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Copland Portrait
directed by Terry Sanders, 1931-; composed by Aaron Copland, 1900-1990; conducted by Aaron Copland, 1900-1990; produced by Freida Lee Mock, fl. 1967-2013 and Terry Sanders, 1931-, United States Information Agency (Santa Monica, CA: American Film Foundation, 1967), 30 mins
Aaron Copland is considered by many to be America's premier composer. His musical works range from ballet and orchestra to choral music and movie scores. "Copland Portrait" is a rare intimate portrait of a man and his music. Filmed at Copland's home in Peekskill, N.Y., at Tanglewood, and in Washington D.C., this a...
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directed by Terry Sanders, 1931-; composed by Aaron Copland, 1900-1990; conducted by Aaron Copland, 1900-1990; produced by Freida Lee Mock, fl. 1967-2013 and Terry Sanders, 1931-, United States Information Agency (Santa Monica, CA: American Film Foundation, 1967), 30 mins
Description
Aaron Copland is considered by many to be America's premier composer. His musical works range from ballet and orchestra to choral music and movie scores. "Copland Portrait" is a rare intimate portrait of a man and his music. Filmed at Copland's home in Peekskill, N.Y., at Tanglewood, and in Washington D.C., this award winning film is a must for all lovers of American classical music.
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Performance
Contributor
Aaron Copland, 1900-1990, Freida Lee Mock, fl. 1967-2013, Terry Sanders, 1931-, United States Information Agency
Author / Creator
Aaron Copland, 1900-1990, Terry Sanders, 1931-
Date Published / Released
1967
Publisher
American Film Foundation
Person Discussed
Aaron Copland, 1900-1990
Topic / Theme
Revolution and Protest context, Music and Social Change, Music careers, Music composition, The Arts
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1967 American Film Foundation
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Leaving Home - Orchestral Music in the 20th Century, Colour
directed by Peter West, fl. 1994; conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, 1955-; presented by Sir Simon Rattle, 1955-; produced by Sue Knussen, 1949-2003 and Hilary Chadwick, fl. 1980, Monarda Arts; performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, in Leaving Home - Orchestral Music in the 20th Century (Halle, Saxony-Anhalt: Monarda Arts, 1996), 51 mins
Written and presented by Sir Simon Rattle, the foremost British conductor of our day, this series forms a fascinating introduction to, and overview of, the music of the twentieth century. Each of the seven programmes feature over thirty minutes of specially-shot music in performance, with Rattle conducting the Cit...
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directed by Peter West, fl. 1994; conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, 1955-; presented by Sir Simon Rattle, 1955-; produced by Sue Knussen, 1949-2003 and Hilary Chadwick, fl. 1980, Monarda Arts; performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, in Leaving Home - Orchestral Music in the 20th Century (Halle, Saxony-Anhalt: Monarda Arts, 1996), 51 mins
Description
Written and presented by Sir Simon Rattle, the foremost British conductor of our day, this series forms a fascinating introduction to, and overview of, the music of the twentieth century. Each of the seven programmes feature over thirty minutes of specially-shot music in performance, with Rattle conducting the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.Simon Rattle leads viewers on an exhilarating journey through the music of our time, explaining the...
Written and presented by Sir Simon Rattle, the foremost British conductor of our day, this series forms a fascinating introduction to, and overview of, the music of the twentieth century. Each of the seven programmes feature over thirty minutes of specially-shot music in performance, with Rattle conducting the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.Simon Rattle leads viewers on an exhilarating journey through the music of our time, explaining the chief musical developments from Mahler to the present day. Each programme is illustrated with evocative imagery, archive film and photographs and the featured music is set within the broader context of artistic and social change.Why “Leaving Home”? The story of twentieth-century music is one of leave-takings in many ways. As a wealth of talented composers searched for new creative responses to the world around them, many made departures from the solid ‘home’ foundations of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century music – tonal harmony, melody, regular rhythm and metre. Many had to literally leave home, displaced by political uphevals. A remarkable diversity of expression developed – not all of the difficult or discordant variety commonly associated with modern music. The range is wide and this series samples the work of over thirty composers, discovering new and challenging sounds as well as some unexpectedly familiar music. It presents an extraordinary kaleidoscope of orchestral images, full of contrasts and surprises.The first episode in the series describes a great musical culture in decline in turn-of-the-nineteenth-century Vienna. From that decline erupted a musical revolution whose reverberations have continued to this day. The names of Schönberg, Webern and Berg still strike terror into the hearts of many concert-goers, but with Simon Rattle we hear in this music’s brooding power not only the collapse of the old Austro-German order and the rise of Facism, but also the portents of the music to come in the second half of the twentieth century.
