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Good Ol' Baroque
They weren't Garth Brooks fans, but Baroque composers were among the first to embrace "country music," writing rustic pieces about the countryside and using folk instruments. George Steel, conductor and director of Columbia University’s Miller Theater, shares some of this unusual music, including an obscure arrangement of Vivaldi's Four Seasons featuring the hurdy-gurdy and musette.
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