Music from the Pyrenes
High in the Pyrenees Mountains, a cluster of craggy valleys comprises the semi-independent State of Andorra. A relic of the Middle Ages, the little (191 sq. mi.) country has been under the joint suzerainty of the French Government and the Spanish Bishop of Urgel since 1278, pays them a yearly tribute of about $86 in goats, sheep, cucumbers, other produce. Its 5,500 inhabitants scratch a hard living from the barren, upended land.
In 1927 smart Journalist Jacques Tremoulet and Radio-Manufacturer Leon Kierkowsky built a radio station at Toulouse in southern...
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