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American Classical Music - 18th Century
Part of the series “American Classics,” produced for ArtsEdge at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. While Vivaldi in Italy, Bach in Germany, and their contemporary George Frideric Handel, in England, were writing marvelous and sophisticated music, America was a backwater. If you looked for classical music in the early days of America, you’d be hard pressed to find it, even in the big cities and the centers of wealth, commerce, and social sophistication. But it was there; in some odd locations including the backwoods of North Carolina and the Port of New Orleans. Miles Hoffman, Morning Edition music commentator and dean of the Petrie School of Music at Converse College in Spartanburg, South Carolina takes us on a tour of classical music in early America. |
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American Classical Music - 19th Century
Part of the series “American Classics,” produced for ArtsEdge at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. This segment looks at some little-known stories about American Classical music like the role of Cuba in Classical Music and the American who made “Carmen” a hit. Miles Hoffman, Morning Edition music commentator and dean of the Petrie School of Music at Converse College in Spartanburg, South Carolina takes us on a tour of classical music in early America. |
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American Classical Music - 20th Century
Part of the series “American Classics,” produced for ArtsEdge at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. This segment looks at how, through the 20th Century, America took its place as force in the world of classical music; not so much through its experimental work but through the music of Hollywood movies. It also looks at where Classical music is alive today at amusement parks and videogames. Miles Hoffman, Morning Edition music commentator and dean of the Petrie School of Music at Converse College in Spartanburg, South Carolina takes us on a tour of classical music in early America. |
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The Winter’s Tale: An Insider’s Guide
This podcast was produced for the Folger Shakespeare Library as part of their “Insider’s Guide” series, designed for people who want to get a firmer understanding of Shakespeare’s work before going to see it or read it. Folger Director Gail Kern Paster and University of Maryland–Baltimore County professor (and Folger Theatre dramaturg) Michele Osherow introduce the major themes and characters of “The Winters Tale” and explain what makes Shakespeare’s romances so tricky but so satisfying for playgoers. The podcast features performances from actors in Folger Theater’s 2009 production. |
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Men of Letters: Shakespeare’s Influence on Abraham Lincoln
This podcast was produced for the Folger Shakespeare Library. Abraham Lincoln was known for many things — freeing the slaves, winning the Civil War, holding the Union together. But he was also one of our most literary presidents. Of the three books that sat on his White House desk, one of them was the works of Shakespeare—a writer Lincoln cherished throughout his life. In this podcast, UCLA professor of English Stephen Dickey, John Andrews , editor of “The Everyman Shakespeare,” and Michael Bishop, founding Executive Director of the Lincoln Bicentennial Commission, discuss Shakespeare’s enduring influence on Lincoln. |
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Music of Contemporary Greece
Part of the series “Culture of Greece: The Past if Present,” produced for ArtsEdge at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Though Socrates and Plato died 2,500 years ago there is, of course still a country called Greece. And many modern Greek musicians will tell you that their art is influenced by the ideas of the ancients. Join us as we explore whether or not this is true. Two modern Greek musicians and scholars of ancient Greece talk about the twisting road Greek culture has taken to bring us to the music of Greece today. The podcast is narrated by John Franklin, professor in the Department of Classics at the University of Vermont. |
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Influence of GreecePart of the series “Culture of Greece: The Past if Present,” produced for ArtsEdge at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Though the ancient Greek culture was destroyed thousands of years ago, Greek ideas continue to influence us today. That’s particularly true in music. Join John Franklin, professor in the Department of Classics at the University of Vermont to hear the impact that the ancient Greeks had on the creation and development of Opera, Classical music and Jazz. |
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Fill In the BlanksPart of the series “Culture of Greece: The Past if Present,” produced for ArtsEdge at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. There are only a handful of pieces of music remaining from ancient Greece. And we do mean pieces; tiny scraps of papyrus and bits of stone with musical notes that are thousands of years old. Come with John Franklin, professor in the Department of Classics at the University of Vermont to meet the people who bring this ancient music back from the dead. Learn how they come to understand the slashes and squiggles that they see and translate them into music. And find out what they do when they learn that he music they’re playing was torn in half a thousand years ago and the other half is gone forever. |
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Now Thrive the Armorers: Armor in Shakespeare
This podcast was produced for the Folger Shakespeare Library. Although people associate “knights in shining armor” with the Middle Ages, most surviving armor actually dates to the period of William Shakespeare, a time when traditions inherited from the world of medieval chivalry were increasingly at odds with the changing realities of the Renaissance. Shakespeare’s works are filled with arms and armor both as literary images and as objects, evoking themes of knighthood, warfare, personal conflict, and honor. |
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History of the American Musical
Part of the series “Putting It Together: Words and Music and Musical Theater,” produced for ArtsEdge at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. From the Indian Princess to Minstrel Shows to Vaudeville to Rent; a look at the trends and ideas that shaped American Musical theater. Narrated by Heather Nathans, Associate Professor of Theatre at the University of Maryland. |
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