Music History Monday

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Exploring Music History with Professor Robert Greenberg one Monday at a time. Every Monday Robert Greenberg explores some timely, perhaps intriguing and even, if we are lucky, salacious chunk of musical information relevant to that date, or to … whatever. If on (rare) occasion these features appear a tad irreverent, well, that’s okay: we would do well to remember that cultural icons do not create and make music but rather, people do, and people can do and say the darndest things.

Recent Episodes
  • Music History Monday: An American in Paris
    Aug 26, 2024 – 20:08
  • Music History Monday: Serge Pavlovich Diaghilev
    Aug 19, 2024 – 18:59
  • Music History Monday: Giovanni Gabrieli and the Miracle That is Venice!
    Aug 12, 2024 – 22:29
  • Music History Monday: The First Professional Composer
    Aug 5, 2024 – 22:32
  • Music History Monday: Cass Elliot and the Making of an Urban Legend
    Jul 29, 2024 – 18:10
  • Music History Monday: Shake, Rattle, and Roll
    Jul 22, 2024 – 10:49
  • Music History Monday: An Indispensable Person
    Jul 15, 2024 – 24:01
  • Music History Monday: What’s in a Name?
    Jul 8, 2024 – 17:41
  • Music History Monday: The Sony Walkman: A Triumph and a Tragedy!
    Jul 1, 2024 – 17:57
  • Music History Monday: Boogie Fever
    Jun 24, 2024 – 11:58
  • Music History Monday: Unsung Heroes
    Jun 17, 2024 –
  • Music History Monday: Let Us Quaff from the Cup: Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde
    Jun 10, 2024 –
  • Music History Monday: Ludwig von Köchel and the Seemingly Impossible Task
    Jun 3, 2024 –
  • Music History Monday: “Inappropriate”
    May 27, 2024 –
  • Music History Monday: A Difficult Life
    May 20, 2024 – 20:22
  • Music History Monday: What Day is Today?
    May 13, 2024 – 20:39
  • Music History Monday: The Evolution of Western Pop Music: USA (1960-2010)
    May 6, 2024 – 16:04
  • Music History Monday: The Duke
    Apr 29, 2024 – 15:45
  • Music History Monday Replay: “The Empress” – Bessie Smith
    Apr 15, 2024 – 20:34
  • Music History Monday: The Guy Who Wrote the “Waltz”
    Apr 8, 2024 – 19:47
  • Music History Monday: Bob Dylan: Nobel Laureate
    Apr 1, 2024 – 26:45
  • Music History Monday: The Towering Inferno
    Mar 25, 2024 – 21:30
  • Music History Monday: Fake It ‘til You Make It
    Mar 18, 2024 – 24:07
  • Music History Monday: An Opera Profane and Controversial: Verdi’s Rigoletto
    Mar 11, 2024 – 20:10
  • Music History Monday: Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake and Some Myths Debunked
    Mar 4, 2024 – 21:42
  • Music History Monday: Too Late to Matter for Georges Bizet, though Better Late Than Never for the Rest of Us
    Feb 26, 2024 – 21:07
  • Music History Monday: Frankie and Johnny, and Helen and Lee
    Feb 19, 2024 – 18:43
  • Music History Monday: Unauthorized Use
    Feb 12, 2024 – 24:53
  • Music History Monday: Getting Back to Work!
    Feb 5, 2024 – 19:37
  • Music History Monday: Idomeneo
    Jan 29, 2024 – 22:12
  • Music History Monday: Johannes Brahms, Piano Concerto No. 1
    Jan 22, 2024 – 19:14
  • Music History Monday: American Pie
    Jan 15, 2024 – 26:24
  • Music History Monday: Pianist, Conductor, Composer, and a Cuckold for the Ages
    Jan 8, 2024 – 29:56
  • Music History Monday: Shostakovich Symphony No. 13
    Dec 18, 2023 – 22:47
  • Music History Monday: The “Amusa”
    Dec 11, 2023 – 15:49
  • Music History Monday: Unplayable
    Dec 4, 2023 – 13:49
  • Music History Monday: Richard Strauss, Stanley Kubrick, Friedrich Nietzsche, and “Thus Spoke Zarathustra”
    Nov 27, 2023 – 21:35
  • Music History Monday: The Great-Grandmother of All Concert Tours: Elton John’s “Farewell Yellow Brick Road: The Final Tour”
    Nov 20, 2023 – 18:01
  • Music History Monday: Gioachino Rossini and the Comedic Mind
    Nov 13, 2023 – 19:54
  • Music History Monday: The March King
    Nov 6, 2023 – 19:26
  • Music History Monday: Franz Schubert: An Unfinished Symphony; An Unfinished Life
    Oct 30, 2023 – 24:59
  • Music History Monday: Al Jolson and the Painful Legacy of Blackface
    Oct 23, 2023 – 21:33
  • Music History Monday: Mathilde Made Him Do It!
