Music From 100 Years Ago

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Shakespeare Apr 23, 2016

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A special podcast marking the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare. Music includes: film music from Henry V (Walton), ballet music from Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev) Serenade to the Music (Vaughan Williams) and the Wedding March ( Mendelssohn).

French Composers Apr 19, 2016

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Works include: La Mer (Debussy), Sonatine (Ravel), Espana (Chabrier), Gypsy Dance (Bizet) and Pavane (Faure).

Performers include: Arthur Rodinski, Thomas Beecham, Leopole Stokowski and Robert Casadesus.

Jazz Appreciation Month Apr 10, 2016

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For Jazz Appreciation Month, great jazz records from the 1920s-1050s. Artists include: Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Billle Holiday, Coleman Hawkins, Count Basie, Charlie Parker, Miles Davis, Lu Watters, Art Tatum and Django Reinhardt.

Songs include: Stardust, Cake Walking Babies, Body and Soul, Freeway, The Blue Room, Kansas City Stomps, Cool Blues and Bugle Call Rag.

National Recording Registry #8 Apr 05, 2016

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Highlights from the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry. Records include: Let Me Call You Sweetheart, Wildcat Blues, Statesboro Blues, My Funny Valentine, Conga Brava, I've Never Been In Love Before and Over The Rainbow.

Artists include: The Peerless Quartet, Blind Willie McTell, the cast of Guys and Dolls, W.H. Stepp, Duke Ellington, Gerry Mulligan and Judy Garland.

Gospel Vocal Groups Mar 26, 2016

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Gospel vocal groups from 1914 to 1951. Artists include: The Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet, Ernest Phipps Holiness Singers, The Five Blind Boys of Mississippi, The Chuck Wagon Gang, the Rev. J. M. Gates and Smith's Sacred Singers.

Songs include: Go Down Moses, Rock My Soul, I'm a Soldier In The Army Of My Lord, Antioch, Our Father and Gospel Train.

St Patrick's Day 2016 Mar 16, 2016

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Irish Music for St. Patrick's Day. Artists include: Dennis Day, John McCormack, Paddy Kiloran, Michael Coleman, Morton Downey Sr. and Pakie Dolan.

10th Anniversary Show Mar 06, 2016

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Celebrating 10 years of Music From 100 Years Ago; some of the host's favorite records from the first half of the 20th Century.

Music selections include: Old Dan Tucker, Lover Man, French Suite #5, Stairway to the Stars, Shout For Joy, Searching the Desert For the Blues and Rose Room.

Performers include: Thomas "Fats" Waller, Ella Fitzgerald, Charlie Parker, the Swift Jewel Cowboys, Albert Ammons, Louis Jordan, Bix Beiderbeck, Blind Willie McTell and Rudolf Serkin.

Country Music 1940 Feb 29, 2016

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Songs include: Time Changes Everything, You Are My Sunshine, My Home Among the Hills, Worried Mind, Will the Circle Be unbroken and The Precious Jewel.

Performers include: Bob Wills, Ernest Tubb, the Carter Family, Ted Daffan, Elton Britt, Gene Autry and Jimmie Davis.

Africian American Big Bands Feb 16, 2016

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Musicians include: Fletcher Henderson, Don Redman, Cab Calloway, Duke Ellington, Benny Moten, Count Basie, Lucky Millinder, Lionel Hampton and Louis Armstrong.

Songs include: Cotton Tail, Jumping At the Woodside, Moten Swing, Sweethearts On Parade, King Porter Stomp, Apollo Jump and Flying Home.

Valentine's Day 2016 Feb 09, 2016

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Songs include: I Love You, I'm Gonna Sit Right Down and Write Myself a Letter, Somebody Loves Me, Watching the Clouds Roll By and My Fate Is In Your Hands.

Performers include: Frank Sinatra, Josephine Baker, Cliff Edwards, The Boswell Sisters, Nat King Cole, Jo Stafford, Anita O'Day, Bing Crosby, Teddy Wilson and Ruth Etting.

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