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Between the Barlines

Between the Barlines

By: Maeve Berry
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After recently earning a Doctor of Musical Arts, Dr. Maeve Berry is passionate to help others learn and prepare for the daunting task of completing any type of music comprehensive exam about all things music! These episodes are also great for the on-the-go studier or music-curious learner and enjoyer! Join her for short, mini episodes on all topics music history and theory! Visit her website maeveberrypiano.com for more resources and other information. Posting every other weekday!

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Episodes
  • Total Serialism
    Feb 20 2026

    Welcome Back to Between the Barlines! I am your host, Dr. Maeve Berry! Today, we are going to continue talking about serialism, but we are going to address some other composers who latched on to Schoenberg’s new 12-tone technique. These composers did not only that, but also expanded this technique to crazy levels. We call this, total serialism. Some composers who embraced this were Milton Babbitt, Pierre Boulez, and Karlheinz Stockhausen. We will also talk about Luciano Berio in this episode.

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    Music mentioned in this podcast:

    Babbitt Three Compositions for Piano

    Boulez Structures for two pianos :https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6sfGLoF5IUY

    Stockhausen Kontra-Punkte

    Stockhausen Gruppen

    Berio Sequenza III for solo voice

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    7 mins
  • Olivier Messiaen: the birdman
    Feb 18 2026

    Welcome Back to Between the Barlines! Today, we are going to speak about another composer who was particularly influential in this post-tonal timeframe that we are going through - and that was Olivier Messiaen. I know I said in the last episode we would be chatting more about serialist composers and extensions of serialism, but I think it is important that we discuss Messiaen, as many of those composers studied with him.

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    Music mentioned in this episode:

    Quatuor pour la fin du Temps (Quartet for the End of Time)

    Vingt regards sur l’enfant-jésus

    Poèmes pour mi

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    8 mins
  • Igor Stravinsky
    Feb 16 2026

    Welcome back to Between the Barlines! I am your host, Dr. Maeve Berry! Today we have a fun episode where we are going to explore all about the composer Igor Stravinsky. I also have a special guest joining me, because I am currently in Toledo, OH where I just saw Donizetti’s Elixir of Love. Please welcome Rick Hale to the podcast!

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    Music mentioned in the podcast:

    Rite of Spring

    Firebird

    Petrushka

    The Rake's Progress

    Pulcinella

    Requiem Canticles

    Movements for Piano and Orchestra

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    9 mins
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