Timeline
开云体育 Classical host James Stewart on a journey into the events, characters and concepts that shaped our Western musical tradition. We start at the very beginning and trace the steps of music through history. This music, and its history, is ours.
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Hildegard of Bingen was a writer, composer, philosopher, mystic, abbess, polymath and a literal visionary of the 12th Century. -
Manuel Ponce was the first internationally recognized Mexican classical composer. Ponce鈥檚 music bridged the gaps between categories like popular,鈥� -
Teresa Carre帽o spent the majority of her life on tour, traveling around the world as an operatic soprano and virtuoso pianist. She was called the鈥� -
Elisabeth Blair is a composer, poet, artist and podcaster. Blair joins Timeline host, James Stewart, to discuss the inspiration of her podcast Listening鈥� -
Undine Smith Moore was a composer, a performer, an educator and an outspoken advocate for civil rights. She鈥檚 been called the 鈥淒ean of Black Women鈥� -
Julia Perry was a uniquely talented and educated composer, pianist and conductor. Her music is a combination of many different influences from her鈥� -
Archival recording of Langston Hughes:鈥淚鈥檝e known rivers:I鈥檝e known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins.My鈥� -
There has been a resurgence of interest in the music of Florence Price, just in the past 15 years or so. Timeline dives into her music and legacy. -
June 17th 1997, was 鈥淕eorge Walker Day鈥� in Washington DC as established by Mayor Marion Berry. It was a day to commemorate the life, music and legacy of鈥� -
William Grant Still was called the "Dean of Afro-American Composers." His career was full of "firsts"; milestones that broke through the racial and social barriers that were so prevalent in the United States.
