U.S. Navy CPO Graham Jackson, with tears of grief, plays "Goin' Home," from Dvorak's 'New World' Symphony, as President Franklin D. Roosevelt's body is carried from Warm Springs, Ga., where he died. Ed Clark/Life Picture Collection/Getty hide caption
Robert Siegel is retiring from NPR after 40 years. Over his tenure, he's interviewed many classical musicians. Stephen Voss/NPR hide caption
Amy Beach, with her 1896 "Gaelic" Symphony, was among America's early symphonic composers. Library of Congress hide caption
Conductor JoAnn Falletta. Cheryl Gorski/courtesy of the artist hide caption
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The Ohio-based composer Jack Gallagher writes music that is intellectually stimulating, and immediately appealing. Naxos records hide caption