ClassicalBookspan: Classical Music’s Little Giant: Franz SchubertFebruary 2, 2015 | Kent TeetersThe 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.
ClassicalBookspan: Arabian Nights, Zoological Fun And A Well “Organized” SymphonyJanuary 2, 2015 | Kent TeetersThe 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.
ClassicalBookspan: It’s Not Just Kids Stuff – Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff And RavelNovember 24, 2014 | Kent TeetersThe December 2014 edition of Looking Back to Bookspan’s “101 Masterpieces of Music and Their Composers” explores the music of Prokofiev, Rachmaninoff and Ravel.
ClassicalBookspan: The Best of MozartNovember 1, 2014 | Kent TeetersThis month on Looking Back to Bookspan’s “101 Masterpieces of Music and Their Composers," classical host Kent Teeters explores the best of Mozart.
ClassicalBookspan: One Of The Most Congenial Of Composers And One Of The Most Maniacal.September 30, 2014 | Kent TeetersKent Teeters compares and contrasts the lives of Felix Mendelssohn and Modest Mussorgsky.
ClassicalBookspan: A Dramatic Concerto And Three Monumental Symphonies.August 29, 2014 | Kent TeetersThe 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.
ClassicalBookspan: Romance, Religion And Symphonic RepertoireJuly 29, 2014 | Kent TeetersThe 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.”
ClassicalBookspan: Fantastic Franck And Gems By GershwinJune 30, 2014 | Kent TeetersKent Teeters looks at Bookspan's “101 Masterpieces of Music and Their Composers” and offers commentary on pieces by César Franck and George Gershwin.
ClassicalBookspan: Engaging Elgar and Undervalued DvorákJune 1, 2014 | Kent TeetersThe 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.
ClassicalBookspan: Delightful Debussy And Dramatic DvorákMay 1, 2014 | Kent TeetersThe 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.
