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All Those Notes

by Shari Barbour

As youngsters, they learned to play an instrument and some became better at it than others. Those who kept at it often made it a career and became famous as musicians, mentors and teachers. Some of them took their skills and special talent in a different direction. Hear how composers turn historical events, people, places and adventure into All Those Notes with Shari Barbour.

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Episodes

  1. All Those Notes 102 - Cohan

    One of the most versatile personalities in American theater.

  2. All Those Notes 101 - Porter

    Titan of Broadway and Hollywood.

  3. All Those Notes 100 - Lauridsen

    An American choral master.

  4. All Those Notes 099 - Louis Armstrong

    Icon of American Jazz.

  5. All Those Notes 098 - Jerome Kern

    A pioneering American composer, songwriter and pianist.

  6. All Those Notes 097 - Duke Ellington

    Jazz icon.

  7. All Those Notes 096 - O'Carolan

    A beloved Irish music icon.

  8. All Those Notes 095 - The Pedal Harp

    Beautiful and unique.

  9. All Those Notes 094 - Rameau

    He left his mark on French Baroque music.

  10. All Those Notes 093 - Steel Drums

    Unique instruments with a distinct and lively sound.

  11. All Those Notes 092 - Carl Stalling

    American musical genius.

  12. All Those Notes 091 - Debussy

    "He brought a new kind of beauty into the world." (Pierre Boulez)

  13. All Those Notes 090 - Villa-Lobos

    Brazil's most famous composer.

  14. All Those Notes 089 - Theremin

    Unique, mesmerizing and hypnotic.

  15. All Those Notes 088 - Granados

    One of the leading Spanish composers of the "Beautiful Age".

  16. All Those Notes 087 - Butterworth

    A composer of great promise - unfulfilled.

  17. All Those Notes 086 - Enescu

    "One of the greatest geniuses of modern music." (Pablo Casals)

  18. All Those Notes 085 - Overture

    Opener, curtain raiser, and concert piece.

  19. All Those Notes 084 - MacDowell

    The American Grieg.

  20. All Those Notes 083 - Ives

    This maverick did not write "pretty" music.

  21. All Those Notes 082 - Fanny Mendelssohn

    Where there's a will, there's a way.

  22. All Those Notes 081 - Korngold

    "Music is music whether it is for the stage, rostrum or cinema." (E.W. Korngold)

  23. All Those Notes 080 - Celeste

    The instrument with an unmistakable sound.

  24. All Those Notes 079 - Irving Berlin

    One of the most iconic and famous songwriters in American history.

  25. All Those Notes 078 - Godard

    French violinist and Romantic era composer.

  26. All Those Notes 077 - Leroy Anderson

    More than a musician.

  27. All Those Notes 076 - De Falla

    A great 20th Century musician and composer.

  28. All Those Notes 075 - Virgil Thomson

    One of the most important American composers of the 20th century.

  29. All Those Notes 074 - Hummel

    Important in linking the Classical Era to the Romantic.

  30. All Those Notes 073 - Delius

    His heart was set on becoming a composer.

  31. All Those Notes 072 - Meyerbeer

    The most important composer of French Grand Opera.

  32. All Those Notes 071 - Rutter

    Well-known present-day composer, choral conductor and music scholar.

  33. All Those Notes 070 - Sibelius

    He lit a candle in the world of music that will never go out. (Vaughan-Williams)

  34. All Those Notes 069 - Nicolai

    Famous for an opera based on a Shakespeare play.

  35. All Those Notes 068 - Foster

    Father of American music.

  36. All Those Notes 067 - Bartok

    A great 20th century composer.

  37. All Those Notes 066 - Corelli

    One of the most influential violinists of all time.

  38. All Those Notes 065 - Offenbach

    Father of the operetta.

  39. All Those Notes 064 - Boyce

    A great contributor to Late Baroque and Early Classical music.

  40. All Those Notes 063 - Satie

    An eccentric composer of piano miniatures.

  41. All Those Notes 062 - Bolcom

    An award-winning, versatile, contemporary American composer.

  42. All Those Notes 061 - Britten

    20th century ambassador of music for everyone.

  43. All Those Notes 060 - Waldteufel

    A famous composer of dances.

  44. All Those Notes 059 - Clara Schumann

    An important force in the world of music, who happened to be a woman.

  45. All Those Notes 058 - Rachmaninoff

    Legendary piano virtuoso, composer and conductor.

  46. All Those Notes 057 - St. Nicholas

    A poem by M. Moore.

  47. All Those Notes 056 - Ungar

    Musician, composer and his life-changing piece of music.

  48. All Those Notes 055 - Copland

    Ambassador for American music - loved, admired and respected all over the world.

  49. All Those Notes 054 - Salieri

    An important 18th century composer and teacher.

  50. All Those Notes 053 - Purcell

    The English Orpheus.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

As youngsters, they learned to play an instrument and some became better at it than others. Those who kept at it often made it a career and became famous as musicians, mentors and teachers. Some of them took their skills and special talent in a different direction. Hear how composers turn historical events, people, places and adventure into All Those Notes with Shari Barbour.

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