The first musical instrument was most probably a flute, made from an animal bone. The oldest of these flutes is from 43,000 years ago. But music itself – chants, songs, incantations – is much, much older. Our stories look at music in its many forms, ancient and modern, and from many cultures.
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Carl-Stalling-Pioneer-Animator-.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 10/09/2001 Carl Stalling Transcript One of the great unsung heroes of Warner Brothers cartoons was composer, Carl Stalling. In the early 1920s, Stalling met Walt Disney at a theatre in Kansas City where Stalling was employed as a piano accompanist for silent films. At […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Music-for-Dinosaur-Month.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 10/5/2001 Music for Dinosaur Month Transcript October has been dubbed the Month of the Dinosaur, and if your family still hasn’t had enough Velociraptor and Pterodactyl action from this past summer’s movie fare at the Jurassiplex, or insightful commentary from the BBC’s and Discovery […]
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/From-Abbey-Road-to-Sesame-Road.mp3 Author John Cech Air Date 10/1/2001 “Abbey Road” and the Beatles Legacy Transcript Today, in 1969, the Beatles released what would become one of their best-selling albums, Abbey Road. According to one commentator, it was half traditional rock album, half pop symphony, with all the songs on the second […]
It’s the anniversary this week of the premiere of Disney’s animated musical Mary Poppins, and Kevin Shortsleeve has some thoughts about the brothers who composed the score for that film.
That’s Roland Brival singing part of his “Creole Gypsy,” which was recently a hit song in France.
That’s Maria Muldaur, talking to her mother, and then singing part of “Fala Nina, Fala Nana,” from a new compilation of world music for the whole family titled “Brown Girl in the Ring.”
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Woody-Guthrie-1-1.mp3 Author Kevin Shortsleeve Air Date 7/16/2001 Woody Guthrie Transcript Woody Guthrie is best known for such folk songs as This Land is Your Land, and Pastures of Plenty. His lyrics have had no small influence on rock music, inspiring the likes of Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and John Mellancamp. […]
You’re hearing the opening from “A Gentle African Journey,” from Rhino Recordings’ International Baby series of CDs.
All the kids are heading for the beach on “Fun in the Sun” — the latest installment from Snoopy’s Klassics on Toys.
You probably didn’t know that June is National Accordion Appreciation Month, but Shelley Fraser Mickle remembers that much-maligned, oft-forgotten instrument.