Schickele Mix
1990s classical music program
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"Dedicated to the Proposition that All Musics are Created Equal"
Schickele Mix was a radio program hosted by Peter Schickele that explored Duke Ellington's maxim that "if it sounds good, it is good." In its original run, Schickele Mix ran for more than 175 episodes, combining seemingly diverse music such as Ravel, the Beach Boys, Willie Nelson, and Cole Porter into suites that demonstrated how different songs could unexpectedly share a similar musical technique or idea.
The first episodes of Schickele Mix were broadcast in January 1992. Mr. Schickele first introduced his concept with a suite of music by Gershwin,
Webern, and Mozart, followed by a suite of music by Philip Glass, Lenny Tristano, and Frederic Chopin. The first year of programs covered music from patter songs to melismas, techniques such as parallel motion and singing in the cracks, and song topics from birthdays to death, all illustrated with different types of music from all over the map and Mr. Schickele's unique and insightful commentary.
The initial run of Schickele Mix lasted until 1999, with rebroadcasts ceasing in 2007. This collection contains over 130 episodes--every one known to have been saved by fans. These recordings are airchecks and often include station breaks and other content, especially at their beginning and end.
- 6: Religious Music (48.4Mb)
- 10: Trio (47.7Mb)
- 15: Musical Criticism (101.2Mb)
- 17: Parallel #1 (unknown file size)
- 19: Parallel #2 (unknown file size)
- 20: Baroque Beatles Book (69.8Mb)
- 24: Parental (39.5Mb)
- 31: What Happens Between the Notes (35.2Mb)
- 33: A Musical Aviary (36Mb)
- 34: The Bach of Gibraltar (45.1Mb)
- 35: And I Quote (97Mb)
- 36: Ma & Pa Kettle Drum (35.9Mb)
- 37: The Big Chill-Out (40.9Mb)
- 39: The Devil To Pay (96.9Mb)
- 40: Varieties of Organic Experience (98Mb)
- 42: Dominant Characteristics (55.3Mb)
- 47: You Are, and You Sing About, What You Eat (60.2Mb)
- 49: Imitation is the Sincerest Form (66.5Mb)
- 50: A Pair of Chords That Will Last (57.3Mb)
- 51: Splitting the Octave (56.6Mb)
- 52: The Fugal Gourmet (58.7Mb)
- 53: Fugues: Can't Live With 'Em, Can't Live Without 'Em (37.7Mb)
- 55: Is There a Fugue in Your Future? (unknown file size)
- 56: Varieties of Variation (58.8Mb)
- 60: Weathering the Storm (50.7Mb)
- 62: True or Falsetto (36.4Mb)
- 65: License or Larceny? (unknown file size)
- 66: Say It and Sing It (52Mb)
- 67: Instrumental Exotica (40.9Mb)
- 68: What IS that Instrument? (40.2Mb)
- 69: For He Heard the Loud Bassoon (74.8Mb)
- 71: Back to Basics (84.7Mb)
- 72: Hold That Note! (79.2Mb)
- 73: Mutes and Mutability (63.6Mb)
- 74: A Many-Splendored String (73.9Mb)
- 75: Schickele Mix: The Movie (56.5Mb)
- 76: Do I Hear the Waltz? Well, Do I? (unknown file size)
- 77: Beyond the Blue Danube (48.7Mb)
- 78: Let's Get This Thing Over With! (59Mb)
- 79: Great Endings I Have Known (69.4Mb)
- 80: A Fargo Christmas (46.9Mb)
- 81: Why are Conductors Paid? (unknown file size)
- 82: Words Fail Me (42.8Mb)
- 83: Clarinet Marmalade (64.7Mb)
- 84: Clarinet Plus (66.2Mb)
- 85: What it Takes Two to (62Mb)
- 86: Pendulum in White Tie & Tails (57Mb)
- 87: First Things First (64.4Mb)
- 88: Ah, Youth! (67.3Mb)
- 89: Masculine/Feminine (60Mb)
- 90: Cherchez la Femme (59.4Mb)
- 91: You Can't Pin That On Me! (53.6Mb)
- 92: Climactic Conditions (73.3Mb)
- 93: Transitory Pleasures (73.5Mb)
- 94: There's Nothing Between Us, We're Just Good Friends (69.6Mb)
- 95: Prodigious Talents (66.8Mb)
- 96: He Hasn't Been the Same Since (45.3Mb)
- 97: Under the Influence (62.6Mb)
- 98: I've Got a Right to Be Influenced by the Blues (54.3Mb)
- 99: All That Jazz: The Early Years (66.1Mb)
- 100: Good Enough for Jazz (70.9Mb)
- 101: Green Dolphin is a Two-Way Street, But It's Got a Median Strip (69.7Mb)
- 102: Things Fall Apart (72.3Mb)
- 103: Background Information (72.6Mb)
- 104: "And How Would You Like that Prepared Sir?" "Harmonically, Please." (unknown file size)
- 105: Boom Chick & Beyond (71Mb)
- 106: "And How Would You Like that Prepared Sir?" "Rhythmically, Please." (unknown file size)
- 107: Folk Music, Schmolk Music! (74.6Mb)
- 108: The Whole Picture Includes the Frame (71.2Mb)
- 109: If It's a Folk Song, It Isn't Stealing (72.6Mb)
- 110: Exoticism Begins at Home (73.6Mb)
- 111: Leave the Playing to Us (59.6Mb)
- 112: Revenge of the Nerdy Instruments (71.7Mb)
- 113: We Never Make Misteaks (73.4Mb)
- 114: If It’s Worth Doing, It’s Worth Doing Again (74.8Mb)
- 115: And Now for Something Not Really So Very Different At All (71.6Mb)
- 116: Five Finger Exercises (71.6Mb)
- 117: Gin & Pentatonic (70.7Mb)
- 118: Vox Omnia (74.4Mb)
- 119: I Sing the Body Eclectic (77.4Mb)
- 120: The Ties That Bind (74.6Mb)
- 121: That Weird and Intoxicating Effect (74.6Mb)
- 122: The Count Is 3 and 2 (77.7Mb)
- 123: Keeping Christmas (77Mb)
- 124: Quintessential Music (77.9Mb)
- 125: My, That's an Odd Meter! (73.7Mb)
- 126: Loud and Portable (76.8Mb)
- 127: The Harmonie Ensemble: Life of the Party or Music Molester? (unknown file size)
- 128: Sonic Boomerangs (77.4Mb)
- 129: Opposition is True Friendship (79Mb)
- 130: The Reverbing of America (44.9Mb)
- 131: First Among Equals, and Don’t You Forget It, Buster (52.1Mb)
- 132: If You’ve Got It, Baby, Flaunt It! (73.5Mb)
- 133: SFX 1138 (75.7Mb)
- 134: No Animals Were Harmed in the Making of This Program (57.3Mb)
- 135: Clothes Encounters (23Mb)
- 136: All or Nothing (23.1Mb)
- 137: Marcia Exotica (63.3Mb)
- 138: From the Marching Field to the Concert Hall in Two Quick & Easy Steps (73.5Mb)
- 139: Symphonic March Music: All the Fun and None of the Responsibility (73.8Mb)
- 140: Bang the Drum Slowly (50.3Mb)
- 141: Marches Are Your Friends (72.9Mb)
- 143: Pick-Up Shticks (61.9Mb)
- 144: When Mr. Wrong Is Mr. Right: Part 1 (78Mb)
- 145: When Mr. Wrong Is Mr. Right: Part 2 (95.7Mb)
- 146: Mondo Glissando (78.6Mb)
- ppff: The Dynamic Art of Music (88.6Mb)
- 148: Hairpins for Really Big Hair (81.8Mb)
- 149: Wallflowers of the Woodwind Family (65Mb)
- 150: Polka Party at Pete’s Place (89.9Mb)
- 151: For Prague, With Love (77.3Mb)
- 152: Flea to Bee, You and Me (82.8Mb)
- Yuck! - More about...er, bugs (52.9Mb)
- 154: Your Standard B-Flat Bugs (87.3Mb)
- 155 Under the Weather (52.4Mb)
- 156 Forth & Back (88.3Mb)
- 157 The Gospel Accordian to Pete (88.5Mb)
- 158 Beer Drinker at a Cocktail Party (95.7Mb)
- 159 Accordion Hits the Big Time! (89.5Mb)
- 160: Day of Wrath, Day of Yuckyness (79.7Mb)
- 161: Every Witch Way (75.6Mb)
- 162: The End of the World is Nigh (89.8Mb)
- 163: Santa's Mixed Bag (60.8Mb)
- 164: Schickele Mix Sports Radio (78.2Mb)
- 165: Ostinati Obbligati (65.8Mb)
- #166 P G & I (52.6Mb)
- #167 Close Encounters of the Canonic Kind (87.5Mb)
- 168: Pastorale, and How It Grew (65.8Mb)
- #169 Playing by the Rules (83.6Mb)
- Listener Support Special #10: Classical Music, Say What? (unknown file size)
- Listener Support Special #11 - The Best of Schickele Mix, Part One - Partial (40.9Mb)
- Listener Support Special #4 - A Jug of Wine, a Loaf of Bread, and Thou (39.9Mb)
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