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After recently earning a Doctor of Musical Arts, Dr. Maeve Berry is passionate to help others learn and prepare for the daunting task of completing any type of music comprehensive exam about all things music! These episodes are also great for the on-the-go studier or music-curious learner and enjoyer! Join her for short, mini episodes on all topics music history and theory! Visit her website maeveberrypiano.com for more resources and other information. Posting every other weekday!
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Total Serialism
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Feb 20, 2026 |
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Olivier Messiaen: the birdman
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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Igor Stravinsky
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Feb 16, 2026 |
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The Neoclassical Period
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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More on the Second Viennese School: Berg and Webern
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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Music Theory Friday: the 12-tone technique
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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Arnold Schoenberg: the inventive colorist
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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The avant-garde
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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English Modernism
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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Eastern European Modernism
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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American Moderism
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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Spanish Nationalism
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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French Modernists: Debussy and Ravel
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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Richard Strauss: a bridge between two centuries
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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Gustav Mahler: the symphonist
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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Jazz: the true American Sound
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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What is Modernism?
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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Vernacular Music: what is meant by this?
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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Welcome to the 20th Century!
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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The transition into a new century
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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Nationalism in late 19th century American Music
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Nov 21, 2025 |
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The "English Musical Rensaissance"
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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The Mighty Five
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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Hybrid Styles in the late 19th Century
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Nov 18, 2025 |
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Late 19th century Germanicism
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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Late 19th Century Opera
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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Giacomo Puccini and the verismo style
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Nov 07, 2025 |
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Giuseppe Verdi - my "Mean Joe Green"
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Nov 05, 2025 |
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Richard Wagner and Gesamtkunstwerk
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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Bel Canto Opera and its composers
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Oct 31, 2025 |
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19th Century Opera: an overview
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Oct 29, 2025 |
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Programmatic Music
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Oct 24, 2025 |
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Orchestral and Chamber Music in the 19th century
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Oct 22, 2025 |
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Romantic Choral Music
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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Franz Liszt
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Oct 17, 2025 |
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Fryderyk Chopin: the virtuoso
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Oct 15, 2025 |
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Clara Schumann and Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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19th century Music for the Piano
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Oct 10, 2025 |
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On 19th century German Poetry
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Oct 08, 2025 |
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Franz Schubert: the songster
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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German Lieder in the 19th century
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Oct 03, 2025 |
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Music in the Industrial Revolution
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Oct 01, 2025 |
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Romanticism: an era of love and change
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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Using Beethoven as a transition into the Romantic Era
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Sep 06, 2025 |
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Ludwig van Beethoven Part 3: Late Period
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Sep 03, 2025 |
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Ludwig van Beethoven Part 2: Middle Period
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Aug 29, 2025 |
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Ludwig van Beethoven Part 1: Early Period
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Aug 27, 2025 |
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Part 3: Operas, Masses, and Songs
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Aug 25, 2025 |
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Part 2: Chamber Music and Symphonies
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Aug 22, 2025 |
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Part 1: Works for Keyboard
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Aug 20, 2025 |
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Franz Joseph Haydn Part 3: the Vocal Works
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Aug 18, 2025 |
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Franz Joseph Haydn Part 2: the Keyboard Sonatas
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Aug 15, 2025 |
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Franz Joseph Haydn Part 1: the Symphonies and String Quartets
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Aug 13, 2025 |
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Keyboard Composers of the 18th Century
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Aug 11, 2025 |
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Music Theory Friday: Musical Forms
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Aug 08, 2025 |
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Instrumental Music: the Concerto
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Aug 06, 2025 |
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Instrumental Music: the Symphony
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Aug 04, 2025 |
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Instrumental Music: the Sonata
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Aug 01, 2025 |
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The Beginnings of the German Lied
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Jul 30, 2025 |
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Christoph Willibald Gluck: the reformer
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Jul 28, 2025 |
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New Operatic Genres
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Jul 25, 2025 |
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Types of Early Classical Styles
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Jul 23, 2025 |
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The Early Classical Era and the Enlightenment
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Jul 21, 2025 |
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Antonio Vivaldi: a transition between baroque and classical
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Jul 04, 2025 |
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George Frederic Handel
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Jul 02, 2025 |
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Development of Conservatories in the early 1700s
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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J.S. Bach Part 3: the Chamber Works
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Jun 27, 2025 |
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J.S. Bach Part 2: the Vocal Works
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Jun 25, 2025 |
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J.S. Bach Part 1: the Keyboard Works
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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The Lutheran Church and Organ Music
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Jun 18, 2025 |
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Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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Music Theory Friday: Counterpoint and Contrapuntal Masterpieces
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Jun 13, 2025 |
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Jean Baptiste Lully: the orchestrator
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Jun 11, 2025 |
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Instrumental Music of the 17th Century
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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Henry Purcell: the theatric
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Jun 06, 2025 |
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Happenings in other countries in the 17th century
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Jun 04, 2025 |
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François Couprin: the ornamenter
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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Sacred Music in the early 17th Century
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May 30, 2025 |
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17th Century Chamber Music
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May 28, 2025 |
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The Beginnings of Opera
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May 26, 2025 |
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From stile antico to stile moderno
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May 23, 2025 |
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Traits of Baroque Era Music
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May 21, 2025 |
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Welcome to the 17th Century: new styles and a transitional period
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May 02, 2025 |
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Tying up loose ends in the Renaissance
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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Instrumental Music in the 16th century
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Apr 25, 2025 |
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Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: the mediator
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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The Council of Trent
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Apr 21, 2025 |
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Later Madrigalists
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Apr 18, 2025 |
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England and the Madrigal
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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William Byrd
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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Other European 16th century Secular Songs and Composers
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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The Reformation
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Apr 11, 2025 |
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16th century Italian Madrigal
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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Josquin Desprez: the influencer
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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Music Theory Friday: Masses on Borrowed Materials
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Apr 04, 2025 |
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Franco-Flemish Composers in the 16th century
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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The Polyphonic Mass
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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The Burgundian Court and its musicians
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Mar 28, 2025 |
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The "contenance angloise"
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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The Renaissance: New Ideas and Expansions
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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Paving the Road to the Renaissance: 14th Century Music and its Performance Practice
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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Tying Up Loose Ends Before the Renaissance
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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What are the formes fixes?
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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Music Theory Friday: isorhythm and its analysis
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Mar 07, 2025 |
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14th Century Musical Developments
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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The Beginnings of the Motet
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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Music Theory Friday: Organum
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Feb 28, 2025 |
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Polyphony in the 13th Century
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Secular songs between the 11th and 13th centuries
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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Music Theory Friday: Sightreading and the Guidonian Hand
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Feb 21, 2025 |
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Hildegard von Bingen and extraneous chants
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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The Order of the Mass
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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Music Theory Friday: Church Modes!
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Feb 14, 2025 |
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The Church and its Foundational Tropes
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Antiquity in Greece
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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Antiquity: Influences from Asia and Europe
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Feb 07, 2025 |
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Prehistoric Music and the Antiquity
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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Preview Episode: Let's conquer the comps!
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Feb 04, 2025 |