Resounding Verse
Join music theorist Stephen Rodgers as he explores how composers transform words into songs. Each episode discusses one poem and one musical setting of it. The music is diverse—covering a variety of styles and time periods, and focusing on composers from underrepresented groups—and the tone is accessible and personal. If you love poetry and song, no matter your background and expertise, this show is for you. Episodes are 20-40 minutes long and air every couple of months.
Podcasting since 2021 • 22 episodes
Resounding Verse
Latest Episodes
Labor Day: Lainie Fefferman and Jascha Narveson
I head back to university teaching tomorrow—and I know many teachers and students who are already back at it. In honor of this back-to-school season, here's an episode on a wild and wonderful song by New-York-based composers
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Season 4
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Episode 3
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34:08
Frosty in Desire: William Shakespeare and Rodrigo Ruiz
On September 27, 2024, Signum Records will release a recording of Rodrigo Ruiz's cycle of seventeen songs,
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Season 4
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Episode 2
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29:32
Alleluia: Nathaniel Bellows and Sarah Kirkland Snider
The Mass for the Endangered, by Nathaniel Bellows and
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Season 4
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Episode 1
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39:57
You're the One: Rhiannon Giddens
The title track from Rhiannon Giddens's recent album You're the One—which was just released by Nonesuch Records—is a love song, but not...
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Season 3
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Episode 3
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30:43
Songe (Dream): Maurice Bouchor and Mel Bonis
Have you ever felt as though a single moment—gazing into someone's eyes, listening to a passage of music, looking at a landscape—transports you to another realm? Maurice Bouchor's poem is about just this kind of experience, an experience that t...
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Season 3
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Episode 2
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33:39