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Elvis Costello Writes for String Quartet

In the late 1970s, Costello burst out of Britian's pop-music scene as an angry young-man with a fresh sound. On his new release, "The Juliet Letters," he works with the Brodsky Quartet. His new songs are based on a correspondence addressed to Juliet Capulet of "Romeo and Juliet."

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Other segments from the episode on January 20, 1993

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, January 20, 1993: Interview with Harry Shearer, Geoffrey Nunberg, and Geoffrey Kemp; Interview with Elvis Costello; Review of the film "Body of Evidence."

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