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Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Contributor
Sir Simon Rattle, 1955-, Sue Knussen, 1949-2003, Hilary Chadwick, fl. 1980, Monarda Arts
Author / Creator
Peter West, fl. 1994, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle, 1955-
Date Published / Released
1996
Publisher
Monarda Arts
Series
Leaving Home - Orchestral Music in the 20th Century
Person Discussed
Maurice Ravel, 1875-1937, Takemitsu Tōru, 1930-1996, Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992, Pierre Boulez, 1925-2016, Arnold Schoenberg, 1874-1951, Igor Stravinsky, 1882-1971, Claude Debussy, 1862-1918
Topic / Theme
Orchestration (Music), Music
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1996 Monarda Arts
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Leaving Home - Orchestral Music in the 20th Century, Rhythm
directed by Deborah May, fl. 1993; conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, 1955-; presented by Sir Simon Rattle, 1955-; produced by Hilary Chadwick, fl. 1980 and Sue Knussen, 1949-2003, Monarda Arts; performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, in Leaving Home - Orchestral Music in the 20th Century (Halle, Saxony-Anhalt: Monarda Arts, 1996), 51 mins
Written and presented by Sir Simon Rattle, the foremost British conductor of our day, this series forms a fascinating introduction to, and overview of, the music of the twentieth century. Each of the seven programmes feature over thirty minutes of specially-shot music in performance, with Rattle conducting the Cit...
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directed by Deborah May, fl. 1993; conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, 1955-; presented by Sir Simon Rattle, 1955-; produced by Hilary Chadwick, fl. 1980 and Sue Knussen, 1949-2003, Monarda Arts; performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, in Leaving Home - Orchestral Music in the 20th Century (Halle, Saxony-Anhalt: Monarda Arts, 1996), 51 mins
Description
Written and presented by Sir Simon Rattle, the foremost British conductor of our day, this series forms a fascinating introduction to, and overview of, the music of the twentieth century. Each of the seven programmes feature over thirty minutes of specially-shot music in performance, with Rattle conducting the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.Simon Rattle leads viewers on an exhilarating journey through the music of our time, explaining the...
Written and presented by Sir Simon Rattle, the foremost British conductor of our day, this series forms a fascinating introduction to, and overview of, the music of the twentieth century. Each of the seven programmes feature over thirty minutes of specially-shot music in performance, with Rattle conducting the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.Simon Rattle leads viewers on an exhilarating journey through the music of our time, explaining the chief musical developments from Mahler to the present day. Each programme is illustrated with evocative imagery, archive film and photographs and the featured music is set within the broader context of artistic and social change.Why “Leaving Home”? The story of twentieth-century music is one of leave-takings in many ways. As a wealth of talented composers searched for new creative responses to the world around them, many made departures from the solid ‘home’ foundations of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century music – tonal harmony, melody, regular rhythm and metre. Many had to literally leave home, displaced by political uphevals. A remarkable diversity of expression developed – not all of the difficult or discordant variety commonly associated with modern music. The range is wide and this series samples the work of over thirty composers, discovering new and challenging sounds as well as some unexpectedly familiar music. It presents an extraordinary kaleidoscope of orchestral images, full of contrasts and surprises.The first episode in the series describes a great musical culture in decline in turn-of-the-nineteenth-century Vienna. From that decline erupted a musical revolution whose reverberations have continued to this day. The names of Schönberg, Webern and Berg still strike terror into the hearts of many concert-goers, but with Simon Rattle we hear in this music’s brooding power not only the collapse of the old Austro-German order and the rise of Facism, but also the portents of the music to come in the second half of the twentieth century.
