Rise of the Electric Guitar

Published: May 5, 2012, 8 p.m.

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The electric guitar and classical music may seem like strange  bedfellows, but almost as soon as the instrument was invented, composers  devised ways to take advantage of its sonic possibilities.

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Hosted by Seth Boustead
\\nProduced by Jesse McQuarters

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Bob Dylan: Maggie\\u2019s Farm
\\nCharlie Christian: Solo Flight (excerpt)
\\nLeonard Bernstein: Simple Song from Mass
\\nDonald Erb: Trio for Violin, Electric Guitar and Cello (excerpt)
\\nMorton Feldman: Straits of Magellan
\\nGeorge Crumb: La Guitarra from Songs, Dances and Refrains of Death
\\nElliott Sharp: Vicious Cycle for electric guitar, electric bass & percussion
\\nSteve Reich: Electric Counterpoint, III
\\nSteve Mackey: San Francisco
\\nMark Anthony Turnage: Shout from. Blood on the Floor
\\nDaniel Lippel: Scaffold

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