Composers Datebook
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Episodes: 30
Description
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.
| Episode | Date |
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Late-night 'Parsifal'
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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Antheil's 'Joyous Symphony'
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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A Lehar premiere in Vienna
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Dec 30, 2025 |
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Quartets by Debussy and Ravel
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Dec 29, 2025 |
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Humperdinck for the Animal Channel?
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Dec 28, 2025 |
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Airs and poems by Kernis and Chausson
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Dec 27, 2025 |
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A $400 finale for Sibelius
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Dec 26, 2025 |
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Toscanini and Vivaldi
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Dec 25, 2025 |
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Safe passage for Rachmaninoff
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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Humperdinck's 'Into the Woods'?
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Dec 23, 2025 |
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Puccini's birthday
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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Diamond's First
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Dec 21, 2025 |
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Mozart in Salzburg, Bloch in America
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Dec 20, 2025 |
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Wendy Carlos synthesizes Purcell and Bach
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Dec 19, 2025 |
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Contrasting premieres by Tchaikovsky and Shostakovich
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Dec 18, 2025 |
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'Leif' insurance for Schubert?
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Dec 17, 2025 |
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On Beethoven, Saint-Saens, and fossil-hunting
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Dec 16, 2025 |
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Dvořák's 'Toy Story?'
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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Roumain's 'Ghetto Strings'
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Dec 14, 2025 |
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Mahler and Schoenfield at the Vaudeville?
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Dec 13, 2025 |
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Ravel and Zaimont
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Dec 12, 2025 |
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Bizet and Menotti on TV in the 1950s
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Dec 11, 2025 |
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Morton Gould
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Dec 10, 2025 |
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A sequel by Berlioz
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Dec 09, 2025 |
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Beethoven and Kernis in a somber mood
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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The New York Phil and Pearl Harbor
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Dec 07, 2025 |
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Brubeck's birthday
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Dec 06, 2025 |
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Janáček's 'Glagolitic'
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Dec 05, 2025 |
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Tchaikovsky and North endure unkind cuts
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Dec 04, 2025 |
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Jazz Age music by Gershwin and Harbison
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Dec 03, 2025 |