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Join VPR Classical host James Stewart on a journey into the events, characters and concepts that shaped our Western musical tradition. We'll start at the very beginning and trace the steps of music through history. This music, and its history, is ours.
We’ve been exploring the life of Joseph Bologne Chevalier de Saint-Georges. It’s now time to address the elephant in the room. Anyone who has studied or listened to the music of Chevalier will know him by a particular nickname, “The Black Mozart” a title given after his death.
Joseph Bologne Chevalier de Saint-Georges was a world-renowned fencer, a composer, violinist and conductor in 18th century France. Even with all of his success, there was a limit to what Chevalier was allowed to achieve.
This is our third episode exploring the life of 18th Century French composer, violinist and conductor Joseph Bologne Chevalier de Saint-Georges. In this episode we’ll dive into the early life of this multi-talented prodigy.
Timeline is diving into the life of 18th century, French composer Joseph Bologne Chevalier de Saint-Georges. In this episode we'll learn about Chevalier’s parents and especially his aristocratic father.
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges was an 18th century French composer, violinist and conductor of mixed race. Why was this talented individual, who was quite well known in his day, all but forgotten in ours?
William Grant Still was called the "Dean of Afro-American Composers." His career was full of "firsts"; milestones that broke through the racial and social barriers that were so prevalent in the United States.
Timeline from Vermont Public Classical presents the ten-part series about composer Julius Eastman as one complete podcast episode. Explore the life and legacy of this amazingly talented composer/performer who died penniless and homeless in 1990, but whose work is finally getting the attention it deserves today.
This is our final episode in our ten-part series on the life, music and legacy of composer Julius Eastman. As we wrap up this discussion we remember Julius Eastman separate from his musical legacy, Eastman the person. And hear some stories told by the people who knew him.
This is part nine of our ten part series on composer Julius Eastman. The Classical canon is a collection of pieces that are the most often played and studied; sort of like the greatest hits of classical music. It’s a curated list of quote/unquote “important” pieces, composers and works. This curation started in the 19th century and the list heavily favors white, European men. In this episode we'll talk about righting the canon by making room for more diverse voices and composers.
This is part eight of our ten part series about Julius Eastman; a composer whose work has been experiencing a renaissance lately as a new generation is discovering his individual musical style.
This is the seventh of our ten part series about Julius Eastman; a composer whose work has been experiencing a renaissance lately as a new generation is discovering his individual musical style. In this episode we'll discuss the way that Eastman chose to title his works and push the boundaries of classical music.
On Timeline we are exploring the life, music and legacy of composer/performer Julius Eastman. We are speaking with people who knew him well and those inspired by his music and legacy.
On Timeline we are exploring the life, music and legacy of composer/performer Julius Eastman. We are speaking with people who knew him well and those inspired by his music and legacy.
On Timeline we are exploring the life, music and legacy of composer/performer Julius Eastman. We are speaking with people who knew him well and those inspired by his music and legacy.
On Timeline we'll be exploring the life, music and legacy of composer/performer Julius Eastman. We'll speak with people who knew him well and those inspired by his music and legacy.
On Timeline we'll be exploring the life, music and legacy of composer/performer Julius Eastman. We'll speak with people who knew him well and those inspired by his music and legacy.
On Timeline we'll be exploring the life, music and legacy of composer/performer Julius Eastman. We'll speak with people who knew him well and those inspired by his music and legacy.
J. H. Kwabena Nketia was a composer and ethnomusicologist from Ghana who was dedicated to preserving and supporting African art of all disciplines.
Abdullah Ibraim, also known as Dollar Brand, was born Adolph Johannes Brand in Cape Town, South Africa in 1934. He started taking piano lessons at the age of seven and was performing professionally by the time he was 15. Brand was of mixed-race so under the South African apartheid system, he was considered “colored.”
Justinian Tamusuza is one of the premiere, contemporary African composers today. His music has been compared to American minimalist composers like Steve Reich and John Adams. However, what sets Tamusuza apart is his use of rhythm that calls to mind the pulse of traditional African music.
We continue our series on African composers by exploring the life, music and legacy of Cameroonian composer, Francis Bebey.
VPR host James Stewart, interviews the Vermont Symphony Orchestra's first candidate for the music director position, conductor, Akiko Fujimoto.
We continue our series of episodes about African composers with an exploration of the life, music and legacy of Nigerian composer Olatunji Akin Euba.
Timeline continues its series of episodes focused on Africa composers with an exploration of the music and influence of contemporary South African composer Neo Muyanga.
Discover the life, music and legacy of Ethopian composer Emahoy Tsegué-Maryam Guèbrou the "Honky-Tonk Nun."
The music of Nigerian composer Fela Sowande provided a voice for Nigerian people entering a Western world. Sowande is an internationally recognized African composer and was called the father of Nigerian art music.
Innovation and transformation are impossible without experimentation. That’s something that 20th Century Columbian composer, Jacqueline Nova, truly understood. Nova pioneered electroacoustic music and smashed limitations, including form, sound, discipline and even gender.
Austria has the Viennese waltz; Kiev has the hopak; Spain the flamenco and Argentina the tango. This rhythmic dance came from Buenos Aires and Montevideo in the late 19th century. In the hands of 20th century composer Astor Piazzolla the tango evolved into an expressive, experimental musical form.
In this episode we will explore the life, music and legacy of Venezuelan composer and guitarist Antonio Lauro.
Just as Bela Bartok gave a voice to the folk music of Hungary in the 20th century, Alberto Ginastera did the same for the music of Argentina. Many call Ginastera one of the most important South American composers of the past century.
Originally aired February 6, 2017Aaron Copland, Jean Franciax, Elliot Carter, Philipp Glass and Quincy Jones; what do all of these musicians have in common? They were all students of Nadia Boulanger. Nadia was a composer, conductor and teacher. For seven decades, out of her family’s flat in Paris, she taught some of the most influential composers of the 20th century.
“My sweet little sisters, birds of the sky, you are bound to heaven, to God, your Creator. In every beat of your wings and in every note of your songs, praise God.” Those are the opening words of St. Francis of Assisi’s Sermon to the Birds. Francis is the patron saint of animals. His writings and the accounts of his life point to a kinship between humanity and all living creatures, an important aspect of Franciscan spirituality.
When I was in middle school my class put together a time capsule and I remember caring so much that music be included that I put together a mixed tape, with popular songs recorded haphazardly off the radio.
The desire to preserve music for future generations led to the development of Western notation; the lines and staves that we associate with written music today. However, there are many other forms of musical notation that were developed over the centuries by cultures around the globe.
James: You’re hearing recording artist Bobby McFerrin at the 2009 World Science Festival. I asked a couple of my colleges at Vermont Public Radio to watch a video of Bobby leading the crowd in a musical, communal social experiment and give us their reactions.