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Hazel and Harold, January 6, 1946

Description: Recording of a radio comedy, Hazel and Harold, featuring Willis Conover as Harold and Nathalie Sherman as Hazel. The program is reminiscent of the early Ethel and Albert programs he did with Peg Lynch at WTBO in Cumberland, Maryland, before the Second World War.
Date: January 6, 1946
Duration: 14 minutes 45 seconds
Creator: Conover, Willis & Sherman, Nathalie
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Music USA #1422, Irving Berlin Tribute, Part I

Description: The first hour of a two-hour tribute to Irving Berlin, in the year that Berlin turned 70, broadcast November 20, 1958. The program includes numerous interviews with popular artists and selected Berlin compositions which they recorded, including Guy Lombardo (interview dated September 17, 1958), Ginger Rogers (interview dated August 28, 1958), Rudy Vallee, and Fred Astaire.
Date: November 6, 1958
Duration: 53 minutes 40 seconds
Creator: Conover, Willis
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Music USA #1422, Tribute to Irving Berlin, Part II

Description: The second hour of a two-hour tribute to Irving Berlin, in the year that Berlin turned 70, broadcast November 20, 1958. The program includes numerous interviews with popular artists and selected Berlin compositions which they recorded, including Bing Crosby (interview dated August 28, 1958), Benny Goodman, Ethel Merman, Fred Waring (interview dated October 1, 1958), and Eddie Cantor, with brief statements by Ella Fitzgerald, Paul Weston, Jo Stafford, Paul Whiteman, an interview with Berlin hims… more
Date: November 6, 1958
Duration: 1 hour 9 minutes 58 seconds
Creator: Conover, Willis
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Music USA #1673-B, Porgy and Bess

Description: The entire program for the jazz hour (second hour) of Music USA, featuring songs from Porgy and Bess, sung by Louis Armstrong and Ella Fitzgerald. This program was broadcast on July 29, 1959, and rebroadcast as #1819-B on December 22, 1959.
Date: May 6, 1959
Duration: 47 minutes 18 seconds
Creator: Conover, Willis
Partner: UNT Music Library
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NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 11/6/1963

Description: 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 Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet, Nutcracker Suite, Symphony No. 6, and interview with Aaron Copland.
Date: November 6, 1963
Duration: 55 minutes 31 seconds
Creator: Gillis, Don
Partner: UNT Music Library
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NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 1/6/1965

Description: 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 Mendelssohn's Scherzo from A Midsummer Night's Dream and Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet, and features an interview with composer and producer Don Gil… more
Date: January 6, 1965
Duration: 30 minutes 15 seconds
Creator: Gillis, Don
Partner: UNT Music Library
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NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 10/6/1965

Description: 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 Der Freischütz Overture and Boito's Prologue to Mefistofele, and features an interview with choral conductor Robert Shaw.
Date: October 6, 1965
Duration: 54 minutes 33 seconds
Creator: Gillis, Don
Partner: UNT Music Library
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NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 4/6/1966

Description: 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 features Toscanini: The Metropolitan Years, Part III, about Toscanini's time at the Metropolitan Opera.
Date: April 6, 1966
Duration: 54 minutes 46 seconds
Creator: Gillis, Don
Partner: UNT Music Library
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NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - The Man Behind the Legend, 7/6/1966

Description: 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 Sibelius's Finlandia, Mendelssohn's Nocturne from A Midsummer Night's Dream, Dukas's Socerer's Apprentice and Bizet's Suite No. 1 from Carmen, and an… more
Date: July 6, 1966
Duration: 54 minutes 10 seconds
Creator: Gillis, Don
Partner: UNT Music Library
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NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - Centennial Series, 9/6/1967

Description: 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 Un ballo in maschera, Act II, by Giuse… more
Date: September 6, 1967
Duration: 53 minutes 27 seconds
Creator: Gillis, Don
Partner: UNT Music Library
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Pop Chronicles Interviews #172 - Anita Kerr

Description: Recording of John Gilliland interviewing Anita Kerr in Hollywood for the Pop Chronicles radio program series. The recording also includes components of the song "No Salt On Her Tail" as they were assembled in the studio.
Date: October 6, 1967
Duration: 23 minutes 02 seconds
Creator: Gilliland, John
Partner: UNT Music Library
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NBC Radio Broadcast: Toscanini - Centennial Series, 12/6/1967

Description: 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 Overture to Der Freischutz by Carl Mar… more
Date: December 6, 1967
Duration: 53 minutes 27 seconds
Creator: Gillis, Don
Partner: UNT Music Library
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[Frank Foster, April 6, 1982: Part 1]

Description: Jazz Lecture Series presentation by Frank Foster on April 6, 1982 at 9:30AM at the UNT College of Music. This includes lecture and performance by Frank Foster, saxophone, interspersed with questions from the audience.
Access: Restricted to UNT Community Members. Login required if off-campus.
Date: April 6, 1982
Duration: 1 hour 18 minutes 08 seconds
Creator: Foster, Frank, 1928-
Partner: UNT Music Library
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[Frank Foster Lecture, April 6, 1982: Parts 2 and 3]

Description: Jazz Lecture Series presentation by Frank Foster on April 6, 1982 at 12:30PM at the UNT College of Music. This includes lecture and performance by Frank Foster, saxophone, interspersed with questions from the audience.
Access: Restricted to UNT Community Members. Login required if off-campus.
Date: April 6, 1982
Duration: 1 hour 54 minutes 31 seconds
Creator: Foster, Frank, 1928-
Partner: UNT Music Library
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