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February 2006

Tom Brokaw

Sunday, February 05, 2006

For more than 20 years as news anchor for NBC, Tom Brokaw has been a model of cool dispassionate delivery. But here he reveals his emotional side to host Gilbert Kaplan and the power music plays in his life – from Bach cantatas in the cockpit flying cross country, to Copland’s Fanfare for the Common Man, Mozart’s Requiem and the American classic “Shenandoah,” that touches his Missouri River roots and has been picked to be played at his funeral.