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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
The Starr Piano Company opened the doors to their new recording studio in Richmond, Indiana in 1916. The first few years they waxed the standard fa...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jan 16, 2014
- Length: 58:57
- Purchases: 1
The first episode of Full-Time Blues Radio for 2014 is a preview of the 56th Grammy Awards. We're breaking down the Best Blues Album category and s...
- Added: Jan 02, 2014
- Length: 59:00
- 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
It's a brand new hour of Christmas cheer with the best in New & Independent Blues Music!
Bought by WNMU-FM, KPVL, and Radio New Zealand
- Added: Dec 15, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 3
It's the Thanksgiving show! What do different states eat for Thanksgiving? Everyone thinks their food is normal, but the differences between what s...
Bought by WRGY, WVTF, KTSW 89.9, KSVR Studios: Skagit Valley Radio, and KSRQ
- Added: Dec 12, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 5
Have you ever heard a Phase or Flange? Once you hear it, you might recognize it, but can you tell the difference between Phase and Flange? This wee...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Dec 03, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 1
Alma Andina (Andes folk music) shares the bill with Malamaya (playing a variety of Cuban forms) at the Cedar Cultural Center, Dec 6, 2013.
- Added: Nov 27, 2013
- Length: 05:00
Blues Team's CD Release Party and Anti-Cancer Charity Event. Piece for Nov 25-29, 2013. Paul Metsa and Willie Walker are releasing a new set of Bl...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Nov 22, 2013
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
A Turkey Day inspired playlist stuffed with the best in New & Independent Blues Music
Bought by KHNS, KRZA, KAWC / Border Radio - KOFA, KUGS Bellingham, Wash., KRCB 104.9 and more
- Added: Nov 19, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 22
It's a swing band with two great Twin Cities singers, Rhonda Laurie and Mary Anne Sullivan. From listening and dancing points of view, it is bond t...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Nov 17, 2013
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
Belly up to the bar for an hour of all-new Blues tunes dedicated to intoxicating drinks!
Bought by Radio New Zealand and KPVL
- Added: Nov 15, 2013
- Length: 59:00
- Purchases: 2
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
Ralph Vaughan Williams arrived on the scene just as a definite English classical music sound was being established. His three main teachers at the ...
- Added: Nov 15, 2013
- Length: 06:28
- Purchases: 3
Originally, a musical fantasy was a piece that instrumentalists made up as they went along. Eventually, fantasies evolved into pieces that composer...
- Added: Nov 15, 2013
- Length: 06:29
- Purchases: 3
Ralph Vaughan Williams was one of the most important 20th century English composers. He spent years traveling the country collecting English folk s...
- Added: Nov 15, 2013
- Length: 06:30
- Purchases: 3
In the land of 10,000 accordion players, this is an annual highlight accordion event not to be missed. Listeners hear about the event and the playi...
Bought by KSRQ
- Added: Nov 09, 2013
- Length: 05:00
- Purchases: 1
