The Hidden History of Music

This episode is all about The Unfinished Life of the Musical Genius Franz Schubert. Franz Schubert lived quietly, taught school by day, and wrote music by candlelight, yet in his brief life span of thirty-one years, he created over six hundred songs and left us some of the most moving melodies ever written. In this episode, I explore the life of a composer who never sought fame but left behind a l...

T oday I visit the life and times of a composer who while alive was not considered to be one of the greats. But who today is internationally regarded as one of the masters. Today’s show is about Johann Sebastian Bach. At the time of his passing in 1750, many people considered Bach to be an excellent teacher and someone who was a virtuoso on the organ, but who was not any type of ‘great composer’....

Beethoven – His Life and the 6th Symphony Welcome to the Hidden History of Music.  This program dives deeper into the life and times of some of the greatest composers in history. What were their early lives like? What made them the person they became? What was the inspiration behind the music? There are so many questions that are traditionally hidden from our view and uncovering and ans...

Welcome to the Hidden History of Music. This is a new podcast from Ashby Navis and Tennyson Digital Media Publishers Have you ever thought about the lives of the greatest composers of all time? Have you ever wondered if there were any untold stories about them, maybe stories that  have slipped through the cracks? Think for a moment about the genius of Beethoven, the brilliance of Mozart, the...

Examples of censorship taking place around the globe and here in America. I was planning on looking at how some school districts are intent on insuring that students don’t really learn actual history but instead learn a sanitized and often incorrect version, but I need to do some more research on the subject,  because it’s far more detailed and nuanced than I originally thought. So, in today’s epi...

A look at some of the books that have been banned in the past. In the last episode I spoke about the reasons why people want to ban certain books. It turns out that people want to ban books because it offends them. The reality is, in all cases of book bans, the people who want to ban certain books want to do so for one of two reasons. Either they are afraid of the ideas being expressed or they hav...

This is episode 2 – Why People Want to Ban Stuff. In the last episode I spoke about what I see as part of the reason people give for being able to ban books. Not the reasons as to why they want to ban them, but the reason why they think they have the right to demand that a book or video or audio program be banned. Book banning or censorship is an issue that people are very passionate about....

The Forbidden Word…Exploring Book Censorship Hello folks, welcome to The Forbidden Word…Exploring Book Censorship. , I’m Hank Wilson, your host and this is episode 1, an introduction to myself, the show, and what I hope to accomplish with it. Before I start talking about our subject, allow me to introduce myself I am a historian, an author, a retired minister. I have written 12 books,...