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First Piano Quartet; public affairs; music transcript

First Piano Quartet; public affairs; music

Track 1 contains a radio program by the First Piano Quartet (later known as the Original Piano Quartet), hosted by Robert Denton. At this time, the quartet consisted of Adam Garner, Vladimir Padwa, Henry Holt, and George Robert. The theme is Brahms' Paganini Variations, followed by Schubert's Moment Musicaux No. 3 in F Minor, Moszkowski's Bolero from Spanische Tänze, Op. 12, Liszt's Liebestraum No. 3, and Johann Strauss' Perpetual Motion. Tracks 2 and 3 are short fragments of public affairs programming and music.
Date: 1941-08-17~
Creator: First Piano Quartet
System: The UNT Digital Library
Winston Churchill, August 24, 1941; Major George Fielding Elliot transcript

Winston Churchill, August 24, 1941; Major George Fielding Elliot

Recording of a speech by Winston Churchill on side 1, and commentary by Major George Fielding Eliot on side 2.
Date: 1941-08-24~
Creator: Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 & Eliot, George Fielding, 1894-1971
System: The UNT Digital Library
Melody Lane, part 2 of 2, August 15, 1945 transcript

Melody Lane, part 2 of 2, August 15, 1945

Recording of the second part of Melody Lane, hosted by Mark Austad.
Date: August 15, 1945
Creator: Evans, Mark, 1917-1988
System: The UNT Digital Library
Melody Lane, part 1 of 2, August 15, 1946 transcript

Melody Lane, part 1 of 2, August 15, 1946

Recording of the first part of Melody Lane, hosted by Mark Austad.
Date: August 15, 1946
Creator: Evans, Mark, 1917-1988
System: The UNT Digital Library
EnBee Jamboree, August 22, 1947 transcript

EnBee Jamboree, August 22, 1947

Willis Conover hosts a program advertising the holdings of EnBee Records, at 1016 7th St NW in Washington, D.C. The theme song is Stan Kenton's "Machito,"and other selections include Francis Craig, "Near You"; The Beale Street Boys, "Lights Out"; the signoff theme from Sunday spirituals show, “God Be With You”; and the King Cole Trio, "I Miss You So."
Date: August 22, 1947
Creator: Conover, Willis
System: The UNT Digital Library
Willis Conover: American Jazz #1 transcript

Willis Conover: American Jazz #1

The second part of a broadcast which featured Willis Conover discussing the music of Duke Ellington, followed by a translation in Swedish by an unknown speaker. This program occurred more than five years before the beginning of Conover's long-running VOA program, Music USA.
Date: August 23, 1949
Creator: Conover, Willis
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
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
Willis Conover interviewed by Harold Rogers, BBC transcript

Willis Conover interviewed by Harold Rogers, BBC

Harold Rogers interviews Willis Conover for the BBC. Subjects include the five-hour Louis Armstrong interview, and Ella Fitzgerald.
Date: August 4, 1957
Creator: Conover, Willis
System: The UNT Digital Library
Magazine of the Air "97": "A Short History of Jazz" transcript

Magazine of the Air "97": "A Short History of Jazz"

A short Indonesian-language program on the history of jazz, including excerpts of recordings. "Magazine of the Air" was a weekly program of the Voice of America, broadcast on Tuesdays.
Date: August 18, 1959
Creator: Conover, Willis
System: The UNT Digital Library
Willis Conover's House of Sounds, WCBS, August 29, 1962, Part I transcript

Willis Conover's House of Sounds, WCBS, August 29, 1962, Part I

The first segment of Willis Conover's House of Sounds program for August 29, 1960, on WCBS radio in New York.
Date: August 27, 1962
Creator: Conover, Willis
System: The UNT Digital Library
NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 8/7/1963 transcript

NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 8/7/1963

This recording is a part of the radio series “Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend,” which was a tribute to conductor Arturo Toscanini. The broadcasts consist of music performed by the NBC Orchestra as well as interviews with composers, conductors, orchestra members, and other people associated with Toscanini. This segment includes performances of Rossini's Overture to Il signor Bruschino, Bizet's Carmen Suite No. 1, Waldteufel's Skater's Waltz arranged by Toscanini, Paganini's Moto Perpetuo, Weber's Invitation to Dance, and an interview with Antonino Roca.
Date: August 7, 1963
Creator: Gillis, Don
System: The UNT Digital Library
NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 8/14/1963 transcript

NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 8/14/1963

This recording is a part of the radio series “Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend,” which was a tribute to conductor Arturo Toscanini. The broadcasts consist of music performed by the NBC Orchestra as well as interviews with composers, conductors, orchestra members, and other people associated with Toscanini. This segment includes performances of Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 and Egmont Overture.
Date: August 14, 1963
Creator: Gillis, Don
System: The UNT Digital Library
NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 8/21/1963 transcript

NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 8/21/1963

This recording is a part of the radio series “Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend,” which was a tribute to conductor Arturo Toscanini. The broadcasts consist of music performed by the NBC Orchestra as well as interviews with composers, conductors, orchestra members, and other people associated with Toscanini. This segment includes performances of Beethoven's Leonore Overture No. 3, and Haydn's Symphony No. 88.
Date: August 21, 1963
Creator: Gillis, Don
System: The UNT Digital Library
Oswald Interviews transcript

