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Musicians and singers who should be remembered for their contribution
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The
Rite of Spring
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Lina Lalandi knew the Russian-born composer Igor Stravinsky
towards the end of his long life, and remembers him composing
and conducting right up until his death in 1971. Stravinsky's
work had a revolutionary impact on classical music. In 1913
the 'Rite of Spring' performed in Paris marked the start of
modernism. Lina gives us a very intimate portrait of one of
the great composers of the twentieth century.
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Drumming
at Birdland
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Elvin Jones has been a jazz drummer for as long as he can
remember. Born in 1927 he was inspired by listening to early
jazz records. He came to New York in the early 1950s to join
the Benny Goodman orchestra. He's played with most of the
jazz greats of the century - principally John Coltrane, but
also with many others including Miles Davis and Thelonious
Monk.
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I
Sang with Callas
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Giuseppe di Stefano is an Italian tenor who knew Maria Callas
very well, and sang with her throughout her brilliant career.
He remembers her fiery temperament, her ability to move audiences
to tears, and also her failures - like the time she sang her
first Tosca in Rio - and Guiseppe says that in those days
the part was not right for her.
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The
Beatles and the Cavern Club
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Pat Delaney was a doorman in a small, seedy, sweaty club in
Liverpool in the 1960s called the Cavern club. One night four
young men turned up - Pat calls them 'four scruffs' - he almost
refused them entry until they said they were the musicians playing
in the club that night, and they called themselves the Beatles.
Pat watched and heard the band's meteoric rise - to become one
of the most famous bands of this century.
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Watching
Bob Dylan
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D.A. Pennebaker pioneered the art form of rock documentary -
watching and filming Bob Dylan on tour in Britain in 1965. The
resulting film, called Don't Look Back, is a visual record of
a turning point in Dylan's career - the point at which the young
folk singer metamorphosed into the voice of a new generation
of rebellious youth. D. A. Pennebaker remembers the brilliant,
shock-headed Dylan of those early days.
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