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The House That George Built by Wilfrid Sheed

by Glenn C. Altschuler [The Philadelphia Inquirer (MCT)]

[9.Oct.07] :. By the 1950s, the golden age of popular music was just about over. America "wasn't a listening nation anymore," writes Wilfrid Sheed, but a televisual "shaking, rattling and rolling one."

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by Tom Strini [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (MCT)]

[5.Sep.07] :. My haphazard introduction to Western art music (also known as classical music) came outside my childhood home, where such music was alien. My fifth-grade teacher, Mr. Sellers, was a fan. He played...

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