Ether Game Daily Music Quiz
840 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★ - 2 ratingsEthercast is the companion podcast to Ether Game, a weekly music trivia show produced by WFIU Public Radio in Bloomington, Indiana. On each episode of Ethercast, host Christopher Burrus explores big questions in the world of classical music.
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Episodes
Tone Colors
August 21, 2012 17:47 - 1 ByteEther Game asks, can you name this tune? Here's a hint...
Hey, Remember the '80s?
August 08, 2012 19:45 - 1 ByteEther Game asks, can you name this tune? Here's a hint...
One Big Musical Family
August 01, 2012 20:41 - 1 ByteEther Game asks, can you name this tune? Here's a hint...
I'm With the Banned
July 27, 2012 18:46 - 1 ByteEther Game asks, can you name this tune? Here's a hint...
Songs of Summer
July 18, 2012 13:43 - 1 ByteEther Game asks, can you name this tune? Here's a hint...
Musical Crime
July 12, 2012 17:42 - 1 ByteEther Game asks, can you name this tune? Here's a hint...
Rediscoveries
June 20, 2012 14:06 - 1 ByteEther Game asks, can you name this tune? Here's a hint...
Drinking Songs
June 15, 2012 18:16 - 1 ByteEther Game asks, can you name this tune? Here's a hint...
One Hit Wonders
May 30, 2012 13:35 - 1 ByteEther Game asks, can you name this tune? Here's a hint...
Hey, Remember the 70s?
April 25, 2012 13:36 - 1 ByteEther Game asks, can you name this tune? Here's a hint: you may need to buy a train ticket...
Take Courage
April 18, 2012 00:00 - 1 ByteEther Game asks, can you name this tune? Here's a hint...
School Days
April 04, 2012 14:18 - 1 ByteEther Game asks, can you name this tune? Make sure you don't miss this meeting!
Dance The Night Away
April 04, 2012 00:00 - 1 ByteEther Game asks, can you name this tune? We suggest you ask our friend Ziggy for a hint.
Musical Fruits
March 28, 2012 00:00 - 1 ByteEther Game asks, can you name this piece? You may need to see a fruit optometrist.
War
March 20, 2012 23:00 - 1 ByteEther Game asks, can you name this tune? Find out the answer Tuesday night at 8pm with special guest, Sue Swaney.
Old Is New
March 14, 2012 00:00 - 1 ByteCan you name this piece? A little perambulation might help.
Beginnings
March 07, 2012 01:00 - 1 ByteEther Game begins it's 42nd year with a new way to play, better prizes, and celebrity guest. This week, it's all about beginnings.
Rivals
February 22, 2012 01:00 - 1 ByteThis work featured many controversial and novel ideas, especially the rowdy chorus of women in the first act. Despite its endorsement from a number of prominent composers, this opera wasn’t exactly a smash success.
Cupid and Venus
February 15, 2012 01:00 - 1 ByteThis composer's first film score came at the bequest of a famous American director. While working on this film, the composer insisted on making his own orchestration decisions, often resulting in striking, unusual combinations. This technique would show up in a later film score with another famous American director.
Equal Rights
February 08, 2012 01:00 - 1 ByteCan you name this piece? Here's a hint: Same date as “The Second War of American Independence”
Ewazen: A Western Fanfare
February 03, 2012 14:00 - 1 ByteCan you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: E.E., but not Cummings.
Ives: West London, Tom Sails Away
February 02, 2012 14:00 - 1 ByteCan you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: The Holly and the ____
Campion: The Peaceful Western Wind; Woo Her To Win Her
February 01, 2012 14:00 - 1 ByteCan you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: What you do in the woods with a tent.
By Arrangement Only
February 01, 2012 01:00 - 1 ByteIn England, oratorios were often performed at benefit concerts. Large-scale vocal works could draw large crowds, and the pious messages they contained were aimed at drawing forth donations for worthy causes. Some English oratorios were imported to Vienna and translated to be used for similar purposes.
Puccini: Golden Girl Of The West, Una Partita A Poker
January 31, 2012 14:00 - 1 ByteCan you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: A Verismo master.
Ravel: Bolero
January 30, 2012 14:00 - 1 ByteCan you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: A capital city.
Respighi: Adoration Of The Magi
January 27, 2012 14:00 - 1 ByteCan you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: Starry-eyed.
Rossini: Semiramide, Overture
January 26, 2012 14:00 - 1 ByteCan you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: Signor crescendo.
Debussy: Deux Arabesques
January 25, 2012 14:00 - 1 ByteCan you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: Arabian Nights.
Chocolate
January 25, 2012 01:00 - 1 ByteThe movie Chocolat was an Oscar nominee for Best Picture in 2000. The story center around an iconoclastic chocolatier who shakes up the life of a small French town in 1960. After initially meeting with resistance, the confectioner (played by Juliette Binoche) eventually wins over the hearts and palates of the townspeople.
Weill: Threepenny Opera; Overture, Mack The Knife
January 24, 2012 14:00 - 1 ByteCan you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: Three cents.
Puccini: Turandot, Nessun Dorma
January 23, 2012 14:00 - 1 ByteCan you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: Verismo.
Ponce: Conierto Del Sur
January 20, 2012 14:00 - 1 ByteCan you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: Fountain of youth discoverer.
Elgar: In The South
January 19, 2012 14:00 - 1 ByteCan you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: It’s an enigma
Stravinsky: Jeu De Cartes, Part I
January 18, 2012 14:00 - 1 ByteCan you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: Less scandal at this premiere.
Little Green Men
January 18, 2012 01:00 - 1 ByteOver the past forty years, this composer has become one of the most well-known film composers in America. This film about a boy who befriends a stranded alien was the composer's sixth collaboration with its director. The composer's exuberant and emotive music perfectly captures the film’s immersion in the world of childhood and the imagination.
Piazzolla: Autumn In Buenos Aires
January 17, 2012 14:00 - 1 ByteCan you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: Tango master.
Gershwin: Porgy and Bess, Summertime
January 16, 2012 14:00 - 1 ByteCan you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: It begins on June 21.
Monk: Northern Lights, Chinook
January 13, 2012 14:00 - 1 ByteCan you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: A monastery-dweller
Delius: North Country Sketches, Dance
January 12, 2012 14:00 - 1 ByteCan you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: To pass out cards
Copland: The North Star Suite, Main Title
January 11, 2012 14:00 - 1 ByteCan you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: Fanfare for the common composer.
Young At Heart
January 11, 2012 01:00 - 1 ByteCan you guess this piece? Here's a hint: an angelic choir
Liszt: Mephisto Waltz
January 10, 2012 14:00 - 1 ByteCan you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: Checking it twice.
Sousa: The Northern Pines
January 09, 2012 14:00 - 1 ByteCan you guess this piece? Here’s a hint: Stars and Stripes