Margaret Truman singing the Spanish folk song "Cielito Lindo," performed during a recital at the Stone Church in Independence, Missouri. She is accompanied by the Detroit Symphony Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Karl Krueger. The radio announcer is unidentified. It was recorded by Edmund D. Allen on a device that etched the sound on a blank vinyl disc. From: David. S. Allen.
President Truman's Music Reviewed by Patrick Hayes of WQQW, the Good Music Station in Washington, June 23, 1950. Radio program includes a review of President Harry S. Truman's musical knowledge and musical preferences by weekly commentator Patrick Hayes of the Hayes Concert Bureau. Hayes also interviews Anthony Leviero of the Washington Bureau of the New York Times, who had interviewed Truman and others and had written an extensive column on this topic published in the Times on June 18, 1950.
Boxed set of four 45 rpm disc recordings, red-colored, entitled "Margaret Truman - American Songs" with the Robert Shaw Chorale. Recorded on RCA Victor Red Seal Records, SDM 1445. 1. My Days Have Been So Wondrous Free, and The Bird; 2: Song Over A Child; 3: O'er The Hills Far Away; 4: I Am The Rose Of Sharon; 5: Beneath A Weeping Willow's Shade; 6: Go, Congregation, Go; 7: My Love Is Gone To Sea; 8: The Death of General Washington, and Bunker Hill (or The American Hero).
Carnegie Hall Christmas program, broadcast by ABC Radio, featuring soprano Margaret Truman, the Robert Shaw Male Chorus, and the orchestra under the baton of Dr. Frank Black, in New York.
Part 1: The orchestra plays "The Sleeping Beauty Waltz" by Tchaikovsky; Margaret Truman sings a Puccini's aria, "O Mio Babbino Caro;" the orchestra plays Humperdinck's Overture from "Hansel and Gretel;" the Robert Shaw Male Chorus sings "The Echo Carol" and "Carol of the Bells;"
George Washington University's commencement ceremony. Margaret Truman's name is announced among the graduates in part 2, and her father, President Harry S. Truman, confers her degree. President Truman is also given an honorary degree in part 2. President Harry S. Truman's remarks begin in part 3. The remarks were extemporaneous and the text is not available in the Public Papers.