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Duke Ellington at the White House - insert for NBC Monitor
An excerpt from the recording of Duke Ellington's 70th birthday party at the White House on April 29, 1969, for use on the NBC radio program Monitor.
Interview with Ella Fitzgerald, for Voices of VISTA #127
Willis Conover interviews Ella Fitzgerald for "Voices of VISTA" program number 127. The short programs featured various celebrities and were used, like Treasury broadcasts in decades past, to promote the U.S. government's Volunteers in Service to America program.
NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - Centennial Series, 5/10/1967
This recording is a part of the radio series “Toscanini: Centennial Series,” which was a tribute to conductor Arturo Toscanini on the hundredth anniversary of his birth, and was a subset of the radio series "Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend". The broadcasts consist of music performed by the NBC Orchestra as well as interviews with composers, conductors, orchestra members, and other people associated with Toscanini. This segment includes performances of Prometheus Overture, Symphony No. 7 by Ludwig van Beethoven, and an interview with Sir Adrian Boult.
NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 2/10/1965
This recording is a part of the radio series “Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend,” which was a tribute to conductor Arturo Toscanini. The broadcasts consist of music performed by the NBC Orchestra as well as interviews with composers, conductors, orchestra members, and other people associated with Toscanini. This segment includes performances of Verdi's Overture to Luisa Miller and Schubert's Unfinished Symphony.
NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 3/10/1965
This recording is a part of the radio series “Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend,” which was a tribute to conductor Arturo Toscanini. The broadcasts consist of music performed by the NBC Orchestra as well as interviews with composers, conductors, orchestra members, and other people associated with Toscanini. This segment includes performances of Cimarosa's Overture to The Secret Marriage and Wagner's Good Friday Music from Parsifal, and features an interview with Dr. Harry Gross.
NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 6/10/1964
This recording is a part of the radio series “Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend,” which was a tribute to conductor Arturo Toscanini. The broadcasts consist of music performed by the NBC Orchestra as well as interviews with composers, conductors, orchestra members, and other people associated with Toscanini. This segment includes performances of Strauss's Death and Transfiguration and Don Juan.
NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 7/10/1963
This recording is a part of the radio series “Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend,” which was a tribute to conductor Arturo Toscanini. The broadcasts consist of music performed by the NBC Orchestra as well as interviews with composers, conductors, orchestra members, and other people associated with Toscanini. This segment includes performances of Mozart's Symphony No. 40, Prokofiev's Classical Symphony, and an interview with Howard Taubman.
NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 8/10/1966
This recording is a part of the radio series “Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend,” which was a tribute to conductor Arturo Toscanini. The broadcasts consist of music performed by the NBC Orchestra as well as interviews with composers, conductors, orchestra members, and other people associated with Toscanini. This segment includes performances of Weber's Overture to Euryanthe and Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet, and a feature on Toscanini's years in Parma.
NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 11/10/1965
This recording is a part of the radio series “Toscanini: The Man Behind the Legend,” which was a tribute to conductor Arturo Toscanini. The broadcasts consist of music performed by the NBC Orchestra as well as interviews with composers, conductors, orchestra members, and other people associated with Toscanini. This segment includes performances of Wagner's Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan und Isolde and Elgar's Enigma Variations, and features "A Visit to Carnegie Hall".
Willis Conover's House of Sounds, WCBS, December 10, 1960, Part I
The first segment of Willis Conover's House of Sounds program for December 10, 1960, on WCBS radio in New York.
Willis Conover's House of Sounds, WCBS, December 10, 1960, Part II
The second segment of Willis Conover's House of Sounds program for December 10, 1960, on WCBS radio in New York.
Willis Conover's House of Sounds, WCBS, February 10, 1962, Part II
The second segment of Willis Conover's House of Sounds program for February 10, 1962, on WCBS radio in New York.
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