http://2bitmusicologists.comenMusic HistoryCopyright skye johnsonhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/823af464a5998c907b55df920a1ef949.jpghttp://2bitmusicologists.comTue, 04 Jun 2024 17:47:18 +0000skye johnsonskye johnson2bitmusicologists@gmail.comJoin Skye and Elizabeth as they do deep dives on the footnotes of music history! Strengthen your trivia game as they reveal the imperfections, eccentricities, and sometimes-sordid sides of the composers and shows we’ve put on a pedestal.trueepisodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/s2e9-a-long-days-journey-into-night--49492946https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49492946Wed, 27 Apr 2022 05:45:02 +0000skye johnsonJoin Elizabeth and Skye as they dive into Eugene O'Neill's famous drama A Long Day's Journey Into Night. We'll discuss the addictions that plague his characters and the production that started Elizabeth's true journey into theater! As we started the...1893american,drama,eugene,hepburn,o'neill,play,playwrite,theaterfalse2fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/s2e8-giving-thanks-the-methodist-way--49479997https://api.spreaker.com/episode/49479997Tue, 19 Apr 2022 16:13:43 +0000skye johnsonJoin Skye, Elizabeth, and Pastor Bob as we discuss the music of the Methodist Church and it's critical role in our Thanksgiving episode! You may be thinking, Thanksgiving? That was six months ago! Well...nobodies perfect ;)1963charleswesley,circuitrider,hymns,johnwesley,methodism,methodist,wesleyfalse2fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/s2e7-the-tales-of-beetle-and-the-peer--47246981https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47246981Sun, 31 Oct 2021 19:40:32 +0000skye johnsonIn the last installment of 2021 Spooky Season, Elizabeth discusses Beetlejuice the Musical, we both get sidetracked by King Kong, Jack Black, Hugh Jackman and Ryan Reynolds, and Skye tells the story of Peer Gynt! Music featured in the episode was...1662beetlejuice,broadway,grieg,gynt,ibsen,incidental,peerfalse2fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/s2e6-the-addams-family-s-day-of-wrath--47235332https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47235332Sat, 30 Oct 2021 18:45:06 +0000skye johnsonFor the second Halloween installment, Elizabeth talks about the Broadway musical about Skye's favorite family, The Addams Family. Then it's a hard left turn from the mysterious and cooky family as Skye dives into the Dies Irae, or Day of Wrath, and...1551addams,broadway,choral,diesirae,requiem,verdifalse2fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/s2e5-hyde-you-re-psycho--47149747https://api.spreaker.com/episode/47149747Mon, 25 Oct 2021 20:00:51 +0000skye johnsonTHIS IS HALLOWEEN! Jump into the music of Psycho and explore literatures most notorious bi-polar disorder, Jekyll and Hyde.2063bates,herrmann,hitchcock,hyde,jekyll,musicals,psycho,stevenson,wildhorntrue2fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/s2e4-a-night-with-promusica--46745099https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46745099Wed, 29 Sep 2021 17:24:24 +0000skye johnsonFor Skye and Elizabeth's second outing of the year, they head of to Columbus' own ProMusica Chamber Orchestra! With special guests David Danzmayr and Janet Chen, we'll dive into what ProMusica is and how classical music is alive today.3454beethoven,chen,classical,danzmayr,foley,history,music,promusicafalse2fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/s2e3-come-from-away-and-gottschalk-an-american-tribute--46628642https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46628642Wed, 22 Sep 2021 04:15:03 +0000skye johnsonJoin Beth and Skye as they remember those we lost on September 11th, 20 years ago. Elizabeth talks about Come From Away, the Canadian Musical focused on Canada's mission to clear American airways and Skye talks about Louis Gottschalk, the first...15539/11,broadway,gottschalk,history,music,musicalfalse2fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/s2-noises-off-review--46506896https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46506896Tue, 14 Sep 2021 01:04:07 +0000skye johnsonA quick post-show review. Bottom line: Go see it!390false2fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/s2e2-noises-off-costumes-on--46446398https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46446398Thu, 09 Sep 2021 16:26:48 +0000skye johnsonJoin Skye and Elizabeth as the prepare for their first 2BitMUS outing! Beth dives into the author of Noises Off! The farce that makes you laugh so hard you may get sick, and Skye dives into the sad, murderous clowns of Pagliacci that blur the lines...2289leoncavallo,noisesoff,opera,pagliacci,playfalse2fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/s2e1-i-would-walk-6-miles-with-500-umbrellas--46335006https://api.spreaker.com/episode/46335006Wed, 01 Sep 2021 21:13:45 +0000skye johnsonSkye and Elizabeth kick off Season 2 with a new format, the craziness of Satie, a jukebox musical of The Proclaimers! Maybe take a long walk for a few miles while you listen, and don't forget an umbrella!3431history,music,proclaimers,satiefalse2fullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/e10-fun-red-homes-of-pride--45405526https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45405526Wed, 