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Whistle and Hum

From: David Greenberger
Series: The Duplex Planet
Length: :28

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From: David Greenberger

Default-piece-image-1 Whistle while you work but when you retire... David Greenberger tells a story based on a conversation with Reinhardt "Buck" Buchli. Artist David Greenberger has been collecting the thoughts, memories and stories from elderly Americans for more than a quarter century. Genuine, moving, and often funny, combined with music, the pieces explore issues of aging by revealing real characters that are in decline, but are still very much alive. They reveal the common threads of our humanity. Part of Greenberger's series of regional voices, these stories were collected for the Cape and Island public radio stations. Based on conversations with elderly residents of Cape Cod and Martha?s Vineyard. Music performed by Bangalore, composed by Phil Kaplan.

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Piece Description

Whistle while you work but when you retire... David Greenberger tells a story based on a conversation with Reinhardt "Buck" Buchli. Artist David Greenberger has been collecting the thoughts, memories and stories from elderly Americans for more than a quarter century. Genuine, moving, and often funny, combined with music, the pieces explore issues of aging by revealing real characters that are in decline, but are still very much alive. They reveal the common threads of our humanity. Part of Greenberger's series of regional voices, these stories were collected for the Cape and Island public radio stations. Based on conversations with elderly residents of Cape Cod and Martha?s Vineyard. Music performed by Bangalore, composed by Phil Kaplan.