6.8/108 votes#1 - Amy Beach, American Romantic
Season 3 Episode 1 - Aired 4/8/2022
At his music festival, Scott plays America’s greatest Romantic composer, Amy Beach. In New England, he explores her roots and career. At a time when society looked down on women composers, Beach worked to invent a new American music.
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8.7/106 votes#2 - Florence Price and the American Migration
Season 3 Episode 2 - Aired 4/15/2022
Scott explores the newly rediscovered music of Florence Price, to understand how African-American spirituals — a mixture of West African songs and European hymns — influenced her work and nearly all of American popular music.
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9.8/108 votes#3 - Dean of American Music
Season 3 Episode 3 - Aired 4/29/2022
Scott spends a month each year teaching students, just as Aaron Copland did during his career. Together they’ll play Copland’s music to learn how he drew from his roots and American folk songs to invent the American sound.
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NaN/100 votes#4 - New American Voices
Season 3 Episode 4 - Aired 5/6/2022
Scott meets and plays with modern masters: Sergio Assad shows him how Brazilian music inspires his work, now staples of the classical canon. Reena Esmail draws from traditional Indian rhythms and scales to create her signature sound.
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The Best Episodes of Now Hear This Season 3
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Genre:Documentary
Network:PBS
Season 3 Ratings Summary
"Amy Beach, American Romantic" is the best rated episode of "Now Hear This" season 3. It scored 6.8/10 based on 8 votes. Directed by N/A and written by N/A, it aired on 4/8/2022. This episode is rated 1.9 points higher than the second-best, "Florence Price and the American Migration".