Music History

Beethoven the Musical Wordsmith

January 23, 2007

What’s this program about? Beethoven sliced and diced his themes, using musical rhetoric that rebelled against the natural melodic style of Mozart and that charted a path into 19th-century Romanticism. Professor Carol uses the Piano Sonata in E-Flat, Op. 31, to show how he did it. Works Discussed: Beethoven: Piano Sonata in E-Flat, Op. 31 [...]

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Tales of the Young Brahms

January 22, 2007

What’s this program about? A youthful Brahms finds his signature style early in the Opus 10 Ballades based on the Scottish Ballad “Eduard” by Herder. Works Discussed: Brahms: Four Ballades, Op. 10 Where you can find: Brahms Op. 10 Ballades

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Slavic, Exotic, Romantic 2

January 15, 2007

What’s this program about? Slavic composers Smetana, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Rachmaninov cared deeply about their national roots and national identity, and each knew how to seduce the ear of listeners with gorgeous melody, ravishing orchestration, and a heart-racing sense of the dramatic. Works Discussed: Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2, Smetana’s The Moldau, and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Sheherazade Where [...]

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Slavic, Exotic, Romantic 1

January 15, 2007

What’s this program about? Slavic composers Smetana, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Rachmaninov cared deeply about their national roots and national identity, and each knew how to seduce the ear of listeners with gorgeous melody, ravishing orchestration, and a heart-racing sense of the dramatic. Works Discussed: Smetana’s The Moldau, Rimsky-Korsakov’s Sheherazade, and Rachmaninov’s Piano Concerto No. 2 Where [...]

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Just a Few Notes 2

December 19, 2006

What’s this program about? The tone poem of the late romantic era painted pictures and portrayed stories with a rich orchestral style that became the model for film music. In Part 2, Professor Carol explains features of John Williams’ famous film scores and how we hear music differently when it accompanies drama. Works Discussed: John [...]

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Just a Few Notes 1

December 19, 2006

What’s this program about? The tone poem of the late romantic era painted pictures and portrayed stories with a rich orchestral style that became the model for film music. In Part 1, Professor Carol explains Gustav Holst’s The Planets and some of the techniques that lead to the style of John Williams. Works Discussed: Gustav [...]

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America’s Classical Music Pt 3

December 6, 2006

What’s this program about? The final segment of Glenn Mitchell’s interview of Carol on KERA Radio turns to the Library of Congress’s American Memory Project, Bill Monroe, John Fogerty, Harry Partch, and Scott Joplin. Where you can find: The Harry Partch Collection (Vol. 1) Ricky Skaggs & Friends Sing the Songs of Bill Monroe Bill [...]

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America’s Classical Music Pt 2

December 6, 2006

What’s this program about? Glenn Mitchell’s interview of Carol on KERA Radio continues in Part 2 with a discussion of the Sacred Harp (shape-note singing), Stephen Foster, American film music, Louis Armstrong, Broadway, and Ernest Tubb. Where you can find: American Folk Hymns from the Sacred Harp Collection Tubb: Waltz Across Texas King Oliver with [...]

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America’s Classical Music Pt 1

December 6, 2006

What’s this program about? Carol pays tribute to the late Glenn Mitchell with a reprise of her appearance in September 2000 on his radio program, reproduced here as a three-part podcast courtesy of KERA Radio. Carol and Glenn begin their discussion of America’s highly varied musical heritage with reference to William Billings, Jimmie Rodgers, Charles [...]

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Circus Maximus II

November 7, 2006

What’s this program about? Professor Carol continues her interview of John Corigliano and Jerry Junkin. Corigliano talks about his approach to composition and how he, and other top composers, are turning to wind bands for an exciting new sound. Works Discussed: Corigliano, Circus Maximus

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