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Bookspan: Classical Music’s Little Giant: Franz Schubert

February 2, 2015 | Kent Teeters

The February 2015 edition of Looking Back to Bookspan’s “101 Masterpieces of Music and Their Composers” features a composer whose short stature and portly girth earned him the affectionate nickname of “Schwämmerl" (Little Mushroom) – Franz Schubert.

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Bookspan: Arabian Nights, Zoological Fun And A Well “Organized” Symphony

January 2, 2015 | Kent Teeters

The January 2015 edition of Looking Back to Bookspan’s “101 Masterpieces of Music and Their Composers” features Rimsky-Korsakov’s work based on Scheherazade’s stories from One Thousand and One Arabian Nights.

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Bookspan: It’s Not Just Kids Stuff – Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff And Ravel

November 24, 2014 | Kent Teeters

The December 2014 edition of Looking Back to Bookspan’s “101 Masterpieces of Music and Their Composers” explores the music of Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff and Ravel.

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Bookspan: The Best of Mozart

November 1, 2014 | Kent Teeters

This month on Looking Back to Bookspan’s “101 Masterpieces of Music and Their Composers," classical host Kent Teeters explores the best of Mozart.

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Bookspan: One Of The Most Congenial Of Composers And One Of The Most Maniacal.

September 30, 2014 | Kent Teeters

Kent Teeters compares and contrasts the lives of Felix Mendelssohn and Modest Mussorgsky.

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Bookspan: A Dramatic Concerto And Three Monumental Symphonies.

August 29, 2014 | Kent Teeters

The September 2014 edition of Looking Back to Bookspan’s “101 Masterpieces of Music and Their Composers” features a virtuosic piano concerto and three symphonies from the apex of the Romantic period of music.

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Bookspan: Romance, Religion And Symphonic Repertoire

July 29, 2014 | Kent Teeters

The August 2014 edition of Looking Back to Bookspan’s “101 Masterpieces of Music and Their Composers” features a famous romantic piano concerto, religious and secular music from the Baroque period, and three works from the “Father of the Symphony.”

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Bookspan: Fantastic Franck And Gems By Gershwin

June 30, 2014 | Kent Teeters

Kent Teeters looks at Bookspan's “101 Masterpieces of Music and Their Composers” and offers commentary on pieces by César Franck and George Gershwin.

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Bookspan: Engaging Elgar and Undervalued Dvorák

June 1, 2014 | Kent Teeters

The June 2014 edition of Looking Back to Bookspan’s “101 Masterpieces of Music and Their Composers” features a work that brought Edward Elgar international fame and the last three symphonies of Antonín Dvorák.

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Bookspan: Delightful Debussy And Dramatic Dvorák

May 1, 2014 | Kent Teeters

The May 2014 edition of Looking Back to Bookspan’s “101 Masterpieces of Music and Their Composers” features the vivid and evocative music of Debussy and a monumental cello concerto by Dvorák.