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George Burns knew the secret to his success…his wife Gracie.
February 2, 2022You’re listening to Johannes Brahms and the Banda de Estado Mayor de Mexico. That’s right, a Hungarian danza by a Mexican banda. You’re on the Sound Beat. Brahms composed 21 danzas, basing them on Hungarian folk themes. Mostly…in fact, he thought this one, number 5, was based on a folk song, but that song turned out it ...
January 31, 2022Mae Questel made a career out of doing other people’s voices
January 26, 2022Some virtuoso musicians hone their craft with classical training in gilded music halls. And some…some take to the streets.
January 25, 2022Today, we take a closer look at Popeye: sailor man, spinach enthusiast and quite possibly the first superhero to grace the funny pages?
January 24, 2022John Gielgud reads Ozymandias, from Columbia’s 1939 “Voices of Poetry” collection.
December 10, 2021Instrumentation in the past century of recorded music has been dominated by guitars, drums, horns, and, more recently, keyboards and synthesizers. But some instruments have left their unique mark on the recording industry, distinguishing songs from the rest of the pack and in some cases, establishing inextricable connections between the ear and the mind. For example, ...
December 9, 2021What’s an aeronautical adventurer got to do to get some coverage?
December 6, 2021