Sunday, August 25th, 2019 Turn of the Century, Band, American, Science | 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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Sunday, May 20th, 2018 Romantic, Turn of the Century, American | 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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Sunday, July 2nd, 2017 March, Turn of the Century, Band, American, Holiday Special | 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)
Sunday, June 4th, 2017 symphony, American, German | 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!
Sunday, May 21st, 2017 classical, Turn of the Century, Piano, American, Gershwin | 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!
Sunday, May 7th, 2017 classical, Contemporary, American | 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!