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Elly Ameling With Gerard Schwarz And The Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra In Concert – April 5, 1981 (broadcast date) – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Another historic concert this week. Featuring the legendary Dutch Soprano Elly Ameling with the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, led by its then-new Music Director Gerard Schwarz...
Philip LaFollette – Address in Support of Neutrality – October 3, 1939 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In 1939 the notion of America going to war over issues taking place in Europe was abhorrent to many Americans. In 1939, it was only 22 years since America entered World War...
Gordon Skene, two-time Grammy Nominee and archivist runs The Gordon Skene Sound Archive and this website, which is dedicated to preserving and encouraging an interest in history and historic news, events, and cultural aspects of our society. Past Daily is the only place on the Internet where you can hear a Nixon speech, listen to an interview with John Cassavettes or play a broadcast of Charles Munch rehearsing the Boston Symphony in 1950, all in the same place. It's living history and it's timeless.
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