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The Ballad and the Source
directed by John Cohen, 1932-; produced by John Cohen, 1932- (Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Media, 1983), 19 mins
The tradition of unaccompanied ballad singing is very old and still cherished in Great Britain, though only a few traditional singers are still alive. This sensitive musical portrait profiles the life and art of Walter Pardon, perhaps the finest living traditional English ballad singer.This classic documentary, pr...
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directed by John Cohen, 1932-; produced by John Cohen, 1932- (Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Media, 1983), 19 mins
Description
The tradition of unaccompanied ballad singing is very old and still cherished in Great Britain, though only a few traditional singers are still alive. This sensitive musical portrait profiles the life and art of Walter Pardon, perhaps the finest living traditional English ballad singer.This classic documentary, produced by noted filmmaker, photographer, and folk singer John Cohen, is an incisive exploration of a dying tradition.
Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
John Cohen, 1932-
Author / Creator
John Cohen, 1932-
Date Published / Released
1983
Publisher
Berkeley Media
Person Discussed
Walter Pardon
Topic / Theme
Folk music, Singers, Performing arts life, English
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1983 Berkeley Media
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Flamenco! The Land Is Still Fertile (Director's Cut)
directed by Eve A. Ma, 1943-; produced by Eve A. Ma, 1943-, Palomino Productions (Berkeley, CA: Palomino Pro, 2023), 1 hour 40 mins
With world-class performance, fascinating interviews, footage of beautiful locations in southern Spain and similar visually compelling materials we examine traditional flamenco - that passionate art form, recognized by UNESCO as part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. What is it? What are its roots?...
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directed by Eve A. Ma, 1943-; produced by Eve A. Ma, 1943-, Palomino Productions (Berkeley, CA: Palomino Pro, 2023), 1 hour 40 mins
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With world-class performance, fascinating interviews, footage of beautiful locations in southern Spain and similar visually compelling materials we examine traditional flamenco - that passionate art form, recognized by UNESCO as part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. What is it? What are its roots? What are its ties to farm workers and other dispossessed peoples? Was it created by gitanos (Spanish Gypsies), and is this significant?...
With world-class performance, fascinating interviews, footage of beautiful locations in southern Spain and similar visually compelling materials we examine traditional flamenco - that passionate art form, recognized by UNESCO as part of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. What is it? What are its roots? What are its ties to farm workers and other dispossessed peoples? Was it created by gitanos (Spanish Gypsies), and is this significant?. And finally, what is the likely future of traditional flamenco?
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Field of Study
Dance
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Eve A. Ma, 1943-, Palomino Productions, Antonio de la Malena, fl. 2010
Author / Creator
Eve A. Ma, 1943-
Date Published / Released
2023
Publisher
Palomino Pro
Speaker / Narrator
Antonio de la Malena, fl. 2010
Topic / Theme
Folk music, Flamenco, Romani
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2023 Palomino Pro, LLC
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Gypsies Sing Long Ballads
directed by John Cohen, 1932-; produced by John Cohen, 1932- (Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Media, 1982), 29 mins,
Source: www.berkeleymedia.com
Source: www.berkeleymedia.com
Scotland's Gypsies have lived outside mainstream society for more than 500 years. Although some of the 'Travelling People' still live by the sides of roads, most live today in houses and are under pressure to abandon their culture. This film celebrates their traditional music, especially the long unaccompanied Bri...
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directed by John Cohen, 1932-; produced by John Cohen, 1932- (Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Media, 1982), 29 mins,
Source: www.berkeleymedia.com
Source: www.berkeleymedia.com
Description
Scotland's Gypsies have lived outside mainstream society for more than 500 years. Although some of the 'Travelling People' still live by the sides of roads, most live today in houses and are under pressure to abandon their culture. This film celebrates their traditional music, especially the long unaccompanied British ballads that date back hundreds of years and have been handed down by memory through the generations. This remarkable and sensitiv...
Scotland's Gypsies have lived outside mainstream society for more than 500 years. Although some of the 'Travelling People' still live by the sides of roads, most live today in houses and are under pressure to abandon their culture. This film celebrates their traditional music, especially the long unaccompanied British ballads that date back hundreds of years and have been handed down by memory through the generations. This remarkable and sensitive documentary will be of interest to courses in cultural anthropology, European peoples, ethnomusicology, and the arts and humanities. It was produced by the noted filmmaker and musician, John Cohen.
