American Landscapes

Series produced by KCME

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American Landscapes is a weekly potpourri of the best of American music, hosted by Michael Campion. You’ll be treated to works by composers such as Copland, Samuel Barber, George Gershwin, Leonard Bernstein, Edward MacDowell, George Chadwick and many others. There will be much-loved music that never gets old, music to get reacquainted with and music that you’ll be hearing for the first time, with plenty to add to your list of favorites. And every piece you hear will be born in the USA!

American Landscapes is produced and hosted by Michael Campion.


195 Pieces

Order by: Newest First | Oldest First
Meditations and Prayers
From: KCME
Series: American Landscapes
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In the stress of life and upheaval around the world, music can help calm a troubled spirit. This week, music for reflection, meditation, hope and...

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  • Added: May 16, 2018
  • Length: 57:33
  • Purchases: 7
American Music You Should Know 3
From: KCME
Series: American Landscapes
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More music that should be heard again or for the first time.

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  • Added: Jun 09, 2018
  • Length: 57:57
  • Purchases: 2
Wonderland
From: KCME
Series: American Landscapes
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Delightful music by American composers inspired by the Wonderland books of Lewis Carroll.

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  • Added: May 16, 2018
  • Length: 57:10
  • Purchases: 4
American Landscapes
From: KCME
Series: American Landscapes
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The natural beauty of America has been an endless source of inspiration for composers. This week music representing the lovely, majestic and awe-in...

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  • Added: May 16, 2018
  • Length: 57:56
  • Purchases: 6
Morton Gould
From: KCME
Series: American Landscapes
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Morton Gould was among the most-loved of American composers. With a background in jazz and popular styles, he created his own kind of music, and it...

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  • Added: May 22, 2018
  • Length: 57:15
  • Purchases: 5
Cultural Exchanges
From: KCME
Series: American Landscapes
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Apart from the inspiration of American subjects, American composers also looked to the richness of other cultures to inspire their work. This week,...

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  • Added: May 22, 2018
  • Length: 57:42
  • Purchases: 5
Bernard Herrmann
From: KCME
Series: American Landscapes
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He was the most famous film composer of his age, but his true ambition lie in being a composer for the concert stage. Music for films and the conce...

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  • Added: May 22, 2018
  • Length: 57:41
  • Purchases: 4
American Music You Should Know 4
From: KCME
Series: American Landscapes
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A further collection of American music that should be heard more often.

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  • Added: Jun 09, 2018
  • Length: 57:55
  • Purchases: 2
American Piano Music
From: KCME
Series: American Landscapes
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Music for piano is one of the staples of every composer's work. This week piano music by Aaron Copland, Edward MacDowell, Amy Beach, Dave Brubeck ...

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  • Added: May 22, 2018
  • Length: 57:45
  • Purchases: 5
American Symphonies
From: KCME
Series: American Landscapes
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The symphony was the statement of intent that a composer was all in. It was the work by which he would be judged as a serious professional with no ...

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  • Added: May 23, 2018
  • Length: 57:52
  • Purchases: 4
American Lit.
From: KCME
Series: American Landscapes
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Inspired by poetry, great books and plays, this week we'll hear music based on Shakespeare, Herman Melville, Robert Louis Stevenson and others.

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  • Added: May 23, 2018
  • Length: 57:06
  • Purchases: 5
Music of Nature
From: KCME
Series: American Landscapes
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This week, American music inspired by plants, animals and the beauty of nature.

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  • Added: May 24, 2018
  • Length: 57:57
  • Purchases: 6
Edward MacDowell
From: KCME
Series: American Landscapes
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Edward MacDowell was the first American whose music began to approach an American sound. This week a sampling from his great body of work.

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  • Added: May 24, 2018
  • Length: 58:13
  • Purchases: 5
Leroy Anderson
From: KCME
Series: American Landscapes
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A master of light music, Anderson has an important place in American tradition. This week some of the music that has delighted audiences for three ...

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  • Added: May 24, 2018
  • Length: 56:55
  • Purchases: 6
American Music You Should Know 5
From: KCME
Series: American Landscapes
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Some familiar pieces and some new discoveries from the past and present.

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  • Added: Jun 29, 2018
  • Length: 58:05
  • Purchases: 4
Ferde Grofe and the Art of the Suite
From: KCME
Series: American Landscapes
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Grofe's reputation rests largely on his famous Grand Canyon Suite, but there is so much more. This week music from the many imaginative suites by F...

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  • Added: May 24, 2018
  • Length: 57:56
  • Purchases: 5
American Top 10
From: KCME
Series: American Landscapes
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There are many top 10 lists of American composers. This week, music by the ones who seem to be on most of them.

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  • Added: May 29, 2018
  • Length: 57:52
  • Purchases: 4
American Overtures
From: KCME
Series: American Landscapes
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Many American composers picked up the tradition of writing concert overtures from their predecessors and gave them a distinctly American personalit...

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  • Added: May 29, 2018
  • Length: 57:56
  • Purchases: 4
Listening to the Weather
From: KCME
Series: American Landscapes
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Weather of all kinds has played an important role in music. This week American music for every kind of weather.

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  • Added: May 29, 2018
  • Length: 57:28
  • Purchases: 5
Beyond the Silver Screen
From: KCME
Series: American Landscapes
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Composers known for their film scores have often written for the concert hall as well. This week orchestral and chamber music by composers famous f...

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  • Added: May 29, 2018
  • Length: 57:57
  • Purchases: 5

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