Composers Datebook

by American Public Media
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Composers Datebook™ is a daily two-minute program designed to inform, engage, and entertain listeners with timely information about composers of the past and present. Each program notes significant or intriguing musical events involving composers of the past and present, with appropriate and accessible music related to each.

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Recent Episodes
  • Anthony Braxton's operas
    Apr 19, 2025 – 00:01:59
  • 'King's Row,' Korngold and 'Star Wars'
    Apr 18, 2025 – 00:01:58
  • Holst and Hammersmith
    Apr 17, 2025 – 00:02:00
  • Persichetti and Leon for band
    Apr 16, 2025 – 00:02:00
  • Handel's famous 'Largo'
    Apr 15, 2025 – 00:02:00
  • Delibes on stage and TV
    Apr 14, 2025 – 00:02:00
  • Gould at West Point
    Apr 13, 2025 – 00:02:00
  • Henri Lazarof
    Apr 12, 2025 – 00:02:00
  • A Purcell premiere?
    Apr 11, 2025 – 00:02:00
  • Skrowaczewski's 'Imaginary Passacaglia'
    Apr 10, 2025 – 00:02:00
  • Festival Music for Vienna, by Strauss
    Apr 9, 2025 – 00:02:00
  • Larsen's 'Calamity Jane' songs
    Apr 8, 2025 – 00:02:00
  • A Passion for Bach
    Apr 7, 2025 – 00:02:00
  • Salzedo and the Harp
    Apr 6, 2025 – 00:02:00
  • Barber's Cello Concerto
    Apr 5, 2025 – 00:02:00
  • A Sondheim opening (and closing)
    Apr 4, 2025 – 00:02:00
  • Carter's 'Boston Concerto'
    Apr 3, 2025 – 00:02:00
  • Beethoven's First
    Apr 2, 2025 – 00:02:00
  • The truth about Alkan
    Apr 1, 2025 – 00:02:00
  • Dvorak's 'Rusalka'
    Mar 31, 2025 – 00:02:00
  • Symphonies by Strauss
    Mar 30, 2025 – 00:02:00
  • Sheng's 'Silent Temple'
    Mar 29, 2025 – 00:02:00
  • Beethoven in Vienna
    Mar 28, 2025 – 00:02:00
  • Haydn in Vienna
    Mar 27, 2025 – 00:02:00
  • Glass in Rome
    Mar 26, 2025 – 00:02:00
  • Beeson's 'Lizzie Borden'
    Mar 25, 2025 – 00:02:00
  • Lee's 'ART' music
    Mar 24, 2025 – 00:02:00
  • Daugherty's bassoon gang
    Mar 23, 2025 – 00:02:00
  • Bruckner panned
    Mar 22, 2025 – 00:02:00
  • Ron Nelson's Bach Tribute
    Mar 21, 2025 – 00:02:00
Recent Reviews
  • Jen's_Atari2600
    Lovely minus Aria Code
    I love these small windows into music history. Unfortunately I am unsubscribing, at least until the Aria Code commercials go away, which eat up 30 seconds of this already brief 2-minute podcast. Best wishes and thank you for the music history.
  • nurse2003
    Excellent and enjoyable for beginning any morning!
    Excellent and enjoyable for beginning --or ending-- any morning! Not to be overlooked!
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