Oswald Interviews

Audio recording of a WDSU debate between Lee Harvey Oswald, Ed Butler, and Carlos Bringuier regarding Oswald's involvement with the Fair Play for Cuba Committee.
Date: August 21, 1963
Creator: WDSU (Television station : New Orleans, La.)
System: The UNT Digital Library
NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 8/28/1963 transcript

NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 8/28/1963

This recording is a part of the radio series “Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend,” which was a tribute to conductor Arturo Toscanini. The broadcasts consist of music performed by the NBC Orchestra as well as interviews with composers, conductors, orchestra members, and other people associated with Toscanini. This segment includes performances of Wagner's Die Walküre , Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin, "Dawn" and "Siegfried's Rhine Journey" from Die Götterdämerung, and Prelude of the Kiss of Death from Tristan und Isolde.
Date: August 28, 1963
Creator: Gillis, Don
System: The UNT Digital Library
NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 8/5/1964 transcript

NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 8/5/1964

This recording is a part of the radio series “Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend,” which was a tribute to conductor Arturo Toscanini. The broadcasts consist of music performed by the NBC Orchestra as well as interviews with composers, conductors, orchestra members, and other people associated with Toscanini. This segment includes performances of Beethoven's Egmont Overture, Wagner's The Forest Murmurs from Siegfried, Schubert's Symphony No. 8, and an interview with Paul Creston.
Date: August 5, 1964
Creator: Gillis, Don
System: The UNT Digital Library
NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 8/12/1964 transcript

NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 8/12/1964

This recording is a part of the radio series “Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend,” which was a tribute to conductor Arturo Toscanini. The broadcasts consist of music performed by the NBC Orchestra as well as interviews with composers, conductors, orchestra members, and other people associated with Toscanini. This segment includes performances of Sibelius's Finlandia, Brahms's Hungarian Dances, Strauss's The Blue Danube and Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Dukas's The Sorcerer's Apprentice, and an interview with Edith Kusterman.
Date: August 12, 1964
Creator: Gillis, Don
System: The UNT Digital Library
NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 8/19/1964 transcript

NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 8/19/1964

This recording is a part of the radio series “Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend,” which was a tribute to conductor Arturo Toscanini. The broadcasts consist of music performed by the NBC Orchestra as well as interviews with composers, conductors, orchestra members, and other people associated with Toscanini. This segment includes performances of Wagner's Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin, Smetana's Moldau, Mozart's Symphony No. 40, and an interview with David Hall.
Date: August 19, 1964
Creator: Gillis, Don
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pop Chronicles Interviews #68 - John Lennon transcript

Pop Chronicles Interviews #68 - John Lennon

Interview with John Lennon. John Gilliland later used this recording for the Pop Chronicles radio program series.
Date: August 25, 1964
Creator: Gilliland, John
System: The UNT Digital Library
NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 8/4/1965 transcript

NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 8/4/1965

This recording is a part of the radio series “Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend,” which was a tribute to conductor Arturo Toscanini. The broadcasts consist of music performed by the NBC Orchestra as well as interviews with composers, conductors, orchestra members, and other people associated with Toscanini. This segment includes performances of Grofé's On the Trail: The Grand Canyon Suite, Mussorgsky's Ballet of the Unhatched Chicks and Tchaikovsky's Waltz of the Flowers, and features an interview with Ed Marshall.
Date: August 4, 1965
Creator: Gillis, Don
System: The UNT Digital Library
NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 8/11/1965 transcript

NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 8/11/1965

This recording is a part of the radio series “Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend,” which was a tribute to conductor Arturo Toscanini. The broadcasts consist of music performed by the NBC Orchestra as well as interviews with composers, conductors, orchestra members, and other people associated with Toscanini. This segment includes rehearsal and performance of Ravel's Daphnis et Chloé.
Date: August 11, 1965
Creator: Gillis, Don
System: The UNT Digital Library
NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 8/18/1965 transcript

NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 8/18/1965

This recording is a part of the radio series “Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend,” which was a tribute to conductor Arturo Toscanini. The broadcasts consist of music performed by the NBC Orchestra as well as interviews with composers, conductors, orchestra members, and other people associated with Toscanini. This segment includes performances of Tchaikovsky's Trepak from The Nutcracker Suite and Gershwin's An American in Paris, and features an interview with music editor and arranger Dr. Albert Sirmay.
Date: August 18, 1965
Creator: Gillis, Don
System: The UNT Digital Library
NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 8/25/1965 transcript

NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 8/25/1965

This recording is a part of the radio series “Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend,” which was a tribute to conductor Arturo Toscanini. The broadcasts consist of music performed by the NBC Orchestra as well as interviews with composers, conductors, orchestra members, and other people associated with Toscanini. This segment includes performances of Mozart's Overture to Don Giovanni, Mendelssohn's Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream and Glinka's Kamarinskaya, and features an interview with violist Emanuel Vardi.
Date: August 25, 1965
Creator: Gillis, Don
System: The UNT Digital Library