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Classical music: Happy Fourth of July! Here is a five-hour playlist of mostly classical music for Independence Day
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CORRECTION: Friday’s post about the fourth annual Handel Aria Competition made a mistake about when it will be held. The correct time is next FRIDAY, July 8, at 7:30 p.m. in Mills Hall. The Ear regrets the error. General admission is $10. Here is a link with more information:
By Jacob Stockinger
Today is the Fourth of July, 2016.
It’s Independence Day. (The image below is by Nicholas Kamm of Getty Images.)
The Ear doesn’t have to do much work today to mark the occasion, the most important national holiday.
NPR, or National Public Radio, did it for him.
The Deceptive Cadence blog asks: What makes American music American?
And the public radio network provided a FIVE-HOUR playlist of mostly classical music to help you celebrate.
The Ear is very impressed with the variety of music and composers.
He hopes you will be too. It is worth checking out even if you don’t play a lot of it. Or any of it, for that matter.
Here is it:
Enjoy and have a Happy Fourth – and feel free to leave a COMMENT with your own favorite choice, especially if it has been omitted from the NPR list.
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