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73World's Oldest Flute
The flute at right was assembled from 31 pieces found in the Geissenkl
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61Capital Steps: Left or Right, Everyone Gets It
The first time I went to a Capital Steps concert, I didn't know what to expect. A 30-something woman came out in a red dress, something office-appropriate, and looked around. Suddenly, the music for the Banana...
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62The Bloodlines of Music Videos
When MTV debuted on August 21, 1981, at 12:01 a.m. EST, it was not overwhelmed with public responses--nor did it expect to be. Only 30% of its commercial time had been sold, and the cable infrastructure had...
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52Music History: Bits and Pieces
The absolute answer is that no one knows. But there is a man--Buddy Bolden--that many think may have been the "Father of Jazz." He was born in 1877, peaked before 1900, had alcohol problems, was diagnosed a...
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66Wicked vs. The History Boys
What do these plays have in common? A subtext about the meaning of history, for one thing. Wicked contains some of my favorite lines about history, spoken by the Wonderful Wizard of Oz: A man's called a...
2 comments75Funny Musicians: Victor Borge and Tom Lehrer
Long before Weird Al and YouTube, performers were mixing comedy and music for big laughs. This hub is on two of them: Victor Borge and Tom Lehrer. Born in Copenhagen, Borge trained as a serious musician. He...
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68Movie and Radio Museums--Who Has What?
Museums everywhere slug it out for dibs on artifacts. Sometimes their fights make the front page--as when Italy went after the J. Paul Getty Museum, threatening its former curator with jail because of certain...
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