For most people, “early music” means Beethoven, Bach and Debussy. But scholar Angela Mariani is interested in what came before those composers.
On this week’s Here & Now DJ Session, host Jeremy Hobson speaks with Mariani, host of the nationally syndicated radio show “ Harmonia Early Music” from WFIU Public Radio, which highlights medieval, renaissance and baroque music.
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Music From The Segment
“La Rosette,” composed by Michael Praetorius; performed by Piffaro
“Mith hierthae brendher,” composed by Anonymous; performed by Ensemble Peregrina
“Diferencias sobre el canto llano de caballero,” composed by Antonio de Cabezón; performed by Byron Schenkman
“Der Leiermann,” composed by Franz Schubert; performed by Nataša Mirkovic-DeRo and Matthias Loibner
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