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[Donald Chipman Audio: Lamar Hunt] transcript

[Donald Chipman Audio: Lamar Hunt]

Audio recording of Donald E. Chipman interviewing with Lamar Hunt. Hunt was the principal founder of the American Football League (AFL) and Major League Soccer (MLS). He was also the founder and owner of the Kansas City Chiefs (formerly known as Dallas Texans). Hunt passed away on December 13, 2006.
Date: [1952,1969]
Creator: Chipman, Donald E.
System: The UNT Digital Library

Rhapsodic Variations

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Recording of Otto Luening's Rhapsodic Variations.
Date: 1953/1954
Creator: Luening, Otto, 1900-1996
System: The UNT Digital Library

Poem in Cycles and Bells

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Recording of Otto Luening's Poem in Cycles and Bells.
Date: 1954
Creator: Luening, Otto, 1900-1996
System: The UNT Digital Library

Fantasy in Space

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This is another in a series of pieces Luening made by recording himself playing flute, and then while listening on earphones, taped a second flute part over the first, and so forth.
Date: 1952
Creator: Luening, Otto, 1900-1996
System: The UNT Digital Library

Invention in 12 Notes

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Recording of Otto Luening's Invention in 12 Notes.
Date: 1952
Creator: Luening, Otto, 1900-1996
System: The UNT Digital Library

Low Speed

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The work is made around tape recordings of Luening's improvisations on the flute. The flute recordings were transposed through change of tape playback speed and transformed through "tape recorder feedback".
Date: 1952
Creator: Luening, Otto, 1900-1996
System: The UNT Digital Library

Orphée 53

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Recording of Pierre Schaeffer's Orphée 53.
Date: 1953
Creator: Schaeffer, Pierre, 1910-1995
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interview with Benny Goodman transcript

Interview with Benny Goodman

Unedited audio of Willis Conover's interview with Benny Goodman, including short statements for various broadcast services within VOA, and a longer interview presumably for Music USA #394-B.
Date: December 21, 1955
Creator: Conover, Willis
System: The UNT Digital Library
Interview with W.C. Handy, Part I transcript

Interview with W.C. Handy, Part I

The first part of Willis Conover's extended interview with W.C. Handy. This recording is the raw audio, and includes a glitch in the tape in the opening seconds, and other preliminaries before the interview begins.
Date: 1956
Creator: Conover, Willis
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pop Chronicles Interviews #88 - Patti Page with Jack Rael transcript

Pop Chronicles Interviews #88 - Patti Page with Jack Rael

Recording of John Gilliland interviewing Patti Page and Jack Rael on the KCUL House of Wax program in Fort Worth. Gilliland later used this audio in the Pop Chronicles radio program series. The interview is in tracks 1 through 5, with unrelated material on the tape before and after.
Date: October 12, 1955
Creator: Gilliland, John
System: The UNT Digital Library

Sonotranjosti

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Recording of Bor Turel's Sonotranjosti.
Date: 1956
Creator: Turel, Bor
System: The UNT Digital Library

Savremena Muzika Amerika: Danny Kaye

The music of Danny Kaye is featured in a program apparently broadcast by the Voice of America's Yugoslav Service.
Date: 1956
Creator: Conover, Willis
System: The UNT Digital Library

Party

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Recording of Rune Lindblad's Party.
Date: 1953/1954
Creator: Lindblad, Rune, 1923-1991
System: The UNT Digital Library
Willis Conover interviews Danny Kaye transcript

Willis Conover interviews Danny Kaye

Willis Conover interviews entertainer Danny Kaye, who was serving as an ambassador-at-large for the United Nations Children's Emergency Fund (UNICEF).
Date: June 28, 1956
Creator: Conover, Willis & Kaye, Danny
System: The UNT Digital Library
Music USA #621-B transcript

Music USA #621-B

The entire program for the jazz hour (second hour) of Music USA, broadcast September 10, 1956.
Date: August 14, 1956
Creator: Conover, Willis
System: The UNT Digital Library
Music USA #750-A transcript

Music USA #750-A

The entire program for the first hour of Music USA, broadcast on January 17, 1957, and rebroadcast as #826-A on April 3, 1957.
Date: December 19, 1956
Creator: Conover, Willis
System: The UNT Digital Library
Willis Conover Presents "The" Orchestra of Washington, D.C. - 4 transcript

Willis Conover Presents "The" Orchestra of Washington, D.C. - 4

A recording only labeled "Sir Oliver," dated November 30, 1951, and likely of "The" Orchestra of Washington, D.C.
Date: November 30, 1951
Creator: Conover, Willis
System: The UNT Digital Library
Willis Conover interview with Johnny Hodges transcript

Willis Conover interview with Johnny Hodges

Willis Conover interviews Johnny Hodges. The intended program and broadcaster are not stated.
Date: February 1955
Creator: Conover, Willis
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Orchestra of Washington, D.C., September 10, 1952 transcript

The Orchestra of Washington, D.C., September 10, 1952

The Orchestra of Washington, D.C., as heard on Willis Conover's radio program.
Date: September 10, 1952
Creator: The Orchestra of Washington, D.C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Dizzy Gillespie at Birdland transcript

Dizzy Gillespie at Birdland

A French-language program featuring Dizzy Gillespie performing at Birdland, along with an interview with John Hammond.
Date: July 2, 1956
Creator: Gillespie, Dizzy, 1917-1993 & Roberts, Bill
System: The UNT Digital Library

Etude pour un seul coup de cymbale

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Recording of Włodzimierz Kotoński's Etude pour un seul coup de cymbale.
Date: 1959
Creator: Kotoński, Włodzimierz
System: The UNT Digital Library
Music USA #1092-A, Around the World at Christmas, Part I transcript

Music USA #1092-A, Around the World at Christmas, Part I

Part I of the first hour of Music USA for broadcast on Christmas Day in 1957.
Date: October 23, 1957
Creator: Conover, Willis
System: The UNT Digital Library
Biography in Rhythm transcript

Biography in Rhythm

A 1955 radio program presenting an account of the history of jazz. Willis Conover later adapted this program's introduction for use in the Jazz at the Smithsonian television programs which he hosted.
Date: July 26, 1955
Creator: National Broadcasting Company
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chicago Theater of the Air: Yma Sumac transcript

Chicago Theater of the Air: Yma Sumac

A recording found in Willis Conover's collection of reel-to-reel tapes: Yma Sumac performs at the 22nd annual Chicagoland Music Festival, at Soldier Field.
Date: August 25, 1951
Creator: Sumac, Yma
System: The UNT Digital Library