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Children's Orchestra Program No. 5

An unidentified WPA children's chorus. The Federal Music Project provided music instruction for adults as well as children.

The exact date of this episode is unknown. We've filled in the date above with a placeholder. What we actually have on record is: 193u-uu-uu.

This presentation of the Works Progress Administration and the Federal Music Project features the music of a children's orchestra, ages 8 to 16. The announcer notes that the the children have never previously played a musical instrument. Taught by Vincenzo Palladino, they play the mandolin, mandola, guitar and bass.

The first composition is called Serenata by [Giugno] followed by two compositions by Mr. Palladino.

In between each composition, the announcer says a few words in support of the Works Progress Administration.

Recorded between 1935 and 1939.

Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection

WNYC archives id: 150200
Municipal archives id: LT5266

This is a machine-generated transcript. Text is unformatted and may contain errors.
The Works Progress Administration presents a program by the federal music project under the direction of Dr Nicholas Sokolov Today we bring you a Children's Orchestra the youngest child here in the studio is eight and the old it on is sixteen they are playing mandolin man dollar guitar and bass all of these children were trained by Vincente apology you know a teacher of the federal music project this is part of the work of the educational department which is under the direction of Mrs Francis McFarlane none of the children ever played a musical instrument before they receive this free musical instruction their first number is set up by Grunow. The of. The of. The of. The poor. Poor. Poor. The the. The the the. The. The. It's about how do you know conductor of this children's authors now presents his own arrangement of two guitars by a Bonnie. Gma. The gma. The big. The. Goose. The big. The OR or the back of. The. Or are. More rare or are. Poor. Poor. The you're. The our world. Come forward. The poor the poor. The poor. More than three million men and women have left the relief roles and now earn their living on W.P.A. jobs mayors and other local officials sponsor all W.P.A. construction work they understand that this work must be of a kind that can be done by the relief workers in their own communities. The quality of the work is proof that local officials have found good work to do and that the workers have done it well the children's off the strip conducted by Mr Paladino now plays one of Mr Paladino his own compositions it is written in two movements the first and Dante and then their body Pahlka. The bag. The the. Ball. The Globe or. The Globe org The glove and glue. The the goose. The glue. The glue. The ball. Globe on the globe or. The point. The board. The board the board the board the bored bored bored bored bored bored bored bored bored bored bored bored the board the board the board the board borer the choroid the board the four. You're. The boss. With the. Poor. Poor the poor. This program has been presented by the federal music project of the Works Progress Administration.

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