Caution: Contents may be historical, but they’re still hot! We’re serving the classics!
Posted in classical, Piano, Contemporary, American, Science, STEAM on May 31st, 2020 Comments
Stories, diseases, music, and history! This episode of the CoffeeHouse has it all! Join us for some vignettes during these trying time with Godowsky's Triakontameron. Like, and share with a friend!
Music:
https://imslp.org/wiki/Triakontameron_(Godowsky%2C_Leopold)
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Posted in classical, Romantic, Dvorak, American on May 17th, 2020 Comments
It's our 100th episode!!! We are so pleased that you've stuck with us for this long, so we wanted to revisit one of the first composers we ever looked at, Dvorak! Please like, and share with a friend!
Music:
https://imslp.org/wiki/Sonatina%2C_Op.100_(Dvo%C5%99%C3%A1k%2C_Anton%C3%ADn)
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https://imslp.org/wiki/Also_sprach_Zarathustra,_Op.30_(Strauss,_Richard)
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Posted in Turn of the Century, Band, American, Science on Aug 25th, 2019 Comments
In the modern era, is there really much left to tweak with musical instruments? The cornetist Charles Conn thought there was and made lasting impacts on instrument manufacturing as you'll learn in this week's episode!
Music:
https://imslp.org/wiki/Fatherland_(Hartmann%2C_John)
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https://imslp.org/wiki/Erinnerung_an_Prag%2C_Op.18_(Hoch%2C_Theodore)
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https://imslp.org/wiki/Symphony_No.5_(Mahler%2C_Gustav)
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Posted in Romantic, Turn of the Century, American on May 20th, 2018 Comments
Be careful out in those forests this summer! As Edward MacDowell shows us in this week's piece, they can be pretty scary places!
Music: http://imslp.org/wiki/Suite_No.1%2C_Op.42_(MacDowell%2C_Edward)
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Posted in March, Turn of the Century, Band, American, Holiday Special on Jul 2nd, 2017 Comments
You'll need some good walking shoes this week as we march into the history of John Philip Sousa! It's a spectacular display of patriotic spirit to help celebrate the 4th of July weekend.
Music: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
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https://musopen.org/music/43799-the-gladiator/
https://musopen.org/music/43828-stars-and-stripes-forever/
https://musopen.org/music/43792-the-stars-and-stripes-forever/
https://musopen.org/music/43789-sabre-and-spurs/
http://imslp.org/wiki/El_Capitan_March_(Sousa,_John_Philip)
http://imslp.org/wiki/The_Honored_Dead_(Sousa%2C_John_Philip)
Posted in symphony, American, German on Jun 4th, 2017 Comments
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We're at it again with a composer who loved the theatre but was equally as comfortable in the concert hall: German composer Kurt Weill. His symphonic masterpiece, the Second Symphony, will illuminate how wonderful this underappreciated composer really is!
Posted in classical, Turn of the Century, Piano, American, Gershwin on May 21st, 2017 Comments
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Put on your dancing shoes and get your jazz hands ready! We're looking at George Gershwin's lesser known, yet still jazzy and fun Second Rhapsody. Get ready for a rip-roaring good time!
Posted in classical, Contemporary, American on May 7th, 2017 Comments
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You may know American composer Aaron Copland for his ballets or symphonies, but did you know he was also composed numerous film scores? The Red Pony Suite is taken from the soundtrack to a great Western film of the same name, and if full of Copland-isms!
