RADIO STATION WNYC
Lola Hayes Program
"Negro In Music"

November 29, 1944, 8:30 PM---

THEME---LIFT EVERY VOICE AND SING

SONG---MOTHER TO SON (Hall Johnson)...........Lola Hayes

BIOGRAPHY---Announcer

SONG---DEATH OF OLD SEAMAN (Cecil Cohen).....Lola hayes

INTRODUCTION OF GUEST..................Lola Hayes

INTERVIEW---Lola Hayes & Langston Hughes

POEM---I DREAM A WORLD (Aria from libretto of TROUBLED ISLAND)....Langston Hughes

SONG---SONGS TO A DARK VIRGIN (Florence Price)...Loïa Hayes

Municipal Building

A Train to Chambers Street

(Get out at rear)

November 29, 1944, 8:30 PM---

BIOGRAPHY---Announcer

SONG---DEATH OF OLD SEAMAN (Cecil Cohen).....Lola Hayes

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Nov. 29, 1944

Lola Hayes- The Negro in Music, 8:30 to 8:45

(Announcer, cont'd)

Common Ground,
as Esquire, The Saturday Evening Post, The Nation and
Theater Arts-to mention only a few. In addition to writing radio
scripts, Mr. Hughes has appeared on outstanding national radio
programs such as "The March of Time," "Of Men and Books," "The
Mary Margaret McBride Hour," and the "Town Hall Meeting of the
Air." With the statement that this young writer has enough songs
published to make him a member of ASCAP, I shall interrupt this
recounting of extraordinary achievement, to return you to Miss
Hayes, who sings for us "The Death of an Old Seaman," another
poem by Langston Hughes, but this time set to music by Cecil
Cohen, also a favorite composer on this series. Lola Hayes sings

"The Death of an Old Seaman."

Music

"The Death of an Old Seaman."

Announcer-

And now to take up where I left off-Langston Hughes brings to
his writing and lecturing a background of experience that runs
the gamut from working on TransAtlantic steamers to Africa and
Holland, to cooking in a Montmartre night club, to newspaper cor-
respondent in 1937 and to scenario writing for motion pictures
in Moscow and Hollywood. Winner of many awards, including the
Harmon and Guggenheim fellowships---

Miss Hayes

I'm sorry to interrupt you, Mr., but I'm afraid that we
could go on like this for the full fifteen minutes and still
have to omit many important facts, but I'm sure our audience
would prefer some first hand information from the poet him-
self.

We, the curious public, naturally want to delve into your
private life, Langston Hughes, and ask such questions as: Where x
were you born? When did you first begin to write? And who were
the people that influenced you? We'll settle for those three