# Dean of Green-Name that Tune

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dean-of-green-name-that-tune/661360>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [June 19, 2013, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dean-of-green-name-that-tune/661360 "2013-06-19T12:47:53Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![dauerbach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c2a13f/32.png) [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2013, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dean-of-green-name-that-tune/661360/1 "2013-06-19T12:47:53Z")

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I just started to listen to a gardening podcast out of the University of Illinois, featuring Don Schmidt, aka The Dean of Green,and while I like the show the “theme” music, which I can best describe as some type of chant, is extremely annoying. Does this piece have a name?

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**Author:** ![Isilder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/cc9497/32.png) [@Isilder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Isilder)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2013, 1:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dean-of-green-name-that-tune/661360/2 "2013-06-19T13:11:53Z")

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> [@dauerbach](#):
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> I just started to listen to a gardening podcast out of the University of Illinois, featuring Don Schmidt, aka The Dean of Green,and while I like the show the “theme” music, which I can best describe as some type of chant, is extremely annoying. Does this piece have a name?

For example ? Is it the bit at the start of this ?

[http://wglt.org/podcasts/dean\_of\_green/audio/dog130531.mp3](http://wglt.org/podcasts/dean_of_green/audio/dog130531.mp3)  
Sounds a bit like Paul Simon’s “Graceland” ,what with the heavy studio echo and all.

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**Author:** ![dauerbach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c2a13f/32.png) [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2013, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dean-of-green-name-that-tune/661360/3 "2013-06-19T13:28:36Z")

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Yes, that would be it.

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**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2013, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dean-of-green-name-that-tune/661360/4 "2013-06-19T14:59:34Z")

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Moved to Cafe Society.

Colibri  
General Questions Moderator

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**Author:** ![dauerbach](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c2a13f/32.png) [@dauerbach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dauerbach)\
**Post date:** [June 19, 2013, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dean-of-green-name-that-tune/661360/5 "2013-06-19T23:05:25Z")

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Hmmm, OK, cafe society is fine with me despite the fact that I am only asking one question with one factual answer.