23 Jun 2021 05:00:06 +0000skye johnsonHAPPY PRIDE! This June join Skye and Beth as they explore two very different paths to love. They start their dive with the sexual awakening and devastating drama of Alison Bechdel's Fun Home and follow up with the sweet, sentimental letters of...1885britten,funhome,history,lgbtq,love,muicals,music,pears,pridefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/e9-seven-veils-of-the-moulin-rouge--45167523https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45167523Fri, 04 Jun 2021 16:22:28 +0000skye johnsonIn one of the steamiest episodes, Skye dives into the Dance of the Seven Veils and the various interpretations of Salome and Elizabeth gives us her favorite Moulin Rouge trivia while they both confess their undying love of Ewan McGregor.1857art-nouveau,burlesque,can-can,dance,history,kidman,mcgregor,moulin,music,opera,salome,straussfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/e8-introducing-buffy-and-the-microtones--45080872https://api.spreaker.com/episode/45080872Fri, 28 May 2021 17:28:11 +0000skye johnsonJoin Elizabeth and Skye in their very late, pseudo-holiday episode featuring a deep dive on the musical episode of Buffy the Vampire Slayer and the unknown influential Mexican Composer Julián Carrillo Trujillo.197212tone,buffy,composer,history,mexican,microtone,modernist,music,musicalfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/e7-superstitions-of-a-suspicious-mind--44511669https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44511669Tue, 27 Apr 2021 14:08:18 +0000skye johnsonJoin Elizabeth and Skye as they dive into the superstitions of each others worlds! Learn about the Ghost Light, how you should Break a Leg, and Macbeth vs. Tosca!1585ghosts,halloween,history,macbeth,music,opera,superstition,theater,toscafalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/e6-to-arms-zombie-mice--44456504https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44456504Fri, 23 Apr 2021 16:28:00 +0000skye johnsonDive into the composition and namesake of the French National Anthem, La Marseillaise in another episode focusing on inspirational pieces! Then join Elizabeth on her dive into NPRs This American Life episode 528 where she explores locked closets,...1560anthem,birbiglia,france,history,lin-manuel,marseillaise,musicfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/e5-just-west-of-piedmont--44307843https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44307843Mon, 12 Apr 2021 19:40:09 +0000skye johnsonJoin Elizabeth as she dives into Mae West's film career and how she saved Paramount and then take a trip over to Italy as Skye gives the briefest of Italian history lessons while proving that music can inspire, unite, and help win battles!1879history,hollywood,italy,maewest,music,trovatore,vaudeville,verdifalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/e4-the-rite-of-mae--44250581https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44250581Thu, 08 Apr 2021 03:24:44 +0000skye johnsonJoin Elizabeth as she dives into the life of the scandalous vaudevillian Mae West, while Skye tells the tale of the notorious premiere of The Rite of Spring.2212ballet,feminist,history,maewest,music,stravinsky,vaudevillefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/e3-julie-s-grateful-8-and-heather-the-rock-johnson--44091008https://api.spreaker.com/episode/44091008Mon, 29 Mar 2021 05:00:19 +0000skye johnsonSkye dives into the love life of Julie D'Aubigny and Elizabeth dives into Heathers the musical! With awards and rankings this episode is sure to entertain. You're welcome.1804france,heathers,history,musicfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/e2-julie-and-mae-we-talk-about-minstrelsy-a-little-vaudeville-a-lot--43986935https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43986935Mon, 22 Mar 2021 05:00:20 +0000skye johnsonThis week Skye dives into the notorious career of Julie D'Aubigny that includes fencing, fighting, and a bit of fraternizing! Elizabeth dips her toe into minstrelsy but dives into vaudeville and how it made way for women in entertainment.1959duels,feminism,history,music,opera,vaudevillefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/st-patty-s-day-special-once-moore-with-casual-arson--43851123https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43851123Wed, 17 Mar 2021 10:00:18 +0000skye johnsonSkye and Elizabeth celebrate St. Patty's Day by discussing Irish composer Thomas Moore's literary crime and the Good Samaritan of Dublin in the Oscar winning movie Once. With guest appearances from Lord Byron, Mary Shelley, and Bob Dylan you can't go...1325byronsmemoirs,ireland,irishcomposer,lordbyron,movie,music,musichistory,once,theater,thomasmoorefalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/e1-gershwin-and-higgledy-piggledy-theater-styles--43500430https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43500430Wed, 17 Feb 2021 00:48:53 +0000skye johnsonThe inaugural episode starts off with one of the most recognizable American pieces and a very brief introduction into the different theater styles we'll encounter throughout the show. While we may have forgotten to press record the first time, don't...2157classical,gershwin,history,jazz,music,theater,triviafalsefull