Classics for Kids - Zoltan Kodaly August 2012 Program 3 - Classical Composers Who Used Folk Music

From: WGUC
Length: 06:30

Zoltán Kodály was not the only composer to use folk tunes in the music he wrote. Here are some others. Read the full description.

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Cfkbox_120x120_1__small Zoltán Kodály was not the only composer to use folk tunes in the music he wrote. Here are some others.

Ives loved to put hymns into his music. A look at other 20th Century American composers who did the same.

Ives was not the only composer to put borrowed tunes in his music. Many classical composers used folk music in the pieces they wrote.

In his Country Band March Ives combined a tune that he wrote with bits and pieces of many other popular and folk tunes.

The Life and Music of Charles Ives

Music that is so famous by itself that you could forget it is part of an opera.

Denyce Graves talks to host Naomi Lewin about her career as an opera singer.

Naomi tells the tale of Aida.

The Life and Music of Giuseppe Verdi

A look at the components of an opera.

90 second modules that celebrate the natural world and bring the wonder of nature into daily life

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