Composers Datebook®

Root music?

Composers Datebook for August 30, 2009

Synopsis

Music Played in Today's Program

George F. Root (1820 -1895) Battle Cry of Freedom Jacqueline Schwab, piano Nonesuch 79256

On This Day

Births

  • 1820 - American song composer and music publisher George F. Root; He wrote "The Battle Cry of Freedom" and "Tramp, Tramp, Tramp - The Boys are Marching

  • 1943 - American composer David Maslanka, in New Bedford, Mass.;

Premieres

  • 1933 - Barber: "School for Scandal" Overture, at a Robin Hood Dell concert by the Philadelphia Orchestra.

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Host John Birge presents a daily snapshot of composers past and present, with timely information, intriguing musical events and appropriate, accessible music related to each.

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