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WSU's "Straw Into Gold"
From: KQAL
Series: Art Beat
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The Winona State University Department of Theatre and Dance will presented the 46th annual children’s show, “Straw Into Gold: The Classic Tale of R...

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Apr 23, 2013
  • Length: 17:57
  • Purchases: 1
Classics for Kids - Johann Strauss Jr. Program 4 - Musical Conversation
From: WGUC
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Tritsch-Tratsch is Austrian slang for "chit-chat." More music that portrays conversation -- and more.

Bought by WQXR, KVLU, and KUHF


  • Added: Apr 16, 2013
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 3
Classics for Kids - Johann Strauss Jr. Program 3 - The Waltz
From: WGUC
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The Waltz takes center stage.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, WQXR, KVLU, and KUHF


  • Added: Apr 16, 2013
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 4
Classics for Kids - Johann Strauss Jr. Program 2 - Other Members of the Strauss Family
From: WGUC
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Introducing the very musical Strauss family.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, WQXR, KVLU, and KUHF


  • Added: Apr 16, 2013
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 4
Classics for Kids - Johann Strauss Jr. Program 1 - About Johann Strauss Jr.
From: WGUC
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The Life and Music of Johann Strauss Jr.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, WQXR, KVLU, and KUHF


  • Added: Apr 16, 2013
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 4
BETTER NATE THAN EVER
From: Judlyne Lilly-Gibson
Caption: Better Nate Than Ever , Credit: Tim Federle
Author Tim Federle has written a book for young readers about a 13 year old boy who sneaks away from home for the New York audition of ET-The Musi...

  • Added: Apr 10, 2013
  • Length: 02:09
A Goodnight Moon story
From: With Good Reason
Caption: Margaret Wise Brown
The story of Margaret Wise Brown's work, life, and tragic early death.

  • Added: Mar 26, 2013
  • Length: 06:13
Classics for Kids - Frederic Chopin Program 4 - Famous Pianist-Composers
From: WGUC
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Composers who were also famous pianists

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KVLU, KUHF, and WQXR


  • Added: Mar 15, 2013
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 4
Classics for Kids - Frederic Chopin Program 3 - Military Music
From: WGUC
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Composers who imitated battles with their music.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KVLU, KUHF, and WQXR


  • Added: Mar 15, 2013
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 4
Classics for Kids - Frederic Chopin Program 2 - The Polonaise
From: WGUC
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An introduction to a dance from the Polish court, the Polonaise.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KVLU, KUHF, and WQXR


  • Added: Mar 15, 2013
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 4
Classics for Kids - Frederic Chopin Program 1 - About Frederic Chopin
From: WGUC
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The Life and Music of Frederic Chopin

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KVLU, KUHF, and WQXR


  • Added: Mar 15, 2013
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 4
"The Mysterious Thieve of Thieves"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: Joe Bev Shorts
Caption: Joe Bev reads "The Mysterious Thieve of Thieves", Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
A short fiction by Pedro Pablo Sacristan, read by Joe Bevilacqua. Great for Christmas Day (Humphrey Bogart's birthday), a funny film noir or anyt...

  • Added: Mar 11, 2013
  • Length: 05:12
130228 Tool Noise Songs and Discarded Americana Music From the 50s to the 70s
From: Jamie Dell'Apa
Series: New Orleans Saturday Night on WWOZ
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Tonight's music you've never heard by musicians you've never heard of include: Songs made of tool noises and songs with musical instruments imita...

  • Added: Feb 25, 2013
  • Length: 03:59:13
Tales from the South 115: Tin Roof Project with Mark Landon Smith
From: Paula Morell
Series: Tales from the South: Season 8, 2013 Spring Season
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We kick off our Season 8 with writer, actor, and director Mark Landon Smith on our monthly Tin Roof Project reading a story about a family secret. ...

  • Added: Feb 23, 2013
  • Length: 30:00
Classics for Kids - March 2013 Franz Joseph Haydn Program 5 - Patriotic Songs By Classical Composers
From: WGUC
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Haydn was one of several composers who wrote national anthems and other patriotic songs for their countries.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KVLU, KUHF, and WQXR


  • Added: Feb 15, 2013
  • Length: 06:29
  • Purchases: 4
Classics for Kids - March 2013 Franz Joseph Haydn Program 4 - Minuets
From: WGUC
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How the minuet started as a dance at the French court and found its way into symphonies, operas, plays, and ballets.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KVLU, KUHF, and WQXR


  • Added: Feb 15, 2013
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 4
Classics for Kids - March 2013 Franz Joseph Haydn Program 3 - The Farewell Symphony
From: WGUC
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Learn the story behind the Farewell Symphony.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KVLU, KUHF, and WQXR


  • Added: Feb 15, 2013
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 4
Classics for Kids - March 2013 Franz Joseph Haydn Program 2 - Father of the Symphony
From: WGUC
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Haydn wasn't the first person to compose symphonies, but he did help the symphony to grow up as a musical form.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KVLU, KUHF, and WQXR


  • Added: Feb 15, 2013
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 4
Classics for Kids - March 2013 Franz Joseph Haydn Program 1 - About Franz Joseph Haydn
From: WGUC
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The Life and Music of Franz Joseph Haydn.

Bought by KVLU, WGBH Radio Boston, KUHF, and WQXR


  • Added: Feb 15, 2013
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 4
From School Shootings to Kazoos, Common Fence Venue Encircles Tragedy and Joy
From: Rhonda J. Miller
Series: Folk River
Caption: At Common Fence Music, it's bring your own picnic basket and bottle of wine. At the Gathering of Fiddlers & Fishermen, on stage are, from left, Ed McGuirl, Mike Fischman and MC Jacob Haller., Credit: Rhonda J. Miller
While America continues to grieve over the massacre of 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Connecticut and search for w...

  • Added: Feb 12, 2013
  • Length: 04:07
Jazz-O-Rama #5: "Betty Boop Meets Popeye"
From: Joe Bevilacqua
Series: The Jazz-O-Rama Hour
Caption: Joe Bev hosts an hour of Popeye & Betty Boop 78s., Credit: Lorie B. Kellogg
Joe Bev hosts an hour of rare 78 RPM Jazz records of Helen Kane & Billy Costello, who were also cartoon voice actors.

Bought by Radio New Zealand


  • Added: Feb 09, 2013
  • Length: 55:16
  • Purchases: 1
The Beat : Dallas Crow - "The Aesthetics of Gravity"
From: Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE
Series: The Beat
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Dallas Crow's work has appeared in Tar River Poetry and Poet Lore. His book, "Small, Imperfect Paradise," is due out from Parallel Press this year....

Bought by KSRQ


  • Added: Jan 30, 2013
  • Length: 02:22
  • Purchases: 1
Classics for Kids - February 2013 Scott Joplin Program 4 - Black Composers of Classical Music
From: WGUC
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A look at classical music by black composers.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KVLU, WQXR, and KUHF


  • Added: Jan 23, 2013
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 4
Classics for Kids - February 2013 Scott Joplin Program 3 - Classical Music and the Movies
From: WGUC
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Classical music that is such a big part of a movie that the two have become linked forever.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KVLU, WQXR, and KUHF


  • Added: Jan 23, 2013
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 4
Classics for Kids - February 2013 Scott Joplin Program 2 - Ragtime Music
From: WGUC
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An Explanation and Sampling of Ragtime Music.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KVLU, WQXR, and KUHF


  • Added: Jan 23, 2013
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 4