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Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Contributor
Sir Simon Rattle, 1955-, Hilary Chadwick, fl. 1980, Sue Knussen, 1949-2003, Monarda Arts
Author / Creator
Deborah May, fl. 1993, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle, 1955-
Date Published / Released
1996
Publisher
Monarda Arts
Series
Leaving Home - Orchestral Music in the 20th Century
Person Discussed
Conlon Nancarrow, 1912-, Gustav Mahler, 1860-1911, Olivier Messiaen, 1908-1992, Pierre Boulez, 1925-2016, Steve Reich, 1936-, György Ligeti, 1923-2006, Edgard Varèse, 1883-1965, Igor Stravinsky, 1882-1971
Topic / Theme
Orchestration (Music), Music
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1996 Monarda Arts
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Leaving Home - Orchestral Music in the 20th Century, Threads
directed by Terry Edwards; conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, 1955-; presented by Sir Simon Rattle, 1955-; produced by Sue Knussen, 1949-2003 and Hilary Chadwick, fl. 1980, RM Arts; performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, in Leaving Home - Orchestral Music in the 20th Century (Halle, Saxony-Anhalt: Monarda Arts, 1996), 50 mins
Written and presented by Sir Simon Rattle, the foremost British conductor of our day, this series forms a fascinating introduction to, and overview of, the music of the twentieth century. Each of the seven programmes feature over thirty minutes of specially-shot music in performance, with Rattle conducting the Cit...
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directed by Terry Edwards; conducted by Sir Simon Rattle, 1955-; presented by Sir Simon Rattle, 1955-; produced by Sue Knussen, 1949-2003 and Hilary Chadwick, fl. 1980, RM Arts; performed by City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, in Leaving Home - Orchestral Music in the 20th Century (Halle, Saxony-Anhalt: Monarda Arts, 1996), 50 mins
Description
Written and presented by Sir Simon Rattle, the foremost British conductor of our day, this series forms a fascinating introduction to, and overview of, the music of the twentieth century. Each of the seven programmes feature over thirty minutes of specially-shot music in performance, with Rattle conducting the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.Simon Rattle leads viewers on an exhilarating journey through the music of our time, explaining the...
Written and presented by Sir Simon Rattle, the foremost British conductor of our day, this series forms a fascinating introduction to, and overview of, the music of the twentieth century. Each of the seven programmes feature over thirty minutes of specially-shot music in performance, with Rattle conducting the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra.Simon Rattle leads viewers on an exhilarating journey through the music of our time, explaining the chief musical developments from Mahler to the present day. Each programme is illustrated with evocative imagery, archive film and photographs and the featured music is set within the broader context of artistic and social change.Why “Leaving Home”? The story of twentieth-century music is one of leave-takings in many ways. As a wealth of talented composers searched for new creative responses to the world around them, many made departures from the solid ‘home’ foundations of eighteenth- and nineteenth-century music – tonal harmony, melody, regular rhythm and metre. Many had to literally leave home, displaced by political uphevals. A remarkable diversity of expression developed – not all of the difficult or discordant variety commonly associated with modern music. The range is wide and this series samples the work of over thirty composers, discovering new and challenging sounds as well as some unexpectedly familiar music. It presents an extraordinary kaleidoscope of orchestral images, full of contrasts and surprises.The first episode in the series describes a great musical culture in decline in turn-of-the-nineteenth-century Vienna. From that decline erupted a musical revolution whose reverberations have continued to this day. The names of Schönberg, Webern and Berg still strike terror into the hearts of many concert-goers, but with Simon Rattle we hear in this music’s brooding power not only the collapse of the old Austro-German order and the rise of Facism, but also the portents of the music to come in the second half of the twentieth century.
