Robert Volkmann's guest appearances

Robert Volkmann

A Day in the Life

Bill Gates

Bill Clinton

Chuck Klosterman

John Adams

Benjamin Franklin

Nick Drake

Zadie Smith

Lou Reed

Alanis Morissette

Georg Philipp Telemann

David Letterman

Sammy Davis Jr

Tupac Shakur

Ben Folds

James Joyce

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German composer (and forefather of western swing?!?), Robert Volkmann died on this day in 1833.  Today's “A Day in the Life” explores how his music for music for orchestra, chamber ensembles, and piano rivals that of better-known composers of his generation such as Brahms, Chopin, and Schumann.

<p>German composer (and forefather of western swing?!?), Robert Volkmann died on this day in 1833.  Today's “A Day in the Life” explores how his music for music for orchestra, chamber ensembles, and piano rivals that of better-known composers of his generation such as Brahms, Chopin, and Schumann.</p>

Robert Volkmann: "A Day in the Life" for October 29, 2015