Mr. Rogers Introduces Kids to Experimental Electronic Music #makereducation

Open Culture has an awesome post about a 1968 Mr. Rogers clip in which kids are exposed to the wonderful and winsome world of the experimental electronic music of Bruce Haack & Esther Nelson.

Geez, and just when you thought Mr. Rogers couldn’t maker it any hipper to be square…

Experimental electronic musician and inventor Bruce Haack’s compositions expanded many a young consciousness, and taught kids to dance, move, meditate, and to be endlessly curious about the technology of sound. All of this makes him the perfect guest for Fred Rogers, who despite his totally square demeanor loved bringing his audience unusual artists of all kinds. In the clips above and below from the first, 1968 season of Mr. Roger’s Neighborhood, Haack introduces Rogers and a group of youngsters to the “musical computer,” a homemade analog synthesizer of his own invention—one of many he created from household items, most of which integrated human touch and movement into their controls, as you’ll see above. In both clips, Haack and longtime collaborator Esther Nelson sing and play charming songs as Nelson leads them in various movement exercises. (The remainder of the second video mostly features Mr. Roger’s cat.)

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