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All Those Notes

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As youngsters, they learned to play an instrument and some became better at it than others. Those who kept at it often made it a career and became famous as musicians, mentors and teachers. Some of them took their skills and special talent in a different direction. Hear how composers turn historical events, people, places and adventure into All Those Notes with Shari Barbour.

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Episodes

All Those Notes 088 - Granados

February 08, 2024 22:02 - 2 minutes - 1.93 MB

One of the leading Spanish composers of the "Beautiful Age".

All Those Notes 087 - Butterworth

December 13, 2023 20:16 - 2 minutes - 1.93 MB

A composer of great promise - unfulfilled.

All Those Notes 086 - Enescu

September 27, 2023 22:52 - 2 minutes - 1.99 MB

"One of the greatest geniuses of modern music." (Pablo Casals)

All Those Notes 085 - Overture

August 20, 2023 19:34 - 2 minutes - 1.94 MB

Opener, curtain raiser, and concert piece.

All Those Notes 084 - MacDowell

July 13, 2023 20:34 - 2 minutes - 1.93 MB

The American Grieg.

All Those Notes 083 - Ives

June 01, 2023 20:47 - 2 minutes - 1.94 MB

This maverick did not write "pretty" music.

All Those Notes 082 - Fanny Mendelssohn

April 22, 2023 21:56 - 2 minutes - 1.93 MB

Where there's a will, there's a way.

All Those Notes 081 - Korngold

January 30, 2023 21:39 - 2 minutes - 1.93 MB

"Music is music whether it is for the stage, rostrum or cinema." (E.W. Korngold)

All Those Notes 080 - Celeste

December 12, 2022 02:32 - 2 minutes - 1.96 MB

The instrument with an unmistakable sound.

All Those Notes 079 - Irving Berlin

November 03, 2022 20:36 - 2 minutes - 1.96 MB

One of the most iconic and famous songwriters in American history.

All Those Notes 078 - Godard

October 04, 2022 22:36 - 2 minutes - 1.94 MB

French violinist and Romantic era composer.

All Those Notes 077 - Leroy Anderson

September 06, 2022 00:13 - 2 minutes - 2.02 MB

More than a musician.

All Those Notes 076 - De Falla

July 27, 2022 19:12 - 2 minutes - 2.02 MB

A great 20th Century musician and composer.

All Those Notes 075 - Virgil Thomson

June 30, 2022 15:56 - 2 minutes - 1.97 MB

One of the most important American composers of the 20th century.

All Those Notes 074 - Hummel

May 28, 2022 18:47 - 2 minutes - 1.99 MB

Important in linking the Classical Era to the Romantic.

All Those Notes 073 - Delius

April 25, 2022 16:04 - 2 minutes - 1.96 MB

His heart was set on becoming a composer.

All Those Notes 072 - Meyerbeer

March 24, 2022 19:05 - 2 minutes - 1.91 MB

The most important composer of French Grand Opera.

All Those Notes 071 - Rutter

February 24, 2022 22:26 - 2 minutes - 2 MB

Well-known present-day composer, choral conductor and music scholar.

All Those Notes 070 - Sibelius

January 26, 2022 15:19 - 2 minutes - 2.02 MB

He lit a candle in the world of music that will never go out. (Vaughan-Williams)

All Those Notes 069 - Nicolai

December 22, 2021 18:51 - 2 minutes - 2.03 MB

Famous for an opera based on a Shakespeare play.

All Those Notes 068 - Foster

November 23, 2021 17:17 - 2 minutes - 2.02 MB

Father of American music.

All Those Notes 067 - Bartok

October 27, 2021 14:05 - 2 minutes - 2.02 MB

A great 20th century composer.

All Those Notes 066 - Corelli

September 22, 2021 22:42 - 2.02 MB

One of the most influential violinists of all time.

All Those Notes 065 - Offenbach

August 26, 2021 17:08 - 2 minutes - 2.03 MB

Father of the operetta.