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Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
John Cohen, 1932-
Author / Creator
John Cohen, 1932-
Date Published / Released
1982
Publisher
Berkeley Media
Topic / Theme
Folk music, Ethnomusicology, Singing, Music history, Scots, Romani
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1982 Berkeley Media
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Pericles in America
directed by John Cohen, 1932-; produced by John Cohen, 1932- (Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Media, 1988), 1 hour 9 mins
This musical portrait of immigrant clarinetist Pericles Halkias and the Epirot-Greek community explores the aspirations and ambivalences of Greek-Americans.Moving between Queens, New York and northern Greece, it presents the traditional music of Epirus, showing how the music unites the Epirot community around the...
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directed by John Cohen, 1932-; produced by John Cohen, 1932- (Berkeley, CA: Berkeley Media, 1988), 1 hour 9 mins
Description
This musical portrait of immigrant clarinetist Pericles Halkias and the Epirot-Greek community explores the aspirations and ambivalences of Greek-Americans.Moving between Queens, New York and northern Greece, it presents the traditional music of Epirus, showing how the music unites the Epirot community around the world. The film defines America not as a melting pot, but rather as a place to make a better living. The Epirots who earn their living...
This musical portrait of immigrant clarinetist Pericles Halkias and the Epirot-Greek community explores the aspirations and ambivalences of Greek-Americans.Moving between Queens, New York and northern Greece, it presents the traditional music of Epirus, showing how the music unites the Epirot community around the world. The film defines America not as a melting pot, but rather as a place to make a better living. The Epirots who earn their living here have their hearts planted firmly in the mountains of Greece."Pericles in America" will generate thought and discussion in courses dealing with immigration and transnationalism, cultural identity, and musical culture, and in many different courses in cultural anthropology, sociology, and American studies. It was produced by renowned filmmaker and musician John Cohen.
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Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
John Cohen, 1932-
Author / Creator
John Cohen, 1932-
Date Published / Released
1988
Publisher
Berkeley Media
Person Discussed
Pericles Halkias, 1908-2005
Topic / Theme
Cultural identity, Immigrant life, Musicians, Greeks
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1988 Berkeley Media
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Polka
directed by Robert Boonzajer-Flaes, fl. 1988; interview by Maarten Rens, fl. 1991 (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 1986), 53 mins
The film confronts the accordion music of Chicano immigrants in southern Texas with the traditional music of accordion players in Austria. Without making any final judgments on the ‘roots’ of ‘conjunto’ music of the Chicanos, the film is able to reveal the different claims to ethnic identity. Most interest...
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directed by Robert Boonzajer-Flaes, fl. 1988; interview by Maarten Rens, fl. 1991 (London, England: Royal Anthropological Institute, 1986), 53 mins
Description
The film confronts the accordion music of Chicano immigrants in southern Texas with the traditional music of accordion players in Austria. Without making any final judgments on the ‘roots’ of ‘conjunto’ music of the Chicanos, the film is able to reveal the different claims to ethnic identity. Most interestingly, Chicanos in Mexico and Texas and Austrians comment upon each others’ way of playing Polka.
Date Written / Recorded
1986-01
Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Documentary, Interview
Contributor
Robert Boonzajer-Flaes, fl. 1988
Author / Creator
Robert Boonzajer-Flaes, fl. 1988, Maarten Rens, fl. 1991
Date Published / Released
1986
Publisher
Royal Anthropological Institute
Person Discussed
Pavo Garcia, Antonio Tanguma, Hias Kirchgasser, 1954-, Juan Tejeda, Valerio Longoria Sr., 1924-, Eddie "Lalo" Torres, Toby Torres, fl. 1986, Flaco Jiménez, 1939-, John Stark
Topic / Theme
Austrian, Mestizo, Chicano, Musical genres, Cultural identity, Music history, Ethnography, Austrians, Latinos
Copyright Message
Copyright 1986. Used by permission of Royal Anthropological Institute. All rights reserved.
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Seán Ó Sé: Saol Caite le hAmhráin agus Scéalta / A Life in Song and Story
directed by Matthew Allen; produced by Matthew Allen (Montpelier, VT: Multicultural Media, 2016), 1 hour 30 mins
Seán Ó Sé’s long and illustrious career as "a giant of Irish music" has touched all bases in the Irish music business. His unique, unforgettable tenor voice was nurtured in a family of singers. Seán’s voice first reached a wide audience in Ireland in the 1960s working with composer Seán Ó Riada in the gr...
