Music

Sound recording, apparently taped off-the-air, of music interrupted by news coverage of Harry S. Truman's funeral from Independence, MO. Most of the recording is music, but at about 27:15 of side one, radio DJ Army Specialist Bob Meyer interrupts the music to bring the Group W news feed of former president Harry S. Truman's funeral services at the Harry S. Truman Library. On this day, the casket was being unloaded from the hearse and moved into the Library lobby for viewing. President Nixon and former president Johnson were scheduled to appear later in the day.

Recordings related to artist Thomas Hart Benton, his family, and the creation of his mural, "Independence and the Opening of the West" at the Harry S. Truman Library in Independence, MO.

SR64-105-2 is in two parts. It has commentary between Truman Library curator Milton Perry and Thomas Hart Benton. It has extensive recordings of Benton's daughter, Jessie Benton, playing and singing music with her father. They play guitar and harmonica. It also begins a conversation with Benton's wife, Rita Benton.

This song in support of Harry S. Truman's presidential campaign, "We Are For Truman" from Lillian Kammerman, is set to the tune of "Anchors Aweigh." It features a woman (presumably Kammerman) singing with a piano.

Margaret Truman singing "Charmont L'oiseau." She is performing at the Stone Church in Independence, Missouri. It was recorded by Edmund D. Allen on a device which etched the sound into a blank vinyl disc. From: David S. Allen.

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.

President Harry S. Truman's remarks at a luncheon with members of the National Symphony Orchestra. The President spoke at 1:30 p.m. at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, DC. His opening words referred to Gordon S. Reid, president of the Symphony Board Association and chairman of the luncheon, Laura Thompson Magnuson, president of the Women's Committee of the National Symphony Orchestra, and Bess Truman.

Piano solo "Black Hawk Waltz" performed by Harry S. Truman. Full song.