Category: 1940’s
Woody Herman – Live At Cafe Rouge – 1945 – Past Daily Downbeat –
Woody Herman – Live at Cafe Rouge, New York – July 23, 1945 – AFRS One Night Stand Series – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Become a Patron! Woody Herman this weekend, jumping into some Big Band of the 1940s. Herman was a child prodigy who sang and danced in
Bernardino Molinari Conducts The Orchestra Of The Santa Cecilia, Rome In Music Of Debussy – 1947 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
Debussy – Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune – Orchestra of The Santa Cecilia Academy, Rome – Bernardino Molinari, cond. – circa 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Taking a detour to some rarely heard performances of the 78 era by artists who don’t figure prominently on the historic radar.
An Address By Sen. Hiram Johnson – America First Committee – May 31, 1940 – Past Daily Reference Room
Senator Hiram Johnson (R-Calif.) – Address for American First Committee – May 31, 1940 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The name of Hiram Johnson may not ring many bells today – but during the last century he was a popular, elected four times to the Senate (and dying while
Arthur Benjamin And The CBC Vancouver Symphony In Music Of Fleming And Champagne – 1944 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone
Arthur Benjamin, conducting The CBC Vancouver Symphony – Canadian Music In Wartime – October 5, 1944 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – The noted British composer Arthur Benjamin in a different role as conductor, leading an orchestra he was associated with during the years of World War 2, from 1941-1946.
A Question Of Resources And A Bold New Program – America’s Ability To Feed Itself And The World – 1949 – Past Daily Reference Room
NBC Radio – University Of Chicago Roundtable – Natural Resources, President Truman’s Bold New Plan – February 13, 1949 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – In his inaugural address of 1949, President Harry S. Truman called for a “bold new program”, to be known as Point Four, as part of
