“Celebrating the Unsung Excellence of Melody Makers!”
Each episode host composer Arthur Breur and a guest explore and examine beloved melodies from a variety of sources: popular songs, musicals, operas, classical music, hymns and liturgy, film and television scores and more.
Episodes
Episode 14 with Tamsin Jones: “Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen”
Award-winning British composer Tamsin Jones joins the podcast to discuss the Renaissance choral work “Innsbruck, ich muss dich lassen” by Heinrich Isaac…
Episode 13 with Lisa Neher: “Luke and Leia”
New music powerhouse Lisa Heher joins Melodology Podcast host Arthur Breur to examine the underappreciated “Luke and Leia” by John Williams.
Episode 12 with Aaron Lee: “Seit Gesunderhait” (“Farewell My Dear Parents”)
Composer Aaron Lee joins Melodology Podcast host Arthur Breur to examine the Jewish folk tune “Seit Gesunderhait”.
Patreon Posts
Video of Episode 5: Kimberly Osberg, “Danny Boy”
Release Date: April 15, 2022Summary:Composer Kimberly Osberg joins podcast host Arthur Breur to examine the melody of “Londonderry Air”, more commonly known as “Danny Boy”. Along the way, they discuss scores to quirky films, composing music to stage combat, putting...
Video of Episode 4 with Dale Trumbore: “Losing My Mind”
Choral composer and author Dale Trumbore joins podcast host Arthur Breur to do a deep dive into the song "Losing My Mind" by Stephen Sondeheim. They discuss how the song is meaningful to Dale, how perfectly the melody represents and reflects the song's lyrics, and how...
Video of Episode 3 with Matthew Beardsworth – “Raiders March”
New Zealand composer Matthew Beardsworth joins podcast host Arthur Breur to discuss just the main theme from the “Raiders March”, and to talk about how Matthew reconsidered and reconstructed a theme in one of his own works, an alternate musical score to the short film...
Video of Episode 2 with Garrett Hope: “Be Thou My Vision”
Release Date: February 16, 2022Summary:Composer, podcaster, speaker, and coach, Garrett Hope joins podcast host Arthur Breur to discuss a hymn tune that, at one point or another, seems to break a number of the “established” rules of melody writing.Melody“Be Thou My...
Two videos coming soon!
Video for Episode 2 with Garrett Hope will be coming Friday, February 18th, viewable by our Patreon patrons!Video for Episode 1 with Christina Rusnak will take a little bit longer. This is because we didn't capture the screen correctly while we were viewing the notes...
Episode 4 Heads Up
For episode four, I was very excited to have Dale Trumbore as our guest composer. Dale is an amazing person all around. Not only is she a brilliant composer—and her choral arrangements are stellar—but she's also a prolific author of articles AND a book, Staying...
