All Those Notes

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As youngsters, they learned to play an instrument and some became better at it than others. Those who kept at it often made it a career and became famous as musicians, mentors and teachers. Some of them took their skills and special talent in a different direction. Hear how composers turn historical events, people, places and adventure into All Those Notes with Shari Barbour.

Shari Barbour


    • Apr 26, 2025 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 96 EPISODES


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    All Those Notes 096 - O'Carolan

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 26, 2025 2:06


    A beloved Irish music icon.

    All Those Notes 095 - The Pedal Harp

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 29, 2024 2:07


    Beautiful and unique.

    All Those Notes 094 - Rameau

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2024 2:06


    He left his mark on French Baroque music.

    All Those Notes 093 - Steel Drums

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2024 2:12


    Unique instruments with a distinct and lively sound.

    All Those Notes 092 - Carl Stalling

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 10, 2024 2:07


    American musical genius.

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    All Those Notes 091 - Debussy

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2024 2:06


    "He brought a new kind of beauty into the world." (Pierre Boulez)

    All Those Notes 090 - Villa-Lobos

    Play Episode Listen Later May 1, 2024 2:06


    Brazil's most famous composer.

    All Those Notes 089 - Theremin

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2024 2:05


    Unique, mesmerizing and hypnotic.

    All Those Notes 088 - Granados

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2024 2:06


    One of the leading Spanish composers of the "Beautiful Age".

    All Those Notes 087 - Butterworth

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2023 2:06


    A composer of great promise - unfulfilled.

    All Those Notes 086 - Enescu

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2023 2:10


    "One of the greatest geniuses of modern music." (Pablo Casals)

    All Those Notes 085 - Overture

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 20, 2023 2:07


    Opener, curtain raiser, and concert piece.

    All Those Notes 084 - MacDowell

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2023 2:06


    The American Grieg.

    All Those Notes 083 - Ives

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 1, 2023 2:07


    This maverick did not write "pretty" music.

    All Those Notes 082 - Fanny Mendelssohn

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 22, 2023 2:06


    Where there's a will, there's a way.

    All Those Notes 081 - Korngold

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 30, 2023 2:06


    "Music is music whether it is for the stage, rostrum or cinema." (E.W. Korngold)

    All Those Notes 080 - Celeste

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 12, 2022 2:08


    The instrument with an unmistakable sound.

    All Those Notes 079 - Irving Berlin

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2022 2:08


    One of the most iconic and famous songwriters in American history.

    All Those Notes 078 - Godard

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 4, 2022 2:07


    French violinist and Romantic era composer.

    All Those Notes 077 - Leroy Anderson

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2022 2:12


    More than a musician.

    All Those Notes 076 - De Falla

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2022 2:12


    A great 20th Century musician and composer.

    All Those Notes 075 - Virgil Thomson

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2022 2:09


    One of the most important American composers of the 20th century.

    All Those Notes 074 - Hummel

    Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2022 2:10


    Important in linking the Classical Era to the Romantic.

    All Those Notes 073 - Delius

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 25, 2022 2:08


    His heart was set on becoming a composer.

    All Those Notes 072 - Meyerbeer

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 24, 2022 2:05


    The most important composer of French Grand Opera.

    All Those Notes 071 - Rutter

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 24, 2022 2:11


    Well-known present-day composer, choral conductor and music scholar.

    All Those Notes 070 - Sibelius

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 26, 2022 2:12


    He lit a candle in the world of music that will never go out. (Vaughan-Williams)

    All Those Notes 069 - Nicolai

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 22, 2021 2:13


    Famous for an opera based on a Shakespeare play.

    All Those Notes 068 - Foster

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2021 2:12


    Father of American music.

    All Those Notes 067 - Bartok

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 27, 2021 2:12


    A great 20th century composer.

    All Those Notes 066 - Corelli

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2021


    One of the most influential violinists of all time.

    All Those Notes 065 - Offenbach

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2021 2:13


    Father of the operetta.

    All Those Notes 064 - Boyce

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2021 2:13


    A great contributor to Late Baroque and Early Classical music.

    All Those Notes 063 - Satie

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2021 2:14


    An eccentric composer of piano miniatures.

    All Those Notes 062 - Bolcom

    Play Episode Listen Later May 29, 2021 2:12


    An award-winning, versatile, contemporary American composer.

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    All Those Notes 061 - Britten

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 28, 2021 2:12


    20th century ambassador of music for everyone.

    All Those Notes 060 - Waldteufel

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2021


    A famous composer of dances.

    All Those Notes 059 - Clara Schumann

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2021 2:14


    An important force in the world of music, who happened to be a woman.

    All Those Notes 058 - Rachmaninoff

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2021 2:14


    Legendary piano virtuoso, composer and conductor.

    All Those Notes 057 - St. Nicholas

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2020 2:20


    A poem by M. Moore.

    All Those Notes 056 - Ungar

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2020 2:16


    Musician, composer and his life-changing piece of music.

    All Those Notes 055 - Copland

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2020 2:16


    Ambassador for American music - loved, admired and respected all over the world.

    All Those Notes 054 - Salieri

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2020 2:15


    An important 18th century composer and teacher.

    All Those Notes 053 - Purcell

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2020 2:15


    The English Orpheus.

    All Those Notes 052 - Gottschalk

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 25, 2020 2:15


    New Orleans' first international superstar.

    All Those Notes 051 - Hildegard von Bingen

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 12, 2020 2:15


    Religious mystic known for her literary works and songs.

    All Those Notes 050 - Faure

    Play Episode Listen Later May 15, 2020 2:15


    He had the courage to implement change.

    All Those Notes 049 - Grieg

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2020 2:15


    A master of small-scale forms. But, did you know...

    All Those Notes 048 - Albeniz

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2020 2:15


    A leader in the Nationalist movement of Spanish music.

    All Those Notes 047 - Lully

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2020 2:15


    Founder of French Opera.

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    All Those Notes 046 - Paganini

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2020 2:15


    A 19th century superstar.

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