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The Essay Music Rediscovered Episodes

  1. Monday 21:45
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    Teresa del Riego's suffrage anthem

    Naomi Paxton shares research on a suffrage song with a special performance by Lucy Stevens

  2. Tuesday 21:45
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    Tudor music and politics

    Christina Faraday tells us how Robert Cecil used a song to curry favour with Elizabeth I.

  3. Wednesday 21:45
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    The Star-Spangled Banner, Jacobins and Abolitionists

    Oskar Jensen on what links Liverpool politics, a street ballad and the American anthem.

  4. Next Thursday 21:45
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    Esther Inglis's musical self portraits

    Eleanor Chan delves into the world of a Huguenot bookmaker who used music as a code.

  5. Next Friday 21:45
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    Chorus girls in Paris

    Adjoa Osei has been delving into the personal archives of some 1930s Plaza Tiller dancers.