The Beatles

Scott DeVeaux, professor of critical and comparative studies at the McIntire Department of Music, College and Graduate School of Arts & Sciences, University of Virginia On this UVA Speaks podcast, Scott DeVeaux, professor of critical & comparative studies in the McIntire Department of Music at the University of Virginia, shares teachings from his Fall 2021 course about The Beatles. He discusses the band's marathon sessions in Hamburg clubs and how that led to them writing their own music. We hear about the lives of Paul McCartney and John Lennon and how their adolescent experiences impacted and differentiated the music composed by both songwriters. Listen to DeVeaux play bars of Beatles’ songs that combine rock music with the blues tradition. Transcripts of the audio broadcast can be found here. https://www.rev.com/transcript-editor/shared/ElqcoPAmseFf_fqcDK3MgSdJXXdPnYJ2JEEQPvjmqQ2ofxtMoJ0EIn7aDjkbZEiJBKDvjuS-FqhhhNbIzxxC3jq1sV0?loadFrom=SharedLink Scott DeVeaux is a professor of critical & comparative studies in the McIntire Department of Music at the University of Virginia. DeVeaux has revolutionized jazz scholarship over a decades-long career celebrating and analyzing this American-and-now-World art form. His book, Jazz, was nominated for the 2010 Jazz Journalists Association Best Book award. He has also written the award-winning book The Birth of Bebop: A Social and Musical History.