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July 2008
Five Four Time
Friday, July 18, 2008
A new song by the popular Icelandic group Sigur Ros is notable for having no time signature at all; it’s impossible to count. It has WNYC’s Sara Fishko pondering time, music, and especially the number 5. Here is the next Fishko Files.
Listen to Stuart Isacoff play "Castle Half and Half" in 5/4:
From the Archives: Hugo Friedhofer (Originally Aired on 4/14/06)
Friday, July 11, 2008
More than 25 years have passed since Hugo Friedhofer died. He was one of America’s most interesting composers, and his death was roundly ignored. Sara Fishko thinks its about time somebody remembered the life and work of the Academy Award- winning movie composer.
From The Archives: Diamond Dances (Originally Aired 4/28/06)
Friday, July 04, 2008
New York was been filled with great choreographers from all over the world in the Spring of 2006. They were rehearsing their dances for the New York City Ballet’s ‘Diamond Project.’ In this archive edition of the Fishko Files, Sara Fishko caught them thinking and talking about their work.
