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Monday, March 28, 2005
  • Valentine post card from the 1920s, WNYC Archives
    Valentine post card from the 1920s, WNYC Archives

    Love Songs for all Kinds

    Today on the show, two New York composers have teamed up to create a gender-bending, genre-blending program of original love songs. Eve Beglarian and Phil Kline will joins us to walk us through The Story of B. Also, last week, Herbert Axelrod, a millionaire who sold overvalued musical instruments to the New Jersey Symphony Orchestra was sentenced to prison for tax fraud. Today, a look at power, corruption and conflicts of interest in the string instrument world, as we're joined by Fritz Reuter, a Chicago-based string dealer, and Drew McManus, who writes a blog on Artsjournal.com.

The Ill Effects of Urban Noise

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Soundcheck received an overwhelming response to our segment on the effects of urban noise. So much so that Arline Bronzaft decided to address the feedback. Listen to the original segment and read Bronzaft's response.