Overview
"A Note to You" was a classical music radio show broadcasted by WGBH and Northeastern University from Ryder Hall on Northeastern's campus. Roland Nadeau, who also started the Music Department at Northeastern, created the show in the interest of educating children on classical music. Initially, the show was broadcast on WHDH. It grew into a family show where Professor Nadeau would lecture and interview guests and use music to enhance his ideas and moved to WGBH in 1973. Running from 1963-2000, its 37-year run was one of public radio's longest-running classical music programs and was syndicated internationally and all over the United States, at its peak it was carried by over 100 public radio stations, the Armed Forces Radio, Voice of America and Australian Public Radio. After Nadeau's death in 1997, long time contributor and fellow Northeastern Professor Virginia Eskin took over until 2000 when the show was retired and the format was revived with Professor Eskin as the host of "Music Matters." Nadeau, who created and hosted "A Note to You," was the University's first Distinguished Professor, the title later changed to Matthews Distinguished Professor, largely because of his involvement in the show, which, in his words, led to many listeners [hearing] the name of Northeastern University for the first time. "A Note to You" has received awards including the Ohio State Award for the broadcast, War, which was also nominated for a Peabody. The show "Which Way's Witch? A June Foray Halloween Spell" won International Festivals of New York Gold and Bronze Medals, a Major Armstrong Award, The Golden Reel Award, and a National Programing Award and The Sound in the Fury was a finalist for best music special.
Dates
- Creation: 1975-1998
Creator
- Nadeau, Roland L. (Person)
Language of Materials
Materials entirely in English.
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is unrestricted
Conditions Governing Reproduction and Use:
Copyright restrictions may apply.
Chronology
- 1963
- Show is broadcast on WHDH
- 1973
- Moves to WGBH
- 1978
- War! is broadcast
- 1980
- Northeastern begins to coproduce "A Note to You"
- 1985
- Virginia Eskin comes on as co-host
- 1991
- "Which Way's Witch? A June Foray Halloween Spell" is broadcast
- 1992
- "The Sound in the Fury" is broadcast
- 1997
- Roland Nadeau passes away
- 1998
- Virginia Eskin becomes host
- 2000
- Show is retired
- 2001
- "Music Matters starts
Extent
2 cubic feet (2 containers)
System of Arrangement:
Arranged in one alphabetical sequence
Physical Location
36/2
Custodial History:
Much of the material was held by the Academic Technology Services before being transferred to the Archives
Immediate Source of Acquisition:
Transferred from Academic Technology Services and gifts of Mrs. Roland Nadeau
Accruals:
Further accruals are expected
Bibliography
- Box 2, Folders 22-23, Gerald Herman Papers 1983-2004, Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections.
Subject
- Al-wadi, Solhi (Person)
- Brophy, Gerard, 1953- (Person)
- Buis, Janet (Person)
- Conyngham, Barry (Person)
- Dreyfus, George (Person)
- Eskin, Virginia (Person)
- Fuller, Sherm (Person)
- Gonzaga, Chiquinha, 1847-1935 (Person)
- Gould, Glenn (Person)
- Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961 (Person)
- Herman, Gerald (Person)
- Holmes, Leslie (Person)
- Jacobs, Kenneth (Person)
- Nadeau, Roland (Person)
- Payne, Joseph (Person)
- Plush, Vincent (Person)
- Kronos Quartet (Organization)
- Northeastern University (Boston, Mass.) (Organization)
- Old Stoughton Musical Society (Mass.) (Organization)
- Voice of America (Organization) (Organization)
- WGBH (Radio station : Boston, Mass.) (Organization)
- Eskin, Virginia (Person)
- Herman, Gerald (Person)
- Nadeau, Roland (Person)
- Northeastern University (Boston, Mass.) (Organization)
- Northeastern University (Boston, Mass.). Division of Fine Arts (Organization)
- WGBH (Radio station : Boston, Mass.) (Organization)
- Title
- Finding aid for A Note to You Recordings
- Author
- Finding aid prepared by Martha Pearson
- Date
- April 4, 2014
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Northeastern University Archives and Special Collections Repository