Play it Again, Sam

By Shelley Irwin

Published June 18, 2025 at 10:49 AM EDT

MIT Professor Emeritus Samuel Jay Keyser talk about his work.

Play It Again, Sam, is an exploration of the way repetition works in the sister arts of music, poetry and painting. MIT Professor Emeritus Samuel Jay Keyser shares a theory of why repetition has been so prominent in the arts from history to today.

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Shelley Irwin is the host and producer for The Shelley Irwin Show, a news magazine talk-show format on the local NPR affiliate Monday through Friday. The show, broadcast at 9 a.m., features a wide variety of local and national news makers, plus special features.

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