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directed by Matthew Allen; produced by Matthew Allen (Montpelier, VT: Multicultural Media, 2016), 1 hour 30 mins
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Seán Ó Sé’s long and illustrious career as "a giant of Irish music" has touched all bases in the Irish music business. His unique, unforgettable tenor voice was nurtured in a family of singers. Seán’s voice first reached a wide audience in Ireland in the 1960s working with composer Seán Ó Riada in the group Ceoltóirí Chualann which catapulted Irish traditional music onto the concert stage and into the international arena. The film exp...
Seán Ó Sé’s long and illustrious career as "a giant of Irish music" has touched all bases in the Irish music business. His unique, unforgettable tenor voice was nurtured in a family of singers. Seán’s voice first reached a wide audience in Ireland in the 1960s working with composer Seán Ó Riada in the group Ceoltóirí Chualann which catapulted Irish traditional music onto the concert stage and into the international arena. The film explores Seán’s musical life within the contexts of his deep attachment to the Irish language, West Cork and the Beara peninsula, and his passion for his career in teaching and education administration in Cork City. The film features live performances and interviews with longtime associates from the worlds of music and education.
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Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Matthew Allen
Author / Creator
Matthew Allen
Date Published / Released
2016
Publisher
Multicultural Media
Person Discussed
Seán Ó Sé, 1936-
Topic / Theme
Singers, Folk music, Irish
Copyright Message
© Matthew Allen, 2016
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Sisters With Transistors
directed by Lisa Rovner; produced by Anna Lena Vaney, Anna Lena Films (New York, NY: Aspect Ratio Films, 2021), 1 hour 26 mins
SISTERS WITH TRANSISTORS is the remarkable untold story of electronic music’s female pioneers, composers who embraced machines and their liberating technologies to utterly transform how we produce and listen to music today.
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directed by Lisa Rovner; produced by Anna Lena Vaney, Anna Lena Films (New York, NY: Aspect Ratio Films, 2021), 1 hour 26 mins
Description
SISTERS WITH TRANSISTORS is the remarkable untold story of electronic music’s female pioneers, composers who embraced machines and their liberating technologies to utterly transform how we produce and listen to music today.
Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Maryanne Amacher, 1938-2009, Laurie Spiegel, 1945-, Suzanne Ciani, 1946-, Wendy Carlos, 1939-, Anna Lena Vaney, Anna Lena Films, Laurie Anderson, 1947-
Author / Creator
Lisa Rovner
Date Published / Released
2021
Publisher
Aspect Ratio Films
Speaker / Narrator
Laurie Anderson, 1947-
Topic / Theme
Composers, Pioneers, Electronic, Electronic Instruments
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2021 ASPECTRATIO
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Yiddish Soul
directed by Turi Finocchiaro and Nathalie Rossetti (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2007), 54 mins
This charming film documents the revival and popularity of Yiddish music in today's Europe. It is now considered "world music" and has become the passion of a new generation of artists both Jewish and non-Jewish. The films takes us on a musical tour of performances by artists from all over Europe, highlighting sin...
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directed by Turi Finocchiaro and Nathalie Rossetti (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 2007), 54 mins
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This charming film documents the revival and popularity of Yiddish music in today's Europe. It is now considered "world music" and has become the passion of a new generation of artists both Jewish and non-Jewish. The films takes us on a musical tour of performances by artists from all over Europe, highlighting singers Karsten Troyke from Germany and Shura Lipovsky of the Netherlands. One of the features of the film is the subtitling of Yiddish ly...
This charming film documents the revival and popularity of Yiddish music in today's Europe. It is now considered "world music" and has become the passion of a new generation of artists both Jewish and non-Jewish. The films takes us on a musical tour of performances by artists from all over Europe, highlighting singers Karsten Troyke from Germany and Shura Lipovsky of the Netherlands. One of the features of the film is the subtitling of Yiddish lyrics so that an American audience can fully appreciate the songs. The performers explain why they became attracted to this music. While some of the artists introduce lyrical innovations, most of them interpret the repertoire as faithfully as possible. The performances and the enthusisatic audiences confirm that although Hitler killed the "shtetl "life but he was not able to silence its music. College Adult
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Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Documentary
Author / Creator
Turi Finocchiaro, Nathalie Rossetti
Date Published / Released