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Alt.Latino Goes Classical: Orchestral Music From Latin America

José Martinez's mariachi opera Cruzar La Cara De La Luna premiered at the Houston Grand Opera in 2010. Felix Sanchez/Houston Grand Opera hide caption

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Alt.Latino Goes Classical: Orchestral Music From Latin America

Hear re-imagined pre-Colombian music and arias from the jungles of Brazil and beyond, chosen with the help of Tom Huizenga from NPR Music's Deceptive Cadence.

Alt.Latino Goes Classical: Orchestral Music From Latin America

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Pope Benedict XVI Visits the U.S.

Composing for the Pope: A Church Music Primer

Throughout history, the papacy has been a powerful patron of music, from Gregorian chant to modern Masses. Historian Robert Greenberg notes that much of the finest music has come from composers associated with the Sistine Chapel.

Composing for the Pope: A Church Music Primer

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Josquin Des Prez's Luminous Sound

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The NPR Classical 50

Josquin Des Prez's Luminous Sound

He was the greatest composer of the Renaissance, and as significant a figure in his own day as Beethoven was in the early 19th century. Hear the pure, expressive sound of his Missa Pange Lingua illuminated brilliantly by a choral group called the Tallis Scholars.

Ted Libbey And Fred Child Recommend Josquin's Missa Pange Lingua

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