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Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Contributor
Sir Simon Rattle, 1955-, Sue Knussen, 1949-2003, Hilary Chadwick, fl. 1980, RM Arts
Author / Creator
Terry Edwards, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra, Sir Simon Rattle, 1955-
Date Published / Released
1996
Publisher
Monarda Arts
Series
Leaving Home - Orchestral Music in the 20th Century
Person Discussed
Sofia Gubaidulina, 1931-, Oliver Knussen, 1952-2018, Mark-Anthony Turnage, 1960-, Sir Harrison Birtwistle, 1934-, György Kurtág, 1926-, Hans Werner Henze, 1926-2012, Luciano Berio, 1925-2003
Topic / Theme
Music, Orchestration (Music)
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1996 Monarda Arts
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To Be a Musician, To Be a Composer
directed by Terry Sanders, 1931-; composed by Lalo Schifrin, 1932-; produced by Terry Sanders, 1931-, Churchill Films, in To Be a Musician (Santa Monica, CA: American Film Foundation, 2012), 25 mins
"To Be A Musician" is a series of 3 films made in 1970 for High School and Junior High Education. They are portraits of the artists 42 years ago as they were just starting out on their careers. "To Be a Composer" portraits composer Lalo Schifrin.
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directed by Terry Sanders, 1931-; composed by Lalo Schifrin, 1932-; produced by Terry Sanders, 1931-, Churchill Films, in To Be a Musician (Santa Monica, CA: American Film Foundation, 2012), 25 mins
Description
"To Be A Musician" is a series of 3 films made in 1970 for High School and Junior High Education. They are portraits of the artists 42 years ago as they were just starting out on their careers. "To Be a Composer" portraits composer Lalo Schifrin.
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Terry Sanders, 1931-, Churchill Films
Author / Creator
Lalo Schifrin, 1932-, Terry Sanders, 1931-
Date Published / Released
1970, 2012
Publisher
American Film Foundation
Series
To Be a Musician
Speaker / Narrator
Lalo Schifrin, 1932-
Person Discussed
Lalo Schifrin, 1932-
Topic / Theme
Music composition, Composers, Music arrangement, Musical scores, Soundtracks & Musicals, Improvisation
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1970 American Film Foundation
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To Be a Musician, To Be a Performer
directed by Terry Sanders, 1931-; produced by Terry Sanders, 1931-, Churchill Films and American Film Foundation; performed by Jeffrey Solow, 1949- and Gregor Piatigorski, 1903-1976, in To Be a Musician (Santa Monica, CA: American Film Foundation, 2012), 26 mins
"To Be A Musician" is a series of 3 films made in 1970 for High School and Junior High Education. They are portraits of the artists 42 years ago as they were just starting out on their careers. "To Be a Performer" has a rare and great 6 minute sequence with famed cellist Gregor Piatigorski teaching his Master Clas...
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directed by Terry Sanders, 1931-; produced by Terry Sanders, 1931-, Churchill Films and American Film Foundation; performed by Jeffrey Solow, 1949- and Gregor Piatigorski, 1903-1976, in To Be a Musician (Santa Monica, CA: American Film Foundation, 2012), 26 mins
Description
"To Be A Musician" is a series of 3 films made in 1970 for High School and Junior High Education. They are portraits of the artists 42 years ago as they were just starting out on their careers. "To Be a Performer" has a rare and great 6 minute sequence with famed cellist Gregor Piatigorski teaching his Master Class at USC. "To Be a Performer" portraits cellist Jeffrey Solow.
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
Jeffrey Solow, 1949-, Gregor Piatigorski, 1903-1976
Contributor
Terry Sanders, 1931-, Churchill Films, American Film Foundation
Author / Creator
Terry Sanders, 1931-, Jeffrey Solow, 1949-, Gregor Piatigorski, 1903-1976
Date Published / Released
1970, 2012
Publisher
American Film Foundation
Series
To Be a Musician
Speaker / Narrator
Jeffrey Solow, 1949-
Person Discussed
Jeffrey Solow, 1949-, Gregor Piatigorsky, 1903-1976
Topic / Theme
Performers, Music practice, Musical instruments, Music arrangement, Musical meter and rhythm
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1970 American Film Foundation
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