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A group of sixth, seventh and eighth grade students realized there was no children's book about the composer Florence Price. So they wrote, illustrated and published their own. -
Renee Klahr/Think of the best songs of 2021 as a playlist catering to the most basic human urges. Within it, booties were called, muffins were buttered and bloody revenge was contemplated. It was quite a year.
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Music and an incredible story from the Mercury Prize winner, who started on the streets of Paris. -
With a Strauss waltz, a cheeky take on Strauss and a Beethoven concerto, conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin conjures the sound of old Vienna, once the musical capital of Europe.
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Hear the Paris native merge the oldest instrument, the human voice, with a palette of colorful electronic sounds, applied with a painter's touch.
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Alejandro Gonzalez Iñarritu's last film, Birdman, sparked Oscar controversy with its spare music. The Revenant features a swirl of sounds, anchored by the work of Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto.
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A brief, richly suggestive drone piece that conjures chilly atmospheres and faded family memories.
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"Prepared" guitar virtuoso explains the process behind a composition that is also a gift to her listeners.
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Composer and librettist Mark Adamo set out to write an emotionally honest opera about the commercialism of the Christmas season.
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A misunderstanding morphed into an exciting idea: Take 10 American composers to Cuba. Hear their Havana concert.
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Carpenter performed at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. this week. Scott Simon speaks with the virtuoso musician about his latest tour.
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David Lang was tasked with writing music for Michael Caine's character, an elderly composer who gets abruptly called out of retirement.
