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At the core of the Weimar agenda was a turn toward program music.
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Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
Walsh provides biographical sketches of composers and assessments of their work, and weaves in subplots across decades and geography—the impact of nationalism, the development of program music, the ubiquitous spectre of Beethoven.
—The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2022
Arutyunyan’s team whizzed by as coaches scrutinized their arm placements, knelt to watch skate movement and replayed the opening notes of one skater’s program music.
—Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2022
The Nash has done its best to program music during the pandemic.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 3 June 2021
The Miami location, layered in murals by local artists, has a partnership with Sweat Records, the Little Haiti vinyl mecca that will help program music and provide records in the brewery’s onsite shop.
—Ben Crandell, sun-sentinel.com, 12 May 2021
The 21-year-old's concerts mix programmed music with his skilled keyboard performance, and watching him churn out complicated and speedy refrains and chords onstage is like watching Louis Cole's drumming, only on keyboards instead.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 7 Feb. 2020
Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra and the Narashino High School brass band appeared together on the popular music program Music Station on Nov. 8 and performed the track live on TV for the first time.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 14 Nov. 2019
Which just goes to show that the computer doesn't always know how to program music.
—Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY, 19 June 2018
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Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2023
Walsh provides biographical sketches of composers and assessments of their work, and weaves in subplots across decades and geography—the impact of nationalism, the development of program music, the ubiquitous spectre of Beethoven.
—The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2022
Arutyunyan’s team whizzed by as coaches scrutinized their arm placements, knelt to watch skate movement and replayed the opening notes of one skater’s program music.
—Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 11 Feb. 2022
The Nash has done its best to program music during the pandemic.
—Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 3 June 2021
The Miami location, layered in murals by local artists, has a partnership with Sweat Records, the Little Haiti vinyl mecca that will help program music and provide records in the brewery’s onsite shop.
—Ben Crandell, sun-sentinel.com, 12 May 2021
The 21-year-old's concerts mix programmed music with his skilled keyboard performance, and watching him churn out complicated and speedy refrains and chords onstage is like watching Louis Cole's drumming, only on keyboards instead.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 7 Feb. 2020
Tokyo Ska Paradise Orchestra and the Narashino High School brass band appeared together on the popular music program Music Station on Nov. 8 and performed the track live on TV for the first time.
—Billboard Japan, Billboard, 14 Nov. 2019
Which just goes to show that the computer doesn't always know how to program music.
—Jefferson Graham, USA TODAY, 19 June 2018
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“Program music.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/program%20music. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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