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Tony Schwartz: 30,000 Recordings Later
Some people work in sound, others work with sound. Tony Schwartz was the latter. A true recordist - and one of the first. For thirty years (1945-1976), Schwartz created and produced a radio program for WNYC featuring the people and sounds of New York City. He amassed an archive of recordings (now housed in the Library of Congress) including but by no means limited to the sounds of barkers selling their wares, mothers calling children, traffic, folk songs, and cab drivers. There is a democracy of sound in the Tony Schwartz archive. His interest in “the sound around us” treats each layer w...
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Tony Schwartz: Happiness No. 4 29.10.2025 3:33
"An interview with a young man who went to Woodstock. Mr. Gondolfo talks about the feeling of happiness. 'Love is happiness'"--Accompanying collection documentation. This audio recording is part of the Tony Schwartz Collection at the Library of Congress. Considered a master of the electronic media, Tony Schwartz changed the face of radio and television advertising by creating socially conscientiou...
Tony Schwartz: Night 1963-02 29.10.2025 28:07
Nature sounds with narration by Tony Schwartz and others. 1. A country night, narration and sounds heard at night. (Tony Schwartz, narrator) (00:00) -- 2. A country night, narration and sounds heard at night. (03:34) -- 3. A country night, narration and sounds heard at night. This recording only has the opening portion of the narration but the sounds of the night remain. (06:56) -- 4. Original rec...
Tony Schwartz: Nancy Grows Up 29.10.2025 23:12
"1. Nancy - time-lapse growth portrait, family tree. 2. Children and God: Title prayers, Who is God?, What does God do?, What is good and bad?, What is Heaven?, How do you pray and what for?, prayers over credits. 3. Fire in the apartment. 4. Portrait of Lincoln" --Accompanying collection documentation. This audio recording is part of the Tony Schwartz Collection at the Library of Congress. Consid...
Tony Schwartz: The Generation Gap 29.10.2025 4:14
RXF 4014: Introduction (Tony Schwartz, narrator) (0:00) -- conversation (Tony Schwartz, John, Jimmy, Jeanette, speakers) (00:57). This audio recording is part of the Tony Schwartz Collection at the Library of Congress. Considered a master of the electronic media, Tony Schwartz changed the face of radio and television advertising by creating socially conscientious campaigns such as the nation’s fir...
Tony Schwartz: 30,000 Recordings Later by the Kitchen Sisters 29.10.2025 19:40
Some people work in sound, others work with sound. Tony Schwartz was the latter. A true recordist - and one of the first. For thirty years (1945-1976), Schwartz created and produced a radio program for WNYC featuring the people and sounds of New York City. He amassed an archive of recordings (now housed in the Library of Congress) including but by no means limited to the sounds of barkers sell...
Tony Schwartz: Words & Tone 29.10.2025 6:10
RXF 3489: What is a song? (Tony Schwartz, narrator ; unidentified old man, unidentified cab driver, unidentified male plumber; Mrs. Tony Schwartz, unidentified female singing teacher, unidentified man, speakers) (0:00). This audio recording is part of the Tony Schwartz Collection at the Library of Congress. Considered a master of the electronic media, Tony Schwartz changed the face of radio and te...
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