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Locus Focus
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Mon, 03/07/2011 - 12:00am
How one of Europe’s great multicultural cities, became the heart of darkness during WWII
Until World War II, Odessa was one of Europe's great multicultural cities, a place of optimism and light. For nearly a century its colorful street life inspired poets and writers like Alexander Pushkin, Mark Twain and Isaac Babel. It was also a major center of Jewish culture, and by 1941 Odessa had 200,000 Jews living within its bounds—over a third of its population. But by the end of the war there were only 48 Jews left. Many had perished in a gruesome—but still largely unknown—episode of the Holocaust.
On this episode of Locus Focus we talk with historian Charles King, author of Odessa: Genius and Death in a City of Dreams. His new book explores the greatest port on the Black Sea, examining the enduring mystery at the heart of Odessa’s story: how a city once known for its freewheeling and cosmopolitan culture ended up nearly destroying itself during the Second World War.
Charles King lives in Washington, DC, where he is a professor of international affairs and government at Georgetown University. He is the author of four books on Eastern Europe and a frequent commentator on events in the region for television, radio, and the press.
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| 12:00 | Mayumi Miyata | Sublimation | Nebula | CBS, Japan |
| 12:00 | Kyoto Imperial Court Music Orchestra | Irite | Gagaku: Imperial Court Music of Japan | Lyrichord |
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| 12:00 | Chu Ishikawa | The Sixth Tooth | Tetsuo: The Iron Man OST | " |
| 12:00 | Chu Ishikawa | Metatron | Tetsuo: The Iron Man OST | " |
| 12:00 | Stomu Yamash'ta's Red Buddha Theater | What a Way To Live in Modern Times | The man from the east | Island |
| 12:00 | Geinoh Yamashirogomi | Primordial Germination | Ecophony Rinne | Invatation |
| 12:00 | Yann Tomita | Luna for electronics & live concrete sounds | An Adventure of Inevitable Chance | Audio Science Laboratory |
| 12:00 | Toru Takemitsu | Kwaidan (1964) | The Film Music of Toru Takemitsu | JVC/Victor (Japan) |
| 12:00 | Masaru Sato | The Hidden Fortress (excerpts) | Akira Kurasawa's Movie Soundtracks | Doxy (4 LPs, vinyl) |
| 12:00 | Toshiya Tsunoda | Vibrational Movements of Metal Plates | Ahora | Sonic Tiger |
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12:00
Artist
Toru Takemitsu
Song
Woman in the Dunes (excerpt)
Album
Film Music of Toru Takemitsu
Label
Nonesuch
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Time
12:00
Artist
Ryuichi Sakamoto
Song
Anger remix
Album
Moto.tronic
Label
Sony
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Time
12:00
Artist
Makoto Shinohara
Song
Yumeji
Album
Min-On Contemporary Music Festival '92
Label
Camerata
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Time
12:00
Artist
Toru Takemitsu
Song
Harakiri (excerpt)
Album
Film Music of Toru Takemitsu
Label
Nonesuch
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Time
12:00
Artist
Akemi Naito
Song
Electronic Landscape for tape
Album
Strings & Time
Label
CRI
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Time
12:00
Artist
Yasuba Jun & An-Chang Project
Song
Amagoi Bushi
Album
Rough Guide to the Music of Japan
Label
World Music Network
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Time
12:00
Artist
Ikue Mori
Song
Monkey Music Moon
Album
One Hundred Aspects of the Moon
Label
Tzadik
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Time
12:00
Artist
Satolo Fujii
Song
Silence
Album
South Wind
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Libra
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Time
12:00
Artist
The Boredoms
Song
1
Album
Ichi: The Killer OST
Label
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Time
12:00
Artist
The Boredoms
Song
Babe "Baabe
Album
Ichi: The Killer OST
Label
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Time
12:00
Artist
Stomu Yamashtu
Song
Mandala
Album
Stomu Yamashtu Red Buddha Theatre
Label
Island (vinyl)
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Time
12:00
Artist
Masaru Sato
Song
ThronAkira Kurasawa's Movie Soundtrackse of Blood
Album
Akira Kurasawa's Movie Soundtracks
Label
Doxy (4 LPs, vinyl)
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Time
12:00
Artist
Ikue Mori
Song
Angler Fish
Album
Hex Kitchen
Label
Tzadik
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Time
12:00
Artist
Toshiro Mayazumi
Song
Campanology III
Album
Nirvana Symphony
Label
Denon
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Time
12:00
Artist
Toru Takemitsu
Song
Strophe
Album
In An Autumn Garden
Label
JVC/Victor (Japan)
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Time
12:00
Artist
Alan Hovhaness
Song
Fantasy on Japanese Woodprints
Album
Music of Hovhaness
Label
Columbia M-34527 (vinyl)
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Time
12:00
Artist
Alan Hovhaness
Song
Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam
Album
Music of Hovhaness
Label
Columbia M-34527 (vinyl)
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Time
12:00
Artist
Alan Hovhaness
Song
Khaldis, movement 1 for piano
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Khaldis
Label
Crystal CD-814
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12:00
Artist
Alan Hovhaness
Song
"Island of Mysterious Bells," for four harps
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Isolated Instruments
Label
MHS-1844 (vinyl)
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Time
12:00
Artist
Alan Hovhaness
Song
Kohar, for flute, oboe, tympani, strings
Album
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12:00
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Song
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Music from Louisville
