{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Music of the American Spirit 2","description":"Professor Carol considers the question &amp;quot;What is Music\r\nof the American Spirit?&amp;quot; by considering themes across two centuries of\r\nAmerican choral repertoire.&amp;nbsp; She discusses\r\nthe history, customs, and geography of America that inspire our diverse choral\r\nmusic, from Colonial times to the present, emphasizing texts of John Stirling\r\nWalker and Eric Johns, tunebooks and hymnals, liturgy, folk song, and\r\nspirituals.&amp;nbsp; \r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nWorks Discussed: Leonard Bernstein: Mass;\r\nAaron Copland: The Tender Land; Randall\r\nThompson: &quot;Alleluia&quot;; choral works by David Conte, Hubert Bird, Ned Rorem, William Billings,\r\nand Stephen Paulus.\r\n","author_name":"Professor Carol","author_url":"http:\/\/professorcarol.com","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/1123769\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/item\/1123769"}