Music
Hollywood Is On The Air 1939 The Wizard Of Oz Preview
This episode is a musical preview of the soon to be released film; The Wizard of Oz, starring Judy Garland, Ray Bolger, Jack Haley, Bert Lah…
The Bing Crosby Show 50 01 11 Guest Groucho Marx
First song by Peggy Lee and Bing is "Little Jack Frost, Get Lost." Groucho is upset over his introduction, and being in the dog ho…
Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland
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Felix Mendelssohn
A collection of the letters which Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy wrote while in Italy and Switzerland. Mendelssohn, a multifaceted talent of th…
Letters from Great Musicians to Young People
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Anna Alice Chapin and Alethea Crawford Cox
The object of this little book is to bring the reader nearer to the great masters in the realm of music, and make him or her acquainted with…
Great Pianists on Piano Playing
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James Francis Cooke
The full title of this book, published in 1913, gives a good idea of its contents: “Great Pianists on Piano Playing: Study Talks with Foremo…
Violin Varnish and How to Make It
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Georges Foucher
A description of the properties and effects of the principal components of Varnish and the best means of employing them. - Summary by Prefac…
Thirty Minutes In Hollywood 37 10 24 Guest Judy Garland
Hosted by George Jessel. Seven-year old Josephine Starr sings an aria. Jessel introduces "fifteen-year-old" Judy Garla…
Andrews Sisters 45 11 28 Abbott And Costello
The Sisters sing "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy." Curt Massey sings "I'll Buy That Dream." The Sisters sing "Put That Rin…
My Musical Life
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Walter Damrosch
This is the autobiography of the Prussian-born American conductor Walter Damrosch. It includes dozens of anecdotes about many of the great m…
Charles Dickens and Music
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James T. Lightwood
This is a detailed exploration of the references to music in the novels of Dickens: songs, instrumental pieces, performers, composers, and m…
Story-Lives of Great Musicians
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Francis Jameson Rowbotham
Following the plan of his previous volume of Great Authors, the writer has here endeavoured to weave into more or less story form a few of t…
Bing Crosby Show 49 11 02 Guest Bob Hope
Bing sings "Dear Hearts and Gentle People" then "That Lucky Old Sun." Bing and Bob Hope trade jokes and insults an…
America Calling 41 02 08 A Salute To The Greek Nation
Jack Benny and Bob Hope co-MC this program dedicated to the Greek War Relief, broadcast on CBS, NBC, independent stations, and also sent thr…
Andrews Sisters 44 12 31 Guest Bing Crosby, Gabby Hayes
It's New Year's Eve and the Andrews Sisters start their new show, and inherit a dude ranch they call the "Eight To The Bar" ranch …
Hollywood Hotel 37 06 11 A Day At The Races
Al Jolson and Georgie Jessel sing "Give My Regards To Broadway". Groucho Marx sings and performs a skit with brother Chico from th…
Moonlight Serenade 41 12 24 Christmas Show
Glenn Miller and His Orchestra lead this music filled program with Ray Eberle, The Modernaires, and Marion Hutton.
J.S. Bach, Volume 2
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Albert Schweitzer
Second volume of an analysis of Johann Sebastian Bach's life and musical compositions, and of the artistic, philosophical, and religious wor…
The Fringe of an Art: Appreciations in Music
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Vernon Blackburn
A collection of essays on things musical by Vernon Blackburn, including composers, music in different time periods, and modern music. (Summ…
Recollections of Johannes Brahms
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Albert Hermann Dietrich and Joseph Victor Widmann
Albert Dietrich, the German composer and conductor, was a friend of Johannes Brahms and the first part of this book includes vivid recollect…
Sealtest Variety Theater 48 10 21 Happy Ending
Dick Powell joins Dorothy Lamour in a play called "Happy Ending". Abbott and Costello join the show, playing gas station owners.