All Those Notes 064 - Boyce

July 28, 2021 18:26 - 2 minutes - 2.03 MB

A great contributor to Late Baroque and Early Classical music.

All Those Notes 063 - Satie

June 29, 2021 15:47 - 2 minutes - 2.05 MB

An eccentric composer of piano miniatures.

All Those Notes 062 - Bolcom

May 29, 2021 23:40 - 2 minutes - 2.02 MB

An award-winning, versatile, contemporary American composer.

All Those Notes 061 - Britten

April 28, 2021 16:26 - 2 minutes - 2.02 MB

20th century ambassador of music for everyone.

All Those Notes 060 - Waldteufel

March 26, 2021 01:15 - 2.05 MB

A famous composer of dances.

All Those Notes 059 - Clara Schumann

February 25, 2021 01:25 - 2 minutes - 2.05 MB

An important force in the world of music, who happened to be a woman.

All Those Notes 058 - Rachmaninoff

January 14, 2021 18:56 - 2 minutes - 2.05 MB

Legendary piano virtuoso, composer and conductor.

All Those Notes 057 - St. Nicholas

December 20, 2020 21:26 - 2 minutes - 2.14 MB

A poem by M. Moore.

All Those Notes 056 - Ungar

November 05, 2020 16:26 - 2 minutes - 2.06 MB

Musician, composer and his life-changing piece of music.

All Those Notes 055 - Copland

October 01, 2020 14:06 - 2 minutes - 2.06 MB

Ambassador for American music - loved, admired and respected all over the world.

All Those Notes 054 - Salieri

September 03, 2020 14:29 - 2 minutes - 2.06 MB

An important 18th century composer and teacher.

All Those Notes 053 - Purcell

August 06, 2020 15:26 - 2 minutes - 2.06 MB

The English Orpheus.

All Those Notes 052 - Gottschalk

June 25, 2020 14:31 - 2 minutes - 2.06 MB

New Orleans' first international superstar.

All Those Notes 051 - Hildegard von Bingen

June 12, 2020 19:05 - 2 minutes - 2.06 MB

Religious mystic known for her literary works and songs.

All Those Notes 050 - Faure

May 15, 2020 22:14 - 2 minutes - 2.06 MB

He had the courage to implement change.

All Those Notes 049 - Grieg

April 30, 2020 15:43 - 2 minutes - 2.06 MB

A master of small-scale forms. But, did you know...

All Those Notes 048 - Albeniz

April 16, 2020 14:25 - 2 minutes - 2.06 MB

A leader in the Nationalist movement of Spanish music.

All Those Notes 047 - Lully

April 04, 2020 14:31 - 2 minutes - 2.06 MB

Founder of French Opera.

All Those Notes 046 - Paganini

March 19, 2020 15:12 - 2 minutes - 2.06 MB

A 19th century superstar.

All Those Notes 045 - S. Joplin and his only surviving opera.

March 05, 2020 15:17 - 2 minutes - 2.06 MB

Ahead of its time.

All Those Notes 044 - Faure and his creative piano duet.

February 20, 2020 14:34 - 2 minutes - 2.06 MB

Inspired by an affair.

All Those Notes 043 - Chamber Music

January 23, 2020 15:11 - 2 minutes - 2.06 MB

The most intimate of the performing arts.

All Those Notes 042 - Saint-Saens

January 09, 2020 15:45 - 2 minutes - 2.06 MB

He bridged the Classical, Romantic and Modern eras of music.

All Those Notes 041 - Elgar

December 26, 2019 14:24 - 2 minutes - 2.06 MB

The first internationally known English composer since the days of Handel and Purcell.

All Those Notes 040 - Praetorius

December 13, 2019 14:44 - 2 minutes - 2.06 MB

He helped transition late Renaissance music into the early Baroque period.

All Those Notes 039 - Fandango

November 28, 2019 17:42 - 2 minutes - 2.06 MB

A lively dance for couples and that's not all.

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