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The 17th Century is as also known as the Age of Reason and saw the birth of the scientific method. The music and writings of French composer Jean ...
- Added: Aug 12, 2020
- Length: 02:59
The spectacle and splendor of opera began in the aristocratic halls of Italy and spread to the blossoming opera houses of Venice. Opera became a c...
- Added: Aug 12, 2020
- Length: 03:00
The Baroque saw many influential musical families as the craft and career of composition and performing was passed from father to son and daughter ...
- Added: Aug 12, 2020
- Length: 03:00
During the Baroque, several families made their mark in the world of music. In Italy there were few families more influential than the Scarlattis.
- Added: Aug 12, 2020
- Length: 03:00
The British Isles were in turmoil in the mid-17th century, raked by civil war, plague and a fire that devastated most of London. By the late 1660’...
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- Added: Aug 12, 2020
- Length: 03:00
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The concerto is a popular genre of instrumental music that was developed during the Baroque. It is characterized by one or more instruments (the c...
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The Latin word Cantata means “to sing”, the word Sonata means “to play”. That last title is vague enough to cover a multitude of instrumental genr...
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The word opera literally translates as the word “work”; it’s the plural of the noun opus. The dramatic form of opera has its roots deep within the...
- Added: Aug 12, 2020
- Length: 03:00
The aesthetic basis of baroque music, from Monteverdi to J S Bach, was greatly influenced by a concept called the doctrine of affections.
In 4th C...
- Added: Aug 12, 2020
- Length: 03:00
There are individuals in music history that stand as pillars, whose life and work help us delineate the various eras of musical practice. One such...
- Added: Aug 12, 2020
- Length: 02:59
The madrigal offered composers a means to break the strict rules of counterpoint and harmony in order to serve a dramatic end; an important concept...
- Added: Aug 12, 2020
- Length: 03:00
The Renaissance was a time of re-birth as science and the arts changed the face of culture. However, some old ideas persisted in the midst of this...
Bought by WAMC Northeast Public Radio
- Added: Aug 12, 2020
- Length: 03:00
- Purchases: 1
The NEW LETTERS ON THE AIR Classics Series begins with a look back at our 2013 Clarion Award-winning year for Best Radio Talk/Interview Program fro...
Bought by WUOT 91.9 FM
- Added: Aug 04, 2020
- Length: 29:00
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FAVORITES features excerpts from shows of the past decade with Nikki Giovanni, Marcus Wicker, Thomas Keneally, Ellen Bass, Daniel Woodrell and Alex...
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- Added: Jul 28, 2020
- Length: 29:00
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Molly Peacock gives an in-depth look into her latest work, THE ANALYST, which traces her decades long journey with her personal psychologist throug...
- Added: Jul 14, 2020
- Length: 29:00
After 43 years of broadcasting, 2020 budget cuts may bring us to an end. This compilation program features audio from four decades of our archives ...
- Added: Jun 30, 2020
- Length: 29:00
This week on World Ocean Radio we review a new book by photographer George Steinmetz with essays by Andrew Revkin. "The Human Planet: Earth at the ...
- Added: Jun 29, 2020
- Length: 04:34
What's new at the Campbell Public Library of East Grand Forks, MN?
1. Reminders:
• Puzzle Exchange tomorrow 1-16 at 6 p.m.
• Library Closed on Mo...
- Added: Jun 29, 2020
- Length: 12:41
Prageeta Sharma discusses her collection of poetry, Grief Sequence. She also reads poems.
Bought by Spokane Public Radio, Yellowstone Public Radio, Spokane Public Radio, and Yellowstone Public Radio
- Added: May 21, 2020
- Length: 28:59
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This program is a 5 minute spoken word program that is a recitation of renaissance fables. Part of the 76 episode series available on Public Radio ...
- Added: May 17, 2020
- Length: 05:00
This 5 minute spoken word program is a spoken word recitation of renaissance fables, and is part of the 76 episode series available on Public Radio...
- Added: May 17, 2020
- Length: 05:00
This program is 5 minutes in length and is part of the 76 episode series available from Public Radio Exchange. We explore through the spoken word t...
- Added: May 17, 2020
- Length: 05:00
This program is 5 minutes in length, and is part of the 76 episode series available on Public Radio Exchange. We explore some of the renaissance fa...
- Added: May 17, 2020
- Length: 05:00
This program is one of the episodes of the 76 part series available on Public Radio Exchange. It is a spoken word presentation of renaissance fables.
- Added: May 17, 2020
- Length: 05:00
This program is a 5 minute spoken word presentation of renaissance fables. Part of the 76 episode series available on Public Radio Exchange, it is ...
- Added: May 17, 2020
- Length: 05:00
