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Baritone Thomas Hampson: His American Music Mission

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Published June 30, 2007 at 12:33 PM EDT

Jill Pasternak spoke with baritone Thomas Hampson in 2006 when he was in Philadelphia on tour with his latest project with the Library of Congress: The American Songbook. We examine his stellar career, and his personal views about the mission of music, and in particular American music.
 
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