Terry Teachout on the arts in New York City
William Walton talks about his life and work and is seen conducting his own music:
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“There are some bad qualities which make great talents.”
Rochefoucauld, Maxims
“We live everything as it comes, without warning, like an actor going on cold. And what can life be worth if the first rehearsal for life is life itself?”
Milan Kundera, The Unbearable Lightness of Being (courtesy of Rod Dreher)
Louis Armstrong and the All Stars perform “Basin Street Blues” on The Bell Telephone Hour. This episode was originally telecast by NBC on February 2, 1964:
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Pablo Neruda, “Letter on the Road” (trans. Donald D. Walsh)