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Fud Livingston
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Fud Livingston
Joseph Anthony Livingston, nicknamed “Fud,” played accordion and piano in his youth. But, in his teens, he found the saxophone more to his liking. ...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Mar 04, 2013
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
Classics for Kids - March 2013 Franz Joseph Haydn Program 5 - Patriotic Songs By Classical Composers
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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Haydn was one of several composers who wrote national anthems and other patriotic songs for their countries.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KVLU, KUHF, and WQXR


  • Added: Feb 15, 2013
  • Length: 06:29
  • Purchases: 4
Classics for Kids - March 2013 Franz Joseph Haydn Program 4 - Minuets
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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How the minuet started as a dance at the French court and found its way into symphonies, operas, plays, and ballets.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KVLU, KUHF, and WQXR


  • Added: Feb 15, 2013
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 4
Classics for Kids - March 2013 Franz Joseph Haydn Program 3 - The Farewell Symphony
From: WGUC/ WVXU
Series: Classics For Kids
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Learn the story behind the Farewell Symphony.

Bought by KUHF, WGBH Radio Boston, KVLU, KUHF, and WQXR


  • Added: Feb 15, 2013
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 5
Classics for Kids - March 2013 Franz Joseph Haydn Program 2 - Father of the Symphony
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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Haydn wasn't the first person to compose symphonies, but he did help the symphony to grow up as a musical form.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KVLU, KUHF, and WQXR


  • Added: Feb 15, 2013
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 4
Classics for Kids - March 2013 Franz Joseph Haydn Program 1 - About Franz Joseph Haydn
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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The Life and Music of Franz Joseph Haydn.

Bought by KVLU, WGBH Radio Boston, KUHF, and WQXR


  • Added: Feb 15, 2013
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 4
The Live Feed Presents: Dead Man Winter
From: KQAL
Series: The Live Feed
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On this episode of "The Live Feed" we continue our coverage of Boats and Bluegrass 2012 with Dead Man Winter. Dead Man Winter is a side project fro...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Feb 14, 2013
  • Length: 27:45
  • Purchases: 1
Classics for Kids - February 2013 Scott Joplin Program 4 - Black Composers of Classical Music
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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A look at classical music by black composers.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KVLU, WQXR, and KUHF


  • Added: Jan 23, 2013
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 4
Classics for Kids - February 2013 Scott Joplin Program 3 - Classical Music and the Movies
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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Classical music that is such a big part of a movie that the two have become linked forever.

Bought by KVLU, WGBH Radio Boston, KVLU, WQXR, and KUHF


  • Added: Jan 23, 2013
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 5
Classics for Kids - February 2013 Scott Joplin Program 2 - Ragtime Music
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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An Explanation and Sampling of Ragtime Music.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KVLU, WQXR, and KUHF


  • Added: Jan 23, 2013
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 4
Classics for Kids - February 2013 Scott Joplin Program 1 - About Scott Joplin
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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The Life and Music of Scott Joplin

Bought by KVLU, WGBH Radio Boston, and KUHF


  • Added: Jan 23, 2013
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 3
Jabbo
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Cladys "Jabbo" Smith
Cladys "Jabbo" Smith is one of the finest exponents of early jazz trumpet, yet he is overshadowed by Louis Armstrong, Bix Beiderbecke, and many oth...

Bought by WNCU and KCBX


  • Added: Jan 18, 2013
  • Length: 58:56
  • Purchases: 2
The Divine One
From: Xavier Altamirano
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Jazz singer, Mac, recounts meeting the late,great Sarah Vaughan.

  • Added: Jan 15, 2013
  • Length: 06:46
Classics for Kids - January 2013 Georg Philipp Telemann Program 4 - The Gigue is Up
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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"Gigue" is the French word for jig -- how did this lively dance turn up in classical music?

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  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 3
Classics for Kids - January 2013 Georg Philipp Telemann Program 3 - Self-Taught Composers
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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Georg Philipp Telemann never studied composition — he taught himself how to write music. Hear about quite a few other self-taught composers.

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  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 3
Classics for Kids - January 2013 Georg Philipp Telemann Program 2 - Go for Baroque
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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Learn about the Baroque era, the time in which Georg Philipp Telemann composed.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KVLU, and KUHF


  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 3
Classics for Kids - January 2013 Georg Philipp Telemann Program 1 - About Telemann
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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The Life and Music of Georg Philipp Telemann

Bought by KVLU, KUHF, and WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 3
Butterbeans & Susie
From: Guy Rathbun
Series: the Club McKenzie: Your 1920s Jazz Speakeasy
Caption: Butterbeans & Susie
Jody and Susie Edwards were apparently married on stage at the Standard Theatre, Philadelphia. They went on perform for several decades billing th...

Bought by KCBX


  • Added: Dec 13, 2012
  • Length: 58:57
  • Purchases: 1
Episode # 32 - Castaway: Kate Schrock
From: Jeff Wax
Series: Desert Island Discs
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On November 12, 2012 Indie singer songwriter Kate Schrock became our 32nd castaway. Raised in the idyllic town of South Bristol on the coast of Ma...

  • Added: Nov 23, 2012
  • Length: 01:18:12
Classics for Kids - December 2012 Piotr Tchaikovsky Program 5 - Carnegie Hall
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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Carnegie Hall opened with a concert conducted by Piotr Tchaikovsky. The story of one of the world’s premier concert venues.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, WQXR, KUHF, and KVLU


  • Added: Nov 15, 2012
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 4
Classics for Kids - December 2012 Piotr Tchaikovsky Program 4 - Traditional Christmas Classical Music
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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Classical music that traditionally gets played during the Christmas season.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, WQXR, KUHF, and KVLU


  • Added: Nov 15, 2012
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 4
Classics for Kids - December 2012 Piotr Tchaikovsly Program 3 - The Nutcracker
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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The story and music of The Nutcracker.

Bought by WMNR, KMXT, WGBH Radio Boston, WQXR, KUHF and more


  • Added: Nov 15, 2012
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 6
Classics for Kids - December 2012 Piotr Tchaikovsky Program 2 - Ballet
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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An exploration of ballet and Tchaikovsky's ballet compositions.

Bought by WMNR, WGBH Radio Boston, WQXR, KUHF, and KVLU


  • Added: Nov 15, 2012
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 5
Classics for Kids - December 2012 Piotr Tchaikovsky Program 1 - About Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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The Life and Music of Tchaikovsky

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, WQXR, KUHF, and KVLU


  • Added: Nov 15, 2012
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 4
Episode # 31 - Castaway: Bill Audette
From: Jeff Wax
Series: Desert Island Discs
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On November 5, 2012 WMPG radio's own BILL AUDETTE became the first person in the history of "Desert Island Discs" to return to our mythical island ...

  • Added: Nov 07, 2012
  • Length: 01:18:35