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On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about our songwriting/composing club, an upcoming songwriting workshop about "four chor...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2023
  • Length: 27:29
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On this episode, we discussed the new book "Dance-Punk," part of a new series of "Genre" books from 33 1/3. We discussed the history of dance-punk ...

  • Added: May 20, 2023
  • Length: 28:29
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about the book "Songs of Earth," which is an updated version of song collector/folklori...

  • Added: May 13, 2023
  • Length: 27:30
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On this episode of the Polley Music Library Show, we talked about the new book "Overtone Singing," a comprehensive tome that addresses the physics ...

  • Added: May 06, 2023
  • Length: 28:29
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DJ Ruby discusses the life and legacy of “Weird Al” Yankovic, including his favorite parodies and original songs.

  • Added: Mar 22, 2023
  • Length: 02:47
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A postcard about a group of Alphorn players in the Sierra Nevada.

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  • Added: Dec 13, 2021
  • Length: 02:00
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The waltz figures prominently in these pieces about the human experience.

  • Added: Jan 30, 2021
  • Length: 54:04
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Music serves as a poignant metaphor in this set of poetry.

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  • Added: Sep 12, 2020
  • Length: 01:01:57
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Remember last August, a year ago, when the national media found it very funny that presidential candidate Marianne Williamson mentioned the "dark p...

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  • Added: Aug 28, 2020
  • Length: 28:00
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When lyrics have no meaning, singing becomes pure emotion.

  • Added: Aug 21, 2020
  • Length: 04:40
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The madrigal offered composers a means to break the strict rules of counterpoint and harmony in order to serve a dramatic end; an important concept...

  • Added: Aug 12, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
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Explore the influence the Reformation and Counter-Reformation had on the world of music including the work of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina.

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  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
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Explore the development of imitation, or canon, as a tool of harmony and musical in the works of Josquin Deprez and Johannes Ockeghem.

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  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
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Discover the music of the 15th Century French composer Guillame Du Fay and how the lines that defined secular and sacred music began to blur in the...

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  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
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Discover the writings of French theorist, poet, philosopher and composer Philippe de Vitry.

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  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
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Troubadors, or trouveres, were French composers and performers of secular lyrical poetry and song beginning in the late 11th Century.

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  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
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Hildegard of Bingen was a writer, composer, philosopher, mystic, abbess, polymath, and a literal visionary of the 12th Century.

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  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 02:59
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Learn about anonymity and authorship in the Middle Ages.

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  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 02:58
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Learn about one of the first music theorists in our Western musical tradition.

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  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
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Discover how the practice of writing down music began.

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  • Added: Apr 22, 2020
  • Length: 03:00
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Explore the earliest examples of written music in history.

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  • Added: Apr 21, 2020
  • Length: 02:58
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In this segment we share music from our Open the Tent Event held in Grand Rapids and you will hear spoken words from the Storytelling Live! Open Mi...

  • Added: Jun 27, 2019
  • Length: 59:59
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The world seems intent on forcing us into ruts, routines and social roles. But if we're bold enough - with faith and abandon - free play and improv...

  • Added: Jun 10, 2019
  • Length: 59:26
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For centuries, our culture has justified human actions by pretending animals are unlike humans, because they act simply on instinct. Now science ha...

  • Added: Jun 03, 2019
  • Length: 59:30
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It's Fishing Opener, and the start of our tourist season, on Stay Human today. Matthew Miltich tells us his new story, Lunch With Ducks, and we'll ...

  • Added: May 14, 2019
  • Length: 59:31