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How Musical Revolutions Were Created, Part 1 - w/Jan Swafford
How Musical Revolutions Were Created, Part 1 - w/Jan Swafford
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Length:
39 minutes
Released:
May 25, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Jan Swafford was such a fantastic guest last time that I thought we had to have him back on. This week(and next week), we discussed how so much of the revolutionary music in the history of classical music was influenced by storytelling, whether it was Monteverdi, Beethoven, Berlioz, Wagner, Debussy, Ives, Stravinsky, or Schoenberg. This week, on Part 1, we discuss the first 4 composers on the list, trying to understand the chicken or the egg question of which came first? The story? Or the revolution?
Released:
May 25, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Beethoven String Quartet, Op. 132 (Part 1): I’ve long hesitated to write a show about any of Beethoven’s late string quartets. These are pieces that quartets spend the better part of their careers grappling with, struggling with, failing with, and much more rarely, succeeding with.... by Sticky Notes: The Classical Music Podcast