Tag Americana

NBC Radio Orchestra Plays Music Of George Whitefield Chadwick – 1945 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone

George W. Chadwick – A Vagrom Ballad – NBC Studio Orchestra – Henri Nosco – June 28, 1945  – Gordon Skene Sound Collection – Before the likes of Aron Copland, Roy Harris and many other composers of the “modern period”…

LBJ

April 26, 1964 – LBJ: “Making A Step Toward A Peaceful World” – New York World’s Fair Opens.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”8028″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”April 26, 1964 – ABC Voices In The News – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] LBJ and cause for cautious optimism, this April 26th in 1964. President Johnson announced a reduction in Nuclear arms, and…

Howard Hanson And The Eastman-Rochester Symphony Play Music Of Porter, Rogers And Copland – 1945 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone

Another dose of Americana tonight, by way of the venerable Eastman-Rochester Symphony, conducted by none other than Howard Hanson. A recreation of a portion of the first concert given spotlighting new American composers which the Eastman-Rochester Symphony took part in…

Dr. Klaus Fuchs

March 4, 1950 – “Brilliant Mind – Nasty Person”: The Klaus Fuchs Affair – The Ever-Present Cult Of Doom.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”7247″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”March 4, 1950 – Voices And Events – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] News for the week ending on March 4, 1950 had a lot to do with the Cold War and…

February 22, 1969 – In Dread Of A Nixon Visit – End Of The Tet Holiday – “George Was A Snappy Dancer”.

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February 4, 1980 – ABSCAM: New Word In The Dictionary.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”6822″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”February 4, 1980 – CBS World News Roundup – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] On this February 4th in 1980, a new Acronym entered our Dictionary –ABSCAM, which stood for Abdul Enterprises Scam or Arab…

Edward Burlingame Hill

The Eastman-Rochester Wind Ensemble Play Music Of Edward Burlingame Hill – 1947 – Past Daily Weekend Gramophone

Some recently rediscovered Americana tonight. American composers of the early-to-mid twentieth century, aside from the big names such as Aron Copland, have been largely forgotten over the years. Their style of composition has fallen out of favor in the academic…

January 18, 1956 – Looking At The Rose Through World Colored Glasses – John Foster Dulles.

[laterpay_premium_download target_post_id=”6551″ heading_text=”Download For $1.99:” description_text=”January 18, 1956- Keys To The Capitol – NBC Radio – Gordon Skene Sound Collection” content_type=”link”] For the week ending this day in 1956, all attention seemed to be on an interview, conducted by Life…