- Playing
- Manhattan
- From
- Song and Memory
Julia Slavin grew up in a chaotic household. She had four brothers and a great many animals. Her father loved to play the piano, especially the song "Manhattan" by Rogers and Hart. He didn't play it well, just often. The music reverberated throughout the house and became the backdrop for a number of Slavin's childhood memories. The one she talks about here is the tragic end to her brother's hamsters, which wasn't her fault, really.
Julia Slavin grew up in a chaotic household. She had four brothers and a great many animals. Her father loved to play the piano, especially the song "Manhattan" by Rogers and Hart. He didn't play it well, just often. The music reverberated throughout the house and became the backdrop for a number of Slavin's childhood memories. The one she talks about here is the tragic end to her brother's hamsters, which wasn't her fault, really.
More from Song and Memory
Remember the Time
(00:03:30)
From: Song and Memory
Remember the Time by Michael Jackson provides a soundtrack for Pascall's memory of being disciplined by his cousin.
Harrigan
(00:03:34)
From: Song and Memory
A Brooklyn woman how on St. Patrick's Day her father and his friends from the neighborhood would sing a spirited rendition of the classic drinking song 'Harrigan.
Rocky Mountain High
(00:04:11)
From: Song and Memory
A song and memory story about a Christian summer camp, John Denver and a psychotherapeutic fad from the seventies.
Kyenkyen Bi Adi Mawu
(00:05:16)
From: Song and Memory
The exhiled son of Ghana's former emir, king of the Muslim people, remembers the song his father listened to as he carried the burden of leading Ghana's Muslim people.
Related Pieces
Piece Description
Julia Slavin grew up in a chaotic household. She had four brothers and a great many animals. Her father loved to play the piano, especially the song "Manhattan" by Rogers and Hart. He didn't play it well, just often. The music reverberated throughout the house and became the backdrop for a number of Slavin's childhood memories. The one she talks about here is the tragic end to her brother's hamsters, which wasn't her fault, really.
Broadcast History
This piece orginally aired on AMP's Weekend America on 2/11/06
Musical Works
Manhattan, Rogers and Hart
Related Website
Of 2 purchasers of this piece...
- 2 also bought:
- 2 also bought:God is Talking to Me (00:09:24)
- 2 also bought:
- 2 also bought:Julie the Amtrak God (00:03:00)
- 2 also bought:
