political prisoners and deports them to the united states. # ijust don t know what to do with myself. we remember burt bacharach, one of pop s greatest songwriters, who has died aged 94. welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe. first, hundreds of thousands of people across turkey and syria are spending a fourth night in freezing conditions in makeshift camps, having been made homeless by earthquakes. officials say more than 20,000 are now known to have died and hopes are fading that many more will be found beneath the rubble. the first united nations aid convoy has made it into syria and the world bank has promised around $1.8 billion to help turkey. we ll hear from our correspondent in antakya on the turkish syrian border and from our correspondent in 0smaniye. let s start with this report from our correspondent anna foster in kahramanmaras. an urgent call for quiet. these rescuers need complete silence. they ve heard voices. even though this building i
tribute to yip harburg. the man who put the rainbow in the wizard of oz democracy now special. all that and more coming up. now!me to democracy i am amy goodman. today, we pay tribute to yip harburg. his name may not be familiar to many, but his songs are sung by millions around the world, like jazz singer abbey lincoln and bing crosby sang it. railroad, made a race against time. i built a railroad, now it is done amy goodman: and tom waits. judy collins, and dr. john from new orleans, peter yarrow, .> they called meow al amy goodman: that s al jolson, and our beloved odetta. dime?an you spare a dime? spare a amy goodman: brother, can you spare a dime? may well be a new anthem for many americans. the lyrics to that classic american song were written by yip harburg. he was blacklisted during the mccarthy era. during his career as a lyricist, yip harburg used his words to express anti-racist, pro-worker messages. he s best known for writing the lyrics to th
that are in love with each other. [low hum and sticks clacking] [cultural music montage] (narrator) all over the world with instruments and voice, people create an uncountable number of melodies in an enormous variety of styles. the methods in which a musical culture generates its melodic forms depend on the musical rules and practices of that culture. these rules are employed by composers and performers, and are implicitly understood by listeners as well. that baby boy i never saw before. (narrator) but at the basis of all melodic form is the concept of vibrational frequency or pitch. [low, airy pipe plays] (man) pitch is the highness or lowness of the sound. it s a matter of how many vibrations per second form the fundamental frequency of the sound. for the musician, of course, the pitch at least in the western vocabulary, are the 12 pitches of the octave divided up, and here s a chromatic scale, and that s all we have each of those pitches or pitch classes from c to c
hope and laughter. amy goodman: today, we pay tribute to yip harburg. the man who put the rainbow in the wizard of oz democracy now special. all that and more coming up. now!me to democracy i am amy goodman. today, we pay tribute to yip harburg. his name may not be familiar to many, but his songs are sung by millions around the world, like jazz singer abbey lincoln and bing crosby sang it. railroad, made a race against time. i built a railroad, now it is done amy goodman: and tom waits. judy collins, and dr. john from new orleans, peter yarrow, .> they called meow al amy goodman: that s al jolson, and our beloved odetta. dime?an you spare a dime? spare a amy goodman: brother, can you spare a dime? may well be a new anthem for many americans. the lyrics to that classic american song were written by yip harburg. he was blacklisted during the mccarthy era. during his career as a lyricist, yip harburg used his wor to express anti-racist, pro-worker messages
it has a plot, and it has an ending. [spirited violin plays] melody, i define it as a group of notes that are in love with each other. [low hum and sticks clacking] [cultural music montage] (narrator) all over the world with instruments and voice, people create an uncountable number of melodies in an enormous variety of styles. the methods in which a musical culture generates its melodic forms depend on the musical rules and practices of that culture. these rules are employed by composers and performers, and are implicitly understood by listeners as well. that baby boy i never saw before. (narrator) but at the basis of all melodic form is the concept of vibrational frequency or pitch. [low, airy pipe plays] (man) pitch is the highness or lowness of the sound. it s a matter of how many vibrations per second form the fundamental frequency of the sound. for the musician, of course, the pitch at least in the western vocabulary, are the 12 pitches of the octave divided up, and