Andy Lanset appears in the following:
The Classics on Broadway
Monday, March 24, 2014
Robert Russell Bennett - "He is famous both as a composer and as an orchestrator."
Who Likes Good Music?*
Monday, March 17, 2014
"Of course some letters come from "cranks"...but most of our letters come from people who are deeply interested in radio as the newest means of mass communication."
A Statement Regarding "Singing Commercials" *
Monday, March 10, 2014
"The station has found that "singing commercials" are too much of a transition from good music and that they are apt to create ill will among WQXR listeners."
Enjoy WNYC's Tube Noise-Free Sound? You're Not Alone
Thursday, February 27, 2014
Thomas Edison's 'right hand man' praises WNYC's static-free sound in this 1936 missive.
Modern Music and the Rush to the Exits
Monday, February 17, 2014
"Something has happened to take the sting out of the adjective 'modern' when applied to music."
Happy Cosmonautics Day, and Other Fascinating Moments From Radio Moscow
Wednesday, February 05, 2014
WNYC tried to bridge the cultural Cold War-divide by periodically airing some Radio Moscow programs.
The Commentator's Responsibility to the Listener
Monday, February 03, 2014
"The commentator cannot indulge in blatant cheers as victory piles on victory, and America's casualties mount with those victories." --Estelle M. Sternberger.
It's A Matter Of Opinion
Monday, January 27, 2014
"You cowards! Go on and play the rest of the Alban Berg Quartet...We can take it, but can you dish it out? I doubt it."
Vonnegut on Deadeye Dick, a Story of "Gun Nuts and Nukes"
Wednesday, January 22, 2014
In this archival interview, the famed author defends his fiction against critics who pan his writing, comparing his detractors to “circus geeks” who “bite the heads off chickens.
An I.O.U. to Music
Monday, January 20, 2014
"Today, people need sorely a music which will remind them that their tottering material world is not everything; that it is not even very important."
Some Reflections on Rachmaninoff and His Music
Monday, January 13, 2014
"His rare smile could be more contagious laughter; and his wit, while distinctly dry, was never acid."
Music in a Democracy
Monday, January 06, 2014
"Most lovers of music in America have taken it for granted that no attempt will be made to ban the works of "enemy" composers during this war."
The Day They Dropped an A-Bomb on the Bronx in December 1952
Wednesday, January 01, 2014
Duck and cover!
A Declaration of Independence for the Listener
Monday, December 30, 2013
"Fortunately there is no Kultur-Kammer in America. There is no such word as ought in the vocabulary of the American listener."
Kurt Vonnegut on Jailbird, His Watergate Novel
Thursday, December 26, 2013
Kurt Vonnegut tells us why he abandoned the sketchy sci-fi plot lines in favor of a sharp-eyed political realism of what has come to be known as his “Watergate novel,” Jailbird.
Concert Pianist Irene Jacobi: WNYC American Music Festival, 1943
Tuesday, December 24, 2013
At the height of World War II, WNYC invited concert pianist Irene Jacobi , to perform for the station's fourth annual American Music Festival.
The Radio Conductor
Monday, December 23, 2013
"The art of conducting for radio is about to enter a new phase--the development of Frequency Modulation broadcasting--which will make even greater demands on specialized skills."
