Composer Virgil Thomson deftly scores a documentary film about the Dustbowl, a Farm Services Administration funded film by Pare Lorentz called The Plow That Broke the Plains. Hear a recording from the Philharmonia Virtuosi on Monday's Labor Day edition of Of Note.
Of Note for Monday, September 7, 2015: A Dustbowl Documentary's Soundtrack
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