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Stephen Siek

Stephen Siek

Pianist, musicologist, and Director of the Emeritus College Academy at Arizona State University; specialist in early American keyboard music and Tobias Matthay pedagogy.

Jun 30, 2026

Other Minds Podcast

Other Minds Podcast

42. Stephen Siek on Alexander Reinagle, Composing in Early America

Jun 30 · 29m

Joseph Bohigian
Joseph BohigianHOST
2:45
So when did you first come across Alexander Reinagle's music?
Stephen Siek
Stephen SiekGUEST
2:50
During our centennial in 1976.
Stephen Siek
Stephen SiekGUEST
2:53
I'm old enough to remember that centennial.
Stephen Siek
Stephen SiekGUEST
2:56
The, um, Rockefeller Foundation commissioned a lot of things, including they helped to provide the seed money for a new record label, and it's still in existence.
Stephen Siek
Stephen SiekGUEST
3:08
It's called New World Records.
Stephen Siek
Stephen SiekGUEST
3:09
It comes out of New York.
Stephen Siek
Stephen SiekGUEST
3:11
They committed themselves to issuing tons and tons and tons of early American music, which is great because a lot of those things were just totally unavailable.

10 MINS LATER

Joseph Bohigian
Joseph BohigianHOST
13:33
Could you talk about that?

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