Classical Nerd
A documentary series at the intersection of history and theory, hosted by composer and PhD candidate Thomas Little.
Kaija Saariaho: The First Post-Spectralist
The Dizzying Math of Conlon Nancarrow
Bedřich Smetana and the War for the Czech Spirit
The Perceptual Revelations of James Tenney
The “Supermusic” of Alvin Lucier
Satie's Nostalgic Masterpiece
George Crumb: The Method Behind the Magic
What is Sign Language Music? [with Dr. Anabel Maler]
The Tradition and Revolution of Max Reger
Schenker (and his Analysis): An Introduction
Do Different Keys Mean Different Things?
Witold Lutosławski and the Taming of Chance
Tuning: An Introduction
Samuel Barber: “Hounded by Success” (with Howard Pollack)
The Fractal Music of Charles Wuorinen
The Woman Whose Millions Shaped 20th-Century Music | The Patronage of Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge
"The Dean of Afro-American Composers:" William Grant Still’s Life and Work (with Celeste Headlee)
Marian Anderson: “Once in a Hundred Years”
Musical Americana: Stephen Foster, Minstrelsy, and the Birth of Popular Music
Charles Ives: The Eternal Maverick
The Diatonic Scale is Unique, and Here's Why
The Enigmatic Edward Elgar
Robert Carl on Postmodernism, Spectralism, Studying with Xenakis, and More
How We (Don’t) Talk About Music: Cross-Domain Mapping
How Arvo Pärt Tintinnabulates
Schumann’s Diminished Ninth
Write More Parallel Fifths
Franz Liszt: Titan of the Piano
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