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Louisville First Edition FECD-0006
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12:00
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Song
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Label
Koch 3-7289-2H1
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Time
12:00
Artist
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Song
"And God Created Great Whales"
Album
"And God Created Great Whales"
Label
Delos DE-3157
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Time
12:00
Artist
Alan Hovhaness
Song
Symphony #39, for Guitar & Orchestra
Album
Symphony #46, #39
Label
Koch 3-7208-2H1
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Time
12:00
Artist
Teruhisa Fukada
Song
Chino
Album
Esprits des Animaux
Label
Alm Records
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Time
12:00
Artist
Alan Hovhaness
Song
"Enchanted Ground," for Harp
Album
Concerto for Harp
Label
Telarc CD-80530
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Time
12:00
Artist
Alan Hovhaness
Song
Khaldis, movement 3 for piano
Album
Khaldis
Label
Crystal CD-814
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Time
12:00
Artist
Alan Hovhaness
Song
3 Bagatelles for String Quartet
Album
Spirit Murmur
Label
Delos DE-3162
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Time
12:00
Artist
The Boredoms
Song
Alphabetical #1
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Ichi: The Killer OST
Label
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Time
12:00
Artist
The Boredoms
Song
Whitey White
Album
Ichi: The Killer OST
Label
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Time
12:00
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Koenjihyakkei
Song
Brahggo
Album
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Skin Graft
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Time
12:00
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Kinzoku No Taiji Live
Album
Recit
Label
Maboroshi No Sekai
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Time
12:00
Artist
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Album
Prayer/Salvation
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Time
12:00
Artist
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Song
Abiogenesis 11
Album
Abiogenesis
Label
H & H Production
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Time
12:00
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Shonen Knife
Song
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Album
Let's Knife
Label
Virgin
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Time
12:00
Artist
Shonen Knife
Song
Twist Barbie
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Shonen Knife
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Gastanka
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Time
12:00
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JA Ceaser
Song
tr 3
Album
Ship of Fools
Label
Unknown
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Time
12:00
Artist
Koji Marutani
Song
Scenes 4
Album
Chiky(U)U [various artists]
Label
Chiky(U)U
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Time
12:00
Artist
Yellow Magic Orchestra
Song
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Album
DJ Spencer D mix CD
Label
Self-Released
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Time
12:00
Artist
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Song
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Album
Nebula
Label
CBS, Japan
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Time
12:00
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Kyoto Imperial Court Music Orchestra
Song
Irite
Album
Gagaku: Imperial Court Music of Japan
Label
Lyrichord
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Time
12:00
Artist
UFO or Die
Song
excerpt from side A
Album
Unlimited Freak
Label
Time Bomb
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Time
12:00
Artist
Somei Satoh
Song
Mandara for voice and electronics
Album
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Label
New Albion
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Time
12:00
Artist
Shonen Knife
Song
Tomato Head
Album
Rock Animals
Label
Virgin
-
Time
12:00
Artist
Masuro Sato
Song
The Lower Depths
Album
Kurosawa: Film Music
Label
Unknown
-
Time
12:00
Artist
Esemble Nippona
Song
Ogi No Mato
Album
Japan: Traditional and Vocal Music
Label
Explorer
-
Time
12:00
Artist
Taj Mahal Travellers
Song
Ultra Music
Album
Oz Days Live
Label
Oz
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Time
12:00
Artist
Otomo Yoshihide
Song
10 -
Album
Night Before the Death of the Sampling Virus
Label
Extreme
-
Time
12:00
Artist
Chu Ishikawa
Song
The Sixth Tooth
Album
Tetsuo: The Iron Man OST
Label
"
-
Time
12:00
Artist
Chu Ishikawa
Song
Metatron
Album
Tetsuo: The Iron Man OST
Label
"
-
Time
12:00
Artist
Stomu Yamash'ta's Red Buddha Theater
Song
What a Way To Live in Modern Times
Album
The man from the east
Label
Island
-
Time
12:00
Artist
Geinoh Yamashirogomi
Song
Primordial Germination
Album
Ecophony Rinne
Label
Invatation
-
Time
12:00
Artist
Yann Tomita
Song
Luna for electronics & live concrete sounds
Album
An Adventure of Inevitable Chance
Label
Audio Science Laboratory
-
Time
12:00
Artist
Toru Takemitsu
Song
Kwaidan (1964)
Album
The Film Music of Toru Takemitsu
Label
JVC/Victor (Japan)
-
Time
12:00
Artist
Masaru Sato
Song
The Hidden Fortress (excerpts)
Album
Akira Kurasawa's Movie Soundtracks
Label
Doxy (4 LPs, vinyl)
-
Time
12:00
Artist
Toshiya Tsunoda
Song
Vibrational Movements of Metal Plates
Album
Ahora
Label
Sonic Tiger
-
Time
12:00
Artist
JA Caeser
Song
a6
Album
(Recital) Kokkyo Junreika
Label
Victor
-
Time
12:00
Artist
Toru Takemitsu
Song
excerpt mixed over last selection
Album
Akira Kurosawa's Ran
Label
Fantasy, vinyl
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