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Category Archives: Music
The Folkways Collection
In 1948 Moses Asch (1905-1986) founded Folkways Records & Service Co. and began recording the folk music of the world. Never a smashing commercial success, Folkways succeeded in recording vast amounts of music–everything from Americans Woody Guthrie and Pete Seeger … Continue reading
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Tagged folk music, Folkways Records, Moses Asch, Smithsonian Institution
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More short courses from Vanderbilt U
Russia: Empire to Revolution is just one of several short courses available online for free from The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at Vanderbilt University. Sadly, two courses are available only as streaming webcasts. But if you want to do a … Continue reading
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Tagged Carole Bucy, Giancarlo Guerrero, John Lachs, Vanderbilt University
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Listening to Music at Yale
I’ve taken violin lessons and guitar lessons and listened to music all my life, but I’ve still found lots to learn from Listening to Music (website, audio feed, video feed), an introduction to music course taught by Yale musicologist Craig … Continue reading
Posted in Academic podcasts, Courses, Five-star professors, Music
Tagged Craig Wright, Open Yale Courses
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Music at McGill U
Do you want to hear great musicians and musicologists talk about the music they love? Check out Music (website, iTunes), a video podcast from Montreal’s McGill University. Unlike a lot of academic podcasts, these videos have great production values: beautiful … Continue reading
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Tagged Anton Kuerti, Ludwig van Beethoven, McGill University, piano sonatas
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And now for something completely different…
How about a bit of music on your iPod? UC San Diego’s spring 2009 course podcast roster has two potentially interesting music offerings. Introduction to Western Music (feed), Colin McAllister In the first lecture Professor Colin McAllister plays the guitar … Continue reading
