REARRANGED considers the meaning we take from songs by examining an under appreciated aspect of their creation: the arrangement.
Latest episodes
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45 min
EPISODE 5: Listen to What's Not There
The music arranger’s power to put a listener inside a song.Songwriters write the songs—duh—but arrangers determine how we hear them. To arrange a song is to make a series of musica…
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48 min
EPISODE 4: “Mere Mechanics”
Don’t mess with my melody! What happens when arrangers end up in court.Copyright law is supposed to incentivize creative expression, but court rulings on arrangements have had the…
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42 min
EPISODE 3: The Sound and the Song
How revolutions in recording technology remade the sound of the popular song.Studio technology has evolved from Edison's massive and unwieldy acoustic horn to an infinite array of…
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26 min
EPISODE 2: “So Much for Originality”
Arrangements are often belittled as second-hand, second-class music. We’ll discover their potential for stunning originality. A pianist and a scholar of Franz Liszt show us the pro…
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39 min
EPISODE 1: "Listen to What's There"
In this pilot episode of Rearranged, Lawrence Lanahan explores the life and music of someone who helped Miles Davis create some of his most unforgettable music: arranger Gil Evans.…
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1 min
Trailer
A preview of the podcast REARRANGED, wich considers the meaning we take from songs by examining an under appreciated aspect of their creation: the arrangement. Premieres February 2…