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Classics For Kids — 202 episodes

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CFK Podcast: Schoolhouse Symphony Spotlight

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CFK Podcast: America’s Rhapsody

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CFK Podcast: Gershwin’s Five Themes

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CFK Podcast: Rhapsody in Blue — When Jazz Met the Orchestra

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CFK Podcast: Opera vs. Musical Theatre — What’s the Difference

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Claude Debussy 4:

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Claude Debussy 3:

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Claude Debussy 2:

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Claude Debussy 1:

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CFK Podcast: Baroque Music with Joanna Frank and Maksym Mahlay

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Holiday Music with Special Guest Tim Goldrainer

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Discussing Musicology with Dr. Kori

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The Music of Lili Boulanger

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Celebrating Women’s History Month: Clara Schumann

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Gustav Holst 3: Music for Students

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Gustav Holst 2: The Planets

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Gustav Holst 1: About Gustav Holst

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Scott Joplin 1: About Scott Joplin

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Ralph Vaughan Williams 5: Winter in Music

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Ralph Vaughan Williams 4: Christmas Carols in Classical Music

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Ralph Vaughan Williams 3: Turn of the 20th Century English Composers

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Ralph Vaughan Williams 2: Musical Fantasies

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Ralph Vaughan Williams 1: About Ralph Vaughan Williams

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Charles Ives 4: American Hymns in Classical Music

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Charles Ives 3: Folk Tunes in Classical Music

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Charles Ives 2: Marching Through the Country Band March

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Charles Ives 1: About Charles Ives

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Igor Stravinsky 5: Halloween Music

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Igor Stravinsky 4: Composer Teachers and their Students

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Igor Stravinsky 3: Fire Music

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Igor Stravinsky 2: The Firebird

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Igor Stravinsky 1: About Igor Stravinsky

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Georg Philipp Telemann 4: The “Gigue” is Up!

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Georg Philipp Telemann 3: Self-Taught Composers

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Georg Philipp Telemann 2: Go for Baroque

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Georg Philipp Telemann 1: About Georg Philipp Telemann

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Johann Strauss, Jr. 4: Musical Conversation

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Johann Strauss, Jr. 3: The Waltz

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Johann Strauss, Jr. 2: Other Members of the Strauss Family

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Johann Strauss, Jr. 1: About Johann Strauss, Jr.

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Aaron Copland 5: Classical Music in Pop

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Aaron Copland 4: What’s in a Name

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Aaron Copland 3: Tiptoe Through the Fanfare

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Aaron Copland 2: What is a Fanfare

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Giuseppe Verdi 4: What’s it like to be an Opera Singer?

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Giuseppe Verdi 3: The Story of Aida

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Giuseppe Verdi 2: What’s an Opera?

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Giuseppe Verdi 1: About Giuseppe Verdi

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Frédéric Chopin 4: Famous Pianist-Composers

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Frédéric Chopin 3: Military Music

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Frédéric Chopin 2: The Polonaise

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Frédéric Chopin 1: About Frédéric Chopin

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Benjamin Britten 5: The Instruments of the Orchestra – Part 2

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Benjamin Britten 4: The Instruments of the Orchestra – Part 1

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Benjamin Britten 3: Pizzicato and Other Musical Terms

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Benjamin Britten 2: The Simple Symphony

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Benjamin Britten 1: About Benjamin Britten

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Women’s History Month 4: What’s It Like to Be a Conductor?

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Women’s History Month 3: Contemporary Women Composers

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Women’s History Month 2: Women Composers of the Past

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Women’s History Month 1: Women in History and Classical Music

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Scott Joplin 4: Black Composers of Classical Music

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Scott Joplin 3: Classical Music and the Movies

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Scott Joplin 2: Ragtime Music

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Franz Joseph Haydn 5: Patriotic Songs By Classical Composers

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Franz Joseph Haydn 4: Minuets

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Franz Joseph Haydn 3: The Farewell Symphony

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Franz Joseph Haydn 2: Father of the Symphony

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Franz Joseph Haydn 1: About Franz Joseph Haydn

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Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 4: Traditional Christmas Classical Music

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Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 3: The Nutcracker

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Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 2: Ballet

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Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 1: About Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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Leonard Bernstein 4: American Composers with a Boston Connection

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Leonard Bernstein 3: Operettas in English

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Leonard Bernstein 2: Bernstein and Musical Theater

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Leonard Bernstein 1: About Leonard Bernstein

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Edvard Grieg 5: Halloween Music

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Edvard Grieg 4: Incidental Music

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Edvard Grieg 3: Other Scandinavian Composers

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Edvard Grieg 2: The Story of Peer Gynt

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Edvard Grieg 1: About Edvard Grieg

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Spanish and Latin American Composers 5: Music based on Hispanic Dance Forms

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Spanish and Latin American Composers 5 Espanol: Music based on Hispanic Dance Forms

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Spanish and Latin American Composers 4: Latin American Composers

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Spanish and Latin American Composers 4 Espanol: Latin American Composers

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Spanish and Latin American Composers 3: Mexican Composers

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Spanish and Latin American Composers 3 Espanol: Mexican Composers

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Spanish and Latin American Composers 2: The Spanish Sound

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Spanish and Latin American Composers 2 Espanol: The Spanish Sound

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Spanish and Latin American Composers 1: Classical Music In Spain

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Spanish and Latin American Composers 1 Espanol: Classical Music In Spain

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Zoltán Kodály 4: The Kodály Method

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Zoltán Kodály 3: Classical Composers who Used Folk Music

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Zoltán Kodály 2: The Story of Hary Janos

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Zoltán Kodály 1: About Zoltán Kodály

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Franz Liszt 5: What is a Rhapsody?

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Franz Liszt 4: Famous Pianist – Composers

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Franz Liszt 3: Romani, or Gypsy Music

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Franz Liszt 2: Classical Music Superstars

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Franz Liszt 1: About Franz Liszt

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John Philip Sousa 4: The Golden Age of American Bands

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John Philip Sousa 3: American Military Bands

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John Philip Sousa 2: About “Stars & Stripes”

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John Philip Sousa 1: About John Philip Sousa

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Felix Mendelssohn 5: Women Composers

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Felix Mendelssohn 4: Child Prodigy Composers

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Felix Mendelssohn 3: Music Based on Shakespeare

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Felix Mendelssohn 2: A Midsummer Night’s Dream

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Felix Mendelssohn 1: About Felix Mendelssohn

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William Grant Still 4: Historic Black Composers

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William Grant Still 3: Paul Laurence Dunbar’s Poetry

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William Grant Still 2: The Afro-American Symphony

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William Grant Still 1: About William Grant Still

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Antonin Dvořák 4: Other Musical Nationalism

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Antonin Dvořák 3: Music Nationalism circa 1848

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Antonin Dvořák 2: Composers Who Visited America

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Antonin Dvořák 1: About Antonin Dvorák

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Johannes Brahms 4: Classical Music Featuring Dances from European Countries

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Johannes Brahms 3: Hungarian Dancing

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Johannes Brahms 2: The Brahms Hungarian Dances

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Johannes Brahms 1: About Johannes Brahms

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Franz Schubert 5: Marches Not Written for Bands and Parades

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Franz Schubert 4: Music for Piano Four Hands

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Franz Schubert 3: Take Me to Your Lieder

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Franz Schubert 2: About Franz Schubert

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Franz Schubert 1: Firsts for the New Year

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Georges Bizet 4: Harmonic Texture in the Farandole

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Georges Bizet 3: Christmas Carols in Classical Music

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Georges Bizet 2: Jewish Composers (for Chanukah)

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Georges Bizet 1: About Georges Bizet

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Gustav Holst 4: English Composers Who Loved Folk Songs

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Gustav Holst 1: About Gustav Holst

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Modest Mussorgsky 5: Halloween Music

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Modest Mussorgsky 4: Music from Russian Operas

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Modest Mussorgsky 3: Pictures at an Exhibition

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Modest Mussorgsky 2: The Mighty Handful

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Modest Mussorgsky 1: About Modest Mussorgsky

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 4: What’s a Rondo?

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 3: Janissary Music

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 2: Mozart’s Operas

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 1: About Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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Ludwig van Beethoven 5: Roll Over Beethoven

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Ludwig van Beethoven 4: Music that Imitates Inanimate Objects

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Ludwig van Beethoven 3: Beethoven’s Symphonies

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Ludwig van Beethoven 2: Beethoven the Pianist

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Ludwig van Beethoven 1: About Ludwig van Beethoven

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George Gershwin 4: Jazz in Classical Music

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George Gershwin 3: Rhapsody in Blue

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George Gershwin 2: What is a Rhapsody?

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George Gershwin 1: About George Gershwin

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George Frederick Handel 4: Music by Royalty and Nobility

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George Frederick Handel 3: Other Composers’ Water Music

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George Frederick Handel 2: The Story of Handel’s Water Music

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George Frederick Handel 1: About George Frederick Handel

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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 5: Composer Teachers and their Students

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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 4: The Bees and the Birds

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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 3: Russian Operas

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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 2: The Tale of Tsar Saltan

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Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 1: About Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov

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Antonio Vivaldi 4: Spring Music

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Antonio Vivaldi 3: Violin Concertos Through the Ages

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Antonio Vivaldi 2: Poetry and Sound Effects in Vivaldi’s Spring Concerto

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Antonio Vivaldi 1: About Antonio Vivaldi

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Johann Sebastian Bach 4: The Story of the Brandenburg Concertos

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Johann Sebastian Bach 3: What’s a Concerto?

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Johann Sebastian Bach 2: The Sons of Johann Sebastian Bach

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Johann Sebastian Bach 1: About Johann Sebastian Bach

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Gioachino Rossini 5: Famous Finales

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Gioachino Rossini 4: Weather in Music

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Gioachino Rossini 3: Overtures

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Gioachino Rossini 2: The Story of William Tell

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Gioachino Rossini 1: About Gioachino Rossini

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Sergei Prokofiev 4: The Story of Lt. Kijé

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Sergei Prokofiev 3: How Suite It Is

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Sergei Prokofiev 2: Musical Sleigh Rides

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Sergei Prokofiev 1: About Sergei Prokofiev

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Aaron Copland 5: Classical Music in Commercials

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Aaron Copland 4: Rodeo

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Aaron Copland 3: Agnes de Mille

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Aaron Copland 2: Copland’s Cowboy Ballets

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Aaron Copland 1: About Aaron Copland

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Women’s History Month 5: Great Women Performers

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Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky 5: Carnegie Hall

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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart 5: Child Prodigy Composers

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Georges Bizet 5: Firsts for the New Year

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Robert Schumann 4: Music for the Harvest Season

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Robert Schumann 3: All in the Musical Family

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Robert Schumann 2: Clara Schumann

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Robert Schumann 1: About Robert Schumann

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Dmitri Kabalevsky 5: Incidental Music

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Dmitri Kabalevsky 4: Musical Jokes

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Dmitri Kabalevsky 3: What’s a Galop

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Dmitri Kabalevsky 2: The Comedians Suite

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Dmitri Kabalevsky 1: About Dmitri Kabalevsky

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Giuseppe Verdi 5: Famous Instrumental Music from Opera

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John Philip Sousa 5: I Love a Parade!

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Giacomo Puccini 4: Classical Music that Turned into Musical Theater

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Giacomo Puccini 3: Bohemian Music

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Giacomo Puccini 2: A Brief History of Italian Opera

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Giacomo Puccini 1: About Giacomo Puccini

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Franz Joseph Haydn 6: Firsts