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In the 5th Century BC, water was classified as one of the four essential elements and over the centuries, artists, poets, philosophers, and compos...

  • Added: Aug 22, 2023
  • Length: 59:00
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The apapane is a forest bird native to the Hawaiian islands. It is a member of the honeycreeper family and an important pollinator.

Bought by WNED Buffalo


  • Added: Feb 08, 2023
  • Length: 01:00
  • Purchases: 1
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Mozart’s six “Haydn” Quartets were dedicated and lovingly handed to Joseph Haydn, like a father entrusting his sons to a friend to protect and guid...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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Mozart’s six “Haydn” Quartets were dedicated and lovingly handed to Joseph Haydn, like a father entrusting his sons to a friend to protect and guid...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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Mozart’s six “Haydn” Quartets were dedicated and lovingly handed to Joseph Haydn, like a father entrusting his sons to a friend to protect and guid...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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Mozart’s six “Haydn” Quartets were dedicated and lovingly handed to Joseph Haydn, like a father entrusting his sons to a friend to protect and guid...

  • Added: Nov 30, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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The idea for this two-week exploration came from a listener who suggested we explore the music of "great calm,” music that seems to gently pick us ...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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The idea for this two-week exploration came from a listener who suggested we explore the music of "great calm,” music that seems to gently pick us ...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
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The idea for this two-week exploration came from a listener who suggested we explore the music of "great calm,” music that seems to gently pick us ...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2022
  • Length: 58:59
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The idea for this two-week exploration came from a listener who suggested we explore the music of "great calm,” music that seems to gently pick us ...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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The idea for this two-week exploration came from a listener who suggested we explore the music of "great calm,” music that seems to gently pick us ...

  • Added: Nov 15, 2022
  • Length: 59:00
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This segment of Sound Ecology highlights the diverse songs and calls of the marsh wren in northern California. For air during spring and summer.

Bought by WNED Buffalo and Radio Newark


  • Added: Feb 15, 2017
  • Length: 01:56
  • Purchases: 2
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A week-long look at the life and music of Danish composer Carl Nielsen, who rose from humble beginnings to become Denmark's greatest composer. We w...

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  • Length: 58:58
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We've borrowed our title from the 1941 jazz standard, but what is a rhapsody? In music, Grove defines a rhapsody is "an episodic instrumental compo...

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  • Length: 59:00
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We’ll sample from the wealth of music inspired by the Bard’s verse, including a suite from Mendelssohn’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and excerpts f...

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  • Length: 58:58
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We’ll sample from the wealth of music inspired by the Bard’s verse, including a suite from Mendelssohn’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream” and excerpts f...

  • Added: Unknown
  • Length: 58:57
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5 Songs is a little secret that we tell you. These are the songs that we are passing to each other off-air, between shifts, under desks, in bars. T...

Bought by KHNS


  • Added: Feb 04, 2016
  • Length: 24:41
  • Purchases: 1
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5 Songs is a little secret that we tell you. These are the songs that we are passing to each other off-air, between shifts, under desks, in bars. T...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2016
  • Length: 18:42
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5 Songs is a little secret that we tell you. These are the songs that we are passing to each other off-air, between shifts, under desks, in bars. T...

  • Added: Jan 22, 2016
  • Length: 24:28
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5 Songs is a little secret that we tell you. These are the songs that we are passing to each other off-air, between shifts, under desks, in bars. T...

Bought by Northern Community Radio - KAXE & KBXE, Minnesota


  • Added: Jan 21, 2016
  • Length: 25:39
  • Purchases: 1
Caption: Leontyne Price, Credit: Carl Van Vechten
Fifteen, 3-minute vignettes celebrating the contributions of African Americans in classical music.

Bought by Texas Public Radio, BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM, Texas Public Radio, Vermont Public, BYUradio/KUMT/KBYU-FM and more


  • Added: Mar 04, 2014
  • Length: 45:00
  • Purchases: 10
Caption: Hounds of Finn: Irish Fair of Minnesota - 2013
In this hour of Minnesota Music we hear from new music from Hounds of Finn, and we go back a few years with Boiled In Lead. Also Davina & the Vagab...

Bought by WTIP and KSRQ


  • Added: Nov 04, 2013
  • Length: 54:11
  • Purchases: 2
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Lou Gehrig's retirement speech from baseball is one of the most poignant and meaningful moments in all of American sport.

  • Added: Apr 04, 2011
  • Length: 03:58
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East Alabama Art's Kyle Gassiott interviews Juan Malizia and dancer from the Argentinian based troupe Tango Fire who will perform at the Opelika Ce...

  • Added: Feb 18, 2011
  • Length: 14:15