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Classics for Kids is a fun introduction to classical music for kids of all ages. Each month focuses on a different composer. In March 2014 it is L...
- Added: Feb 18, 2014
- Length: 06:28
- Purchases: 3
From: WGUC/ WVXU
Classics for Kids is a fun introduction to classical music for kids of all ages. Each month focuses on a different composer. In March 2014 it is L...
- Added: Feb 18, 2014
- Length: 06:29
- Purchases: 3
Classics for Kids is a fun introduction to classical music for kids of all ages. Each month focuses on a different composer. In March 2014 it is L...
- Added: Feb 18, 2014
- Length: 06:28
- Purchases: 3
Classics for Kids is a fun introduction to classical music for kids of all ages. Each month focuses on a different composer. In March 2014 it is L...
- Added: Feb 18, 2014
- Length: 06:29
- Purchases: 3
Here is a sampling of some of the bands of the 1920s; most didn’t make it beyond their geographical boarders. By no means does that lesson their ta...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Feb 15, 2014
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
From the Beatles on the Ed Sullivan Show through Herman's Hermits chart toppers, this week we explore the beginning of the British Invasion of Amer...
- Added: Feb 05, 2014
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
The Dixie Stompers were formed for one purpose: to record for a less expensive label for those who couldn’t afford to buy the 75-cent discs.
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jan 31, 2014
- Length: 58:56
- Purchases: 1
This week's show is a discussion of concert merchandise sales: how much does it cost; is it profitable for the band; has it lost its cache?
- Added: Jan 30, 2014
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
The 32nd holding of the event makes its annual return to Minneapolis' west bank. It's an event for music making for musicians and non-musicians, ol...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Jan 25, 2014
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
Depicting a thunderstorm in music was one of Rossini's specialties. Here are some more examples of musical thunderstorms.
- Added: Jan 17, 2014
- Length: 06:30
- Purchases: 3
Usually, an overture is a piece of music played at the beginning of a play, opera or ballet in order to set the mood. But there are also other kind...
- Added: Jan 17, 2014
- Length: 06:29
- Purchases: 3
From: WGUC/ WVXU
The William Tell Overture was written to open an opera by Gioachino Rossini. The opera is based on a legend about the Swiss hero William Tell. Acco...
- Added: Jan 17, 2014
- Length: 06:27
- Purchases: 3
Italian composer Gioachino Rossini was born in 1792 and died in 1868, so you might think that he celebrated 76 birthdays. But Rossini was born in a...
- Added: Jan 17, 2014
- Length: 06:29
- Purchases: 3
A celebration of momentous events in rock history - part 2.
- Added: Jan 06, 2014
- Length: 58:51
- Purchases: 2
Very few musicians had the artful phrasing that Weldon Leo “Jack” Teagarden had. Whether he was playing trombone, or singing, he seemed to adopt so...
- Added: Jan 02, 2014
- Length: 58:58
- Purchases: 2
Music and trivia from the musicians that died in 2013.
- Added: Jan 02, 2014
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 3
A celebration of momentous events in rock history.
- Added: Jan 02, 2014
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 3
It's a mighty quick tour of the rock music from Australia. From the earliest history of Australian rock n roll to Midnight Oil to Jet, Rock School...
- Added: Jan 02, 2014
- Length: 59:05
- Purchases: 2
Lt. Kijé is the story of an imaginary soldier, created when the Russian Tsar misread a smudged name on a list of his men.
- Added: Dec 19, 2013
- Length: 06:29
- Purchases: 4
In music, a suite is a specific collection of pieces. Here are some examples of various kinds of musical suites.
- Added: Dec 19, 2013
- Length: 06:30
- Purchases: 3
Prokofiev was not the only classical composer to paint a musical portrait of a sleigh ride on a snowy day. Listen as we take you through several ot...
- Added: Dec 19, 2013
- Length: 06:29
- Purchases: 3
Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev lived and traveled around the world, but found that he was most at home in Russia. This look at his life takes yo...
- Added: Dec 19, 2013
- Length: 06:29
- Purchases: 3
The Radio Corporation of America (RCA) was one of the first major record labels, and arguably the best. They became a revolutionary force in the mu...
Bought by Radio New Zealand and KCBX
- Added: Dec 18, 2013
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 2
Did you know Sheryl Crow, Whitney Houston, and Mariah Carey all got their starts from singing backup? In fact, a lot more artists than you think be...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Nov 19, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
From: WGUC/ WVXU
In celebration of the Christmas season, some classical compositions that have Christmas carols in them.
- Added: Nov 15, 2013
- Length: 06:28
- Purchases: 3
