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Lara Downes' new album, America Again, comes out Oct. 28. Rik Keller/Courtesy of the artist. hide caption

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Review: Lara Downes, 'America Again'

October 20, 2016 • Hear the pianist's portrait of America in a smartly programmed, wide-ranging anthology of solo piano works by composers past and present; male and female; straight and gay; white, black and Latino.

Marches Madness: High-Stepping To Scott Joplin

Mezzo-soprano Grace Bumbry (center) in a 2010 production of Scott Joplin's Treemonisha at the Châtelet Theater in Paris. Joel Saget/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

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Deceptive Cadence

Marches Madness: High-Stepping To Scott Joplin

March 19, 2013 • While Scott Joplin was the king of ragtime, he had his heart set on writing opera. His only surviving score, Treemonisha, ends with a slow march that's "happy as a bird in June."

Road Trip: Songs to Drive By

Classical Road Trip: Musical Milestones

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June 10, 2008 • Tired of paying too much for gas? Take a virtual road trip with some of America's greatest composers. Stops include Leonard Bernstein's New York and Charles Ives' New England, Ferde Grofe's Grand Canyon and Virgil Thomson's Great Plains.

Music

Joplin's Ragtime Style Lives on in Print and Song

April 18, 2006 • Scott Joplin was once among America's most popular songwriters. The son of a former slave, his Ragtime music swept the nation more than 100 years ago.

Joplin's Ragtime Style Lives on in Print and Song

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