WMHT-FM: Your 24-Hour Classical Music Source
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WMHT-FM provides comprehensive classical music programming, combining original productions, distinctive specialty programs, live concert presentations and the talents of local and nationally-recognized hosts. On your radio dial at WMHT-FM 89.1 in New York's Capital Region and on WRHV-FM 88.7 in the Poughkeepsie area (and also available via HD radio), our station helps keep the arts thriving in our community by making wonderful classical music accessible to all. You can also listen to your favorite classical music online, thanks to the support of our generous members. Or, if you're on the go, you can listen to your classical companion on your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch via the WMHT-FM app. To your right, you'll find some of the faces that deliver the classical music you won't find anywhere else in the area. • Click here for a printable weekly WMHT-FM schedule grid. |
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Welcome to 'Composer’s Classroom,' an on-air/online/in-classroom partnership between WMHT-FM and the Mohonasen Central School District! You can hear Bill Winans on this month's composer just after the 7 a.m. news on Friday mornings on WMHT-FM.
WMHT's 'Composer of the Month' for February is Johannes Brahms (1833-1897), a German composer and pianist who was one of the leading composers of the romantic period.
Brahms was born into a musical family. His father, who became his first teacher, was proficient on several instruments, but was employed primarily as a horn and double-bass player. Although the family was by no means wealthy.
Brahms began formal musical study at age seven. Owing to his family’s poverty, young Johannes began playing professionally in some very unsavory venues such as dance halls, brothels and other seedy places in Hamburg. Although he concertized early and often, he did not become well known as a pianist until a concert tour at age 19. For more on Brahms check back here next Friday or click the links below:
• Brahms Information on Wikipedia
• List of Compositions by Brahms on Wikipedia
• Brahms Information from JohannesBrahms.org
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