Andy Lanset appears in the following:
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."
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."
Kurt Vonnegut and L.J. Davis and the Novelist's Relationship to Community
Thursday, December 19, 2013
This May 1, 1978 interview was the third Vonnegut had with Walter James Miller.
William Orton Tewson - WNYC Literary Critic (1928-1934)
Wednesday, December 18, 2013
"Mr. Tewson's topic was Literary Cocktails, and he served them from a full shaker."
Caesar's Commentaries
Monday, December 16, 2013
"I wanted to be a pianist and a surgeon, the general idea being to operate with my right hand and bring comfort and joy to the poor victim by concertizing for him with my left."
Kurt Vonnegut on Slapstick, His Sci-Fi Family Novel
Thursday, December 12, 2013
Vonnegut talks about his strange sci-fi tale of fraternal twins who are brilliant when they can interact with each other but only “dull normal” when separated. He reveals that his por...
Ted Cott: WNYC Wunderkind
Wednesday, December 11, 2013
He was hired as a ticket taker for Staten Island Ferry and reported for work at WNYC.
Consider the Interpreters
Monday, December 09, 2013
"Phonograph records and radio broadcasts have in recent years given the interpreter of music an importance almost equal to that of the composer himself."
Kurt Vonnegut on Breakfast of Champions
Thursday, December 05, 2013
Vonnegut is at the top of his game—confidently proclaiming the novelist’s ability to “make up new myths that people will believe.”
"Are You A Highbrow?"
Monday, December 02, 2013
"As far as I can make out, the word "high-brow" in its current connection with music is a synonym for "undesirable."
Twentieth Century Magic
Wednesday, November 27, 2013
The wonders of radio and its potential to be entertaining, educational, amusing, exciting and appealing to the intellectual as well as the average person.
The American Composer
Monday, November 25, 2013
"The music of America is no longer a foundling, a stepchild or an outcast in its own country."
The Position of Women in Music
Monday, November 18, 2013
"The number of women in the musical profession has been steadily increasing...The art of music is in a state of hopeless decadence, this phenomenon is inevitable." - Sir Thomas Beecham.
Bach is a Modern
Monday, November 11, 2013
"Yes, Bach is a modern. A present-day band-arranger gives free rein to the performer--and so did Bach."
My Day With WQXR
Monday, November 04, 2013
"WQXR has twined itself to the context of my life in an almost obsessive way."
