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Fred Rogers was a music composition major at Rollins College[1] and his wife Sara Joanne Byrd majored in piano[2]. So it is no wonder that he cared about the mu
by slugmass 3y ago
Fred Rogers was a music composition major at Rollins College[1] and his wife Sara Joanne Byrd majored in piano[2]. So it is no wonder that he cared about the music on his TV show.
[1] <https://scholarship.rollins.edu/tomokan/67 https://scholarship.rollins.edu/tomokan/67> page 69.
[2] <https://scholarship.rollins.edu/tomokan/66 https://scholarship.rollins.edu/tomokan/66>
- pimlottc 3y agoThere's actually a really nice clip of Mr Rogers playing piano himself in the video @ 5:29: https://youtu.be/Z40SZ77CHK0?si=mo1WRUFcZyL4XH7h&t=329 https://youtu.be/Z40SZ77CHK0?si=mo1WRUFcZyL4XH7h&t=329
- 4d4m 3y agoMusic theory power couple!
- ohthehugemanate 3y agoSome of his early work as a producer was also for the NBC Opera Theater and Firestone Hour TV shows, which broadcast great performances of classical music and (you guessed it) opera.