Composers Datebook
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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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Libby Larsen’s Trio
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Aug 22, 2026 |
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Bingham's Secret Garden
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Aug 21, 2026 |
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Jacopo Peri and early opera
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Aug 20, 2026 |
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Edward Collins escapes to Wisconsin
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Aug 19, 2026 |
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Monteverdi gets mugged (and a new job)
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Aug 18, 2026 |
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Arvo Part's "Brothers" in Salzburg
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Aug 17, 2026 |
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Gershwin and Daugherty go Latin
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Aug 16, 2026 |
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Leon Theremin's good vibrations
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Aug 15, 2026 |
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A posthumous premiere for Richard Strauss
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Aug 14, 2026 |
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Of Wagner, Tubas and Gyorgy Kurtag
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Aug 13, 2026 |
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Edison, for the record
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Aug 12, 2026 |
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Johann Strauss in Salzburg (and Vienna)
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Aug 11, 2026 |
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William Henry Fry
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Aug 10, 2026 |
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'Morning Revisited' by Raksin
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Aug 09, 2026 |
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Poulenc's 'Model Animals'
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Aug 08, 2026 |
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Catalani's La Wally
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Aug 07, 2026 |
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Rebecca Clarke
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Aug 06, 2026 |
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Musgrave's Postcard
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Aug 05, 2026 |
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William Schuman, Chairman of the Board
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Aug 04, 2026 |
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Salieri opens La Scala
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Aug 03, 2026 |
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Harbison's 'Three City Blocks'
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Aug 02, 2026 |
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Jack Delano
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Aug 01, 2026 |
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Sousa leaves the Marine Band
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Jul 31, 2026 |
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William Schuman on the George Washington Bridge
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Jul 30, 2026 |
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Gene Gutche
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Jul 29, 2026 |
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World War I in Europe, Bach in America
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Jul 28, 2026 |
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Bernard Herrmann gets a pink slip from Hitch
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Jul 27, 2026 |
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Seeing things at Wagner's 'Parsifal'
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Jul 26, 2026 |
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Opera Glass?
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Jul 25, 2026 |
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Arnaud's after-the-fact Olympic tune
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Jul 24, 2026 |