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Classics for Kids - Frederic Chopin Program 3 - Military Music
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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Composers who imitated battles with their music.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KVLU, KUHF, and WQXR


  • Added: Mar 15, 2013
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 4
Classics for Kids - Frederic Chopin Program 2 - The Polonaise
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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An introduction to a dance from the Polish court, the Polonaise.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KVLU, KUHF, and WQXR


  • Added: Mar 15, 2013
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 4
Classics for Kids - Frederic Chopin Program 1 - About Frederic Chopin
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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The Life and Music of Frederic Chopin

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KVLU, KUHF, and WQXR


  • Added: Mar 15, 2013
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 4
Classics for Kids - March 2013 Franz Joseph Haydn Program 5 - Patriotic Songs By Classical Composers
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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Haydn was one of several composers who wrote national anthems and other patriotic songs for their countries.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KVLU, KUHF, and WQXR


  • Added: Feb 15, 2013
  • Length: 06:29
  • Purchases: 4
Classics for Kids - March 2013 Franz Joseph Haydn Program 4 - Minuets
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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How the minuet started as a dance at the French court and found its way into symphonies, operas, plays, and ballets.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KVLU, KUHF, and WQXR


  • Added: Feb 15, 2013
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 4
Classics for Kids - March 2013 Franz Joseph Haydn Program 3 - The Farewell Symphony
From: WGUC/ WVXU
Series: Classics For Kids
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Learn the story behind the Farewell Symphony.

Bought by KUHF, WGBH Radio Boston, KVLU, KUHF, and WQXR


  • Added: Feb 15, 2013
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 5
Classics for Kids - March 2013 Franz Joseph Haydn Program 2 - Father of the Symphony
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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Haydn wasn't the first person to compose symphonies, but he did help the symphony to grow up as a musical form.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KVLU, KUHF, and WQXR


  • Added: Feb 15, 2013
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 4
Classics for Kids - March 2013 Franz Joseph Haydn Program 1 - About Franz Joseph Haydn
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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The Life and Music of Franz Joseph Haydn.

Bought by KVLU, WGBH Radio Boston, KUHF, and WQXR


  • Added: Feb 15, 2013
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 4
Classics for Kids - February 2013 Scott Joplin Program 4 - Black Composers of Classical Music
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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A look at classical music by black composers.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KVLU, WQXR, and KUHF


  • Added: Jan 23, 2013
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 4
Classics for Kids - February 2013 Scott Joplin Program 3 - Classical Music and the Movies
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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Classical music that is such a big part of a movie that the two have become linked forever.

Bought by KVLU, WGBH Radio Boston, KVLU, WQXR, and KUHF


  • Added: Jan 23, 2013
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 5
Classics for Kids - February 2013 Scott Joplin Program 2 - Ragtime Music
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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An Explanation and Sampling of Ragtime Music.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KVLU, WQXR, and KUHF


  • Added: Jan 23, 2013
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 4
Classics for Kids - February 2013 Scott Joplin Program 1 - About Scott Joplin
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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The Life and Music of Scott Joplin

Bought by KVLU, WGBH Radio Boston, and KUHF


  • Added: Jan 23, 2013
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 3
Classics for Kids - January 2013 Georg Philipp Telemann Program 4 - The Gigue is Up
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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"Gigue" is the French word for jig -- how did this lively dance turn up in classical music?

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KVLU, and KUHF


  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 3
Classics for Kids - January 2013 Georg Philipp Telemann Program 3 - Self-Taught Composers
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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Georg Philipp Telemann never studied composition — he taught himself how to write music. Hear about quite a few other self-taught composers.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KVLU, and KUHF


  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 3
Classics for Kids - January 2013 Georg Philipp Telemann Program 2 - Go for Baroque
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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Learn about the Baroque era, the time in which Georg Philipp Telemann composed.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KVLU, and KUHF


  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 3
Classics for Kids - January 2013 Georg Philipp Telemann Program 1 - About Telemann
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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The Life and Music of Georg Philipp Telemann

Bought by KVLU, KUHF, and WGBH Radio Boston


  • Added: Dec 19, 2012
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 3
Classics for Kids - December 2012 Piotr Tchaikovsky Program 5 - Carnegie Hall
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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Carnegie Hall opened with a concert conducted by Piotr Tchaikovsky. The story of one of the world’s premier concert venues.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, WQXR, KUHF, and KVLU


  • Added: Nov 15, 2012
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 4
Classics for Kids - December 2012 Piotr Tchaikovsky Program 4 - Traditional Christmas Classical Music
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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Classical music that traditionally gets played during the Christmas season.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, WQXR, KUHF, and KVLU


  • Added: Nov 15, 2012
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 4
Classics for Kids - December 2012 Piotr Tchaikovsly Program 3 - The Nutcracker
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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The story and music of The Nutcracker.

Bought by WMNR, KMXT, WGBH Radio Boston, WQXR, KUHF and more


  • Added: Nov 15, 2012
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 6
Classics for Kids - December 2012 Piotr Tchaikovsky Program 2 - Ballet
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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An exploration of ballet and Tchaikovsky's ballet compositions.

Bought by WMNR, WGBH Radio Boston, WQXR, KUHF, and KVLU


  • Added: Nov 15, 2012
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 5
Classics for Kids - December 2012 Piotr Tchaikovsky Program 1 - About Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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The Life and Music of Tchaikovsky

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, WQXR, KUHF, and KVLU


  • Added: Nov 15, 2012
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 4
Classics for Kids - October 2012 Edvard Grieg Program 4 - Halloween Music
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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Spooky classical music for Halloween.

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KUHF, WQXR, and KVLU


  • Added: Sep 13, 2012
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 4
Classics for Kids - October 2012 Edvard Grieg Program 3 - Scandinavian Composers
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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Music by composers from Norway, Denmark and Sweden, plus Finland and Iceland too!

Bought by WGBH Radio Boston, KUHF, WQXR, and KVLU


  • Added: Sep 13, 2012
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 4
Classics for Kids - Edvard Grieg Program 2 - The Story of Peer Gynt
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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Grieg wrote incidental music for Ibsen's play Peer Gynt. Here's the story.

Bought by KMXT, WGBH Radio Boston, KUHF, WQXR, and KVLU


  • Added: Sep 13, 2012
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 5
Classics for Kids - Edvard Grieg Program 1 - About Edvard Grieg
From: WGUC/ WVXU
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The life and music of Edvard Grieg

Bought by KUHF, WGBH Radio Boston, WQXR, and KVLU


  • Added: Sep 13, 2012
  • Length: 06:30
  • Purchases: 4

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