Music From 100 Years Ago

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Beethoven's Birthday 2013 Dec 16, 2013

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Celebrating Beethoven's birthday with three historic recordings. Works include: Fur Elise, Violin Sonata #7 and The Concecration of the House Overture. Performers include: Artur Schnabel, Yehudi Menuhin and Arturo Toscanini.

Cold Music Dec 14, 2013

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Music about being cold. Works include: Baby It's Cold Outside, Cold, Cold Heart, Massas In the Cold, Cold Ground, It's Getting Chilly, Out In the Cold Again and The Winter's Passed. Performers include: Doris Day, Hal Kemp, Helen Kane, Louis Armstrong, Slim and Sam and the Golden Gate Jubilee Quartet.

National Recording Registry Part 5 Dec 07, 2013

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More highlights from the Library of Congress' National Recording Registry. Music includes: 12th Street Rag, In a Mellotone, Can't Help Lovin That Man, The Adventures of Robin Hood and Honky Tonk Blues. Perfromers include: Louis Armstrong, Helen Morgan. Jelly Roll Morton, Duke Ellington, Erich Korngold and Iry Lejeune.

Christmas 2013 Dec 01, 2013

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Songs include: Winter Wonderland, Santa Claus Got Stuck In the Chimney, Let It Snow, Don't Wait Until Christmas Night and Canon in D. Performers include: Bing Crosby, The Andrews Sisters, Perry Como, Arthur Fiedler, Ella Fitzgerald and Kay Kyser.

Early Country Women Nov 24, 2013

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Pioneering women in country music from the 1930s and 1940s, including: Patsy Montana, The Girls of the Golden West, Moonshine Kate, Shirley Thoms, Lulu Belle and Scotty and Kitty Wells. Songs include: Worried Man Blues, My Man's a Jolly Railroad Man, That's Where the West Begins and I'll Be All Smiles Tonight.

The Gettysburg Address Nov 19, 2013

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The host recites the Gettysburg Address on the 150th anniversary of Lincoln's famous speech.

Thanks Nov 16, 2013

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Songs about being thankful, including: Thanks For the Memory, I Want To Thank You Folks, Thanks a Million, Thank Your Father and Thank You Mr. Moon. Performers include: Bing Crosby, Mildred Bailey, The Boswell Sisters, Louis Armstrong, Perry Como and Helen Kane.

Ellingtonians Part 2 Nov 10, 2013

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Sidemen of the Duke Ellinbgton Orchestra from the 1930s and 1940s. Performers include: Johnny Hodges, Ben Webster, Herb Jeffries, Al Hibbler, Ray Nance and Juan Tizol. Songs include: Empty Ballroom Blues, I've Got It Bad, Bakiff, Cotton Tail, Nine O' Clock Beer and Halfway to Dawn.

Return to the Delta Nov 02, 2013

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Blues singers of the Mississippi Delta, including: Charlie Patton, Robert Johnson, Son House, Bukka White, Memphis Minnie and Skip James. Songs include: Banty Rooster Blues, I'm a Bad Luck Woman, Traveling Riverside Blues, Cherry Ball Blues and Your Biscuits Are Big Enough.

Serenades Oct 26, 2013

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Songs include: Sunrise Serenade, Manhatthan Serenade, Serenade For a Wealthy Widow, Sleepy Serenade and Shepard's Serenade. Performers include: The Casa Loma Orchestra, Bing Crosby, The Andrews Sisters, Jelly Roll Morton, Thomas "Fats" Waller, Artie Shaw, Fritz Kreisler and Harry James.

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