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A young Frenchman visits the Red Square in Moscow. His guide is a pretty Russian girl. Romance blossoms, notwithstanding Cold War politics.

Bought by KUT


  • Added: Aug 07, 2012
  • Length: 05:43
  • Purchases: 1
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Explaining Gypsy Swing

Bought by Delmarva Public Media and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Nov 18, 2011
  • Length: 11:37
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Benny Goodman and his Orchestra
Explaining Swing Jazz

Bought by Delmarva Public Media and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Nov 18, 2011
  • Length: 12:10
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Count Basie
There’s a question every good jazz musician can answer just by listening to a song: "Does it Swing?"

Bought by Delmarva Public Media and WNMU-FM


  • Added: Nov 18, 2011
  • Length: 13:09
  • Purchases: 2
Caption: Moroccan musicians performing with double-ended rattles in Rabat
Musicians from across the Arab World join Georges Collinet to demonstrate musical culture of diverse Arabic nations.

Bought by WSLR, WSLR, and Remix Radio


  • Added: Nov 07, 2009
  • Length: 14:42
  • Purchases: 3
Caption: An Arab musician demonstrates traditional upright fiddle-playing
Georges Collinet on the instruments and rhythms of the Arab World

Bought by WSLR


  • Added: Nov 07, 2009
  • Length: 13:31
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Qatari men perform a traditional Ardha (warriors' dance)
Georges Collinet on the unique elements of Arabic musical culture

  • Added: Nov 07, 2009
  • Length: 12:07
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Classical music in the years before and just after the Revolution

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Dec 04, 2008
  • Length: 15:02
  • Purchases: 1
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Classical music in American in the 19th Century

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Dec 04, 2008
  • Length: 15:01
  • Purchases: 1
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Interviews with performers in the Des Moines Metro Opera.

  • Added: Jan 26, 2008
  • Length: 22:00
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Everyone who has ever played music in outer space

Bought by Central Florida Public Media and WKMS


  • Added: Oct 22, 2007
  • Length: 09:38
  • Purchases: 2
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Social commentary in American musical theater

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon


  • Added: Oct 18, 2007
  • Length: 06:10
  • Purchases: 1
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The elements that must be present in a theatrical musical

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon


  • Added: Oct 18, 2007
  • Length: 05:50
  • Purchases: 1
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American musical theater from The Indian Princess to Rent

Bought by HCC Radio The Dragon


  • Added: Oct 18, 2007
  • Length: 07:33
  • Purchases: 1
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Who is the bugler at Arlington National Cemetery?

Bought by KFAI Minneapolis, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, WGUC/ WVXU, and KUT


  • Added: Oct 12, 2007
  • Length: 11:14
  • Purchases: 4
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Chinese music that is disappearing

Bought by WABE


  • Added: Aug 19, 2007
  • Length: 08:18
  • Purchases: 1
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The sounds, instruments and structures of the traditional Chinese orchestra.

  • Added: Aug 19, 2007
  • Length: 09:20
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Melding the ancient music of China with contemporary Eastern and Western motifs.

  • Added: Aug 19, 2007
  • Length: 09:44
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Billy Taylor and Frank Wess talk about DC's Lincoln Theater and meeting Fats Waller

  • Added: Aug 19, 2007
  • Length: 06:30
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Billy Taylor and Frank Wess talk about their first music teacher

  • Added: Aug 19, 2007
  • Length: 06:50
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Billy Taylor and Frank Wess talk about encounters with Jelly Roll Morton & Lester Young

Bought by Radio Catskill and WCVE


  • Added: Aug 19, 2007
  • Length: 08:01
  • Purchases: 2
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Billy Taylor and Frank Wess talk about great musicians who never left town

  • Added: Aug 19, 2007
  • Length: 07:34
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And explanation and a demonstration of Cajun music

Bought by WEFT and KUT-HD


  • Added: Aug 03, 2007
  • Length: 08:16
  • Purchases: 2
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Explanation of the tradition of choral singing at Historically Black Colleges and Universities

Bought by WTIP, WEFT, KXOT Public Radio, and WBHM


  • Added: Aug 03, 2007
  • Length: 08:52
  • Purchases: 4
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Clarence Fountain of the Blind Boys of Alabama talks about gospel singing

Bought by KPIP-LP, WEFT, and WBHM


  • Added: Aug 03, 2007
  • Length: 09:13
  • Purchases: 3