"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
"Because ignorance of your culture is considered uncool"
Click on the link here for Audio Player – NBC News on the Hour – November 11, 1957 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Aside from the obvious, November 11th was a busy news day in 1957. With Filipinos gearing up…
Click on the link here for Audio Player – CBS Radio – Eric Sevareid commentary – November 1958 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Seemingly, the situations never change. In November of 1958 the big concern was the Cold War –…
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Faurè – Ballade – Jeanne-Marie Darrè, Piano – French National Orchestra, Manuel Rosenthal, cond. – 1955 – ORTF – Gordon Skene Sound Collection. Something familiar this weekend, as performed by two…
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Story Behind The Headlines – Hollywood 10 and Civil Rights – NBC Radio – November 2, 1947 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection The famous Witch Hunts of 1947. With the Cold…
Click on the link here for Audio Player – The Open Mind: Culture And A Market Society – January 31, 1960 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection In May 1959, President Eisenhower participated in the groundbreaking ceremony which would eventually result…
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Wayne Barlow – The Winter’s Passed – Eastman-Rochester Symphony – Howard Hanson, cond. March 2, 1953 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Although Wayne Barlow is primarily known as a Educator, having…
Click on the link here for Audio Player: Douglas Moore – Village Music – Eastman-Rochester Symphony, Howard Hanson – March 30, 1953 One of the interesting facets of American music between the World Wars was the nationalistic fervor that was…
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Desportes: Two Serenades for Three Trombones and Tuba – ORTF – circa 1953 – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Yvonne Desportes is probably not a name very well known outside of French…
Click on the link here for Audio Player – All-Star Parade of Bands – Stan Kenton, live At Sardi’s, Hollywood – June 4, 1956 – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection The Golden Age of Big Bands was rapidly…
Click on the link here for Audio Player – Orchestre de la Société des Concerts du Conservatoire, Conducted by André Cluytens – Henriette Faure, piano – Besançon Festival – Sept. 1951 – ORTF broadcast – Gordon Skene Sound Collection Something…