canarios (Air De Danse)","La Maja De Goya", "Fantasia in E-Minor" composed by S.L. Weiss, "Five Preludes, W. 419: No. 1 in E Minor (Andantino expressivo)" composed by Heitor Villa-Lobos, "Sonata In G, L.79" composed by Domenico Scarlatti, and "Tarantella, Op.

  • Oscar Brown Jr.

    Oscar Brown Jr. discusses his life and music ; part 2

    Apr. 17, 1961
  • Oscar Brown Jr.

    Oscar Brown Jr. discusses his life and music ; part 1

    Apr. 17, 1961
  • Ollie Gilbert and Jimmie Driftwood discuss music ; part 2

    May. 25, 1964

    Ollie Gilbert, folk musician, and Jimmie Driftwood, folk songwriter and musician, discuss and folk music. They also discuss instruments such as banjos, guitars, and musical bows. The two musicians also talk about how music evolves over time and as it is passed through generations.

  • Ollie Gilbert and Jimmie Driftwood discuss music ; part 1

    May. 25, 1964

    Ollie Gilbert, folk musician, and Jimmie Driftwood, folk songwriter and musician, discuss music including how Gilbert's family has passed down music through the generations.

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