American Mavericks
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Maverick Mixtapes: Richard Reed Parry
For Maverick Mixtapes, we asked musicians from different musical backgrounds to curate an hour of music that they deemed best fit the ideal of an "American Maverick." Today's featured... Mar 21, 2012
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Frederic Rzewski and DIY Music-Making
In this 2002 episode of WNYC's Soundcheck, host John Schaefer talks to maverick American icon Frederic Rzewski as well as fellow pianist-composers Michael Hersch and Russian-born Lera... Mar 21, 2012
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John Cage Provoked but Undisturbed
Cage slowly and deliberately lays out the development of his music. Mar 20, 2012
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Maverick Mixtapes: Dan Deacon
For Maverick Mixtapes, we asked musicians from different musical backgrounds to curate an hour of music that they deemed best fit the ideal of an "American Maverick." Today's featured... Mar 20, 2012
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Leonard Bernstein Talks Aging and Emerging Dreams
In this 1985 interview, Leonard Bernstein describes the influences his early education had upon the formation of the Young People's Concerts and feeling "cursed with this need to teach."
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Lisa Moore Hosts Hammered!
Pianist Lisa Moore hosts this week's installments of Hammered!, presenting music by composers like Scott Joplin, George Gershwin, Charles Ives, Conlon Nancarrow, Philip Glass, John Adams and many others.
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Maverick Mixtapes: Son Lux
For Maverick Mixtapes, we asked musicians from different musical backgrounds to curate an hour of music that they deemed best fit the ideal of an "American Maverick." Today's featured... Mar 19, 2012
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Bernstein and Copland Discuss American Music
In this 1950 appearance at Tanglewood, Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, Irving Fine and Lukas Foss gathered around a piano discuss what gives American music its special identity. Mar 16, 2012
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Maverick Mixtapes: Dave Douglas
For Maverick Mixtapes, we asked musicians from different musical backgrounds to curate an hour of music that they deemed best fit the ideal of an "American Maverick." Today's featured... Mar 16, 2012
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Maverick Mixtapes: Sam Hillmer
For Maverick Mixtapes, we asked musicians from different musical backgrounds to curate an hour of music that they deemed best fit the ideal of an "American Maverick." Today's featured... Mar 15, 2012