WPA Concerts

The Works Progress Administration (WPA) was established by executive order of Franklin Delano Roosevelt on May 6, 1935. The WPA was a work relief program that provided jobs for many individuals who had become unemployed during the Depression.

Several projects were administered directly by the federal government, including the Art, Music, Theatre, and Writers' projects. The majority of WPA spending went toward the creation and preservation of the nation's infrastructure.

This collection contains some rare symphonic orchestra music by the Federal Music Project during the late 1930s - early 1940s.

For more WPA fascinating recordings, see also: Americans All, Immigrants All, Former Slave Interviews.

For additional classical and opera radio shows, see also:

• Andre Kostelanetz Show
• Bell Telephone Hour Encores
• Chicago Theater of the Air
  
• Enchanted Hour
• Enchantment of Music
• Hour of Charm
• Light and Mellow Show
• Living Opera Interviews
• Metropolitan Opera
• The Magic Key
• Telephone Hour (Music From America)
• Symphonies of the World
• Lauritz Melchoir Collection
• Voice of Firestone
• Your Symphony Scrapbook