    Oct 16, 2023 – 29:59
  • Music History Monday: The Parrot
    Oct 9, 2023 – 17:52
  • Music History Monday: 710 Ashbury Street, San Francisco, California
    Oct 2, 2023 – 17:52
  • Music History Monday: In a Class by Himself
    Sep 25, 2023 – 27:00
  • Music History Monday: Jimi Hendrix and the 27 Club
    Sep 18, 2023 – 24:26
  • Music History Monday: They Did Not Go Gently…
    Sep 11, 2023 – 20:08
  • Music History Monday: On the Spectrum
    Sep 4, 2023 – 25:59
  • Music History Monday: Lohengrin
    Aug 28, 2023 – 21:11
Recent Reviews
  • marketpop
    So Good!!!
    Don’t miss this podcast!
  • Hgvbko
    Robert Greenberg
    The must enjoyable podcast ever. Each Monday is better than the last.
  • JC-2013
    Excellent podcast
    Dr. Greenberg is always highly entertaining and informative. He’s a master at putting music in context and making it part of a larger story. It’s a podcast that I listen to as soon as it shows up in my feed.
  • rellybelly
    A hidden gem!
    I found Dr. Greenberg through a free audible download of “Music As a Mirror of History”. After devouring the audiobook, I looked for more of his work and stumbled upon this podcast. This is absolute gold. Thank you, Dr. Bob!
  • Sp Ri
    Go Dr. Bob!!!
    Dr. Greenberg is one of the finest lecturers I have encountered in any academic discipline. An accomplished master of the musical arts and remarkably well-versed in history and literature, Dr. Greenberg wears his deep erudition with effortless grace and jocularity. For the listener seeking a first tour through the wondrous but intimidating world of the classic Western musical repertoire, I can think of no better (or friendlier or funnier) guide than Dr. Bob. — Naturally, great teachers like Dr. Greenberg are becoming rarer and rarer at the modern American university. The reason is simple: effective defenders of Western culture are no longer welcome there, nor indeed is any scholar who would dare to question (let alone oppose) the rising tide of neofascist race hysteria within academia. Thank God that the internet has given Dr. Greenberg a form of academic freedom that is unassailable by merciless authoritarian children and their pusillanimous abettors in the administrative offices. — Let’s make it worth Dr. Bob’s while to be here, for he surely makes it worth our while to tune in!
  • VigMusic
    Without equal
    Prof. Greenberg is without peer. He’s a vast resource of obscure musical knowledge, and a master storyteller. His hypnotic and engaging voice has sparked my interest in areas of music I had never considered. I’m forever grateful I stumbled upon him.
  • Hoosier Bookie
    Tremendous!
    Professor Greenberg is a real treasure. He not only provides great information, he does it in an entertaining and masterful way. This podcast is worth your time.
  • Mudpie55
    Valuable!
    Thank you Mr Greenberg for providing this weekly musical history offering. One of my favorite podcasts,
  • nikasm
    Funny!
    Informative and funny- I laugh out loud at least a few times each episode.
  • IndreVis
    A great new addition to music podcasts by a star!
    Bob Greenberg is a legend among music historians. As a composer and frequent lecturer, he brings a depth to music history that is hard to find elsewhere. But what makes him and this podcast truly exceptional is Bob's charisma. With over 600 taped lectures under his belt, he knows how to tell a great story and his knowledge of music history is unparalleled. Anyone interested in the backstory behind great music needs to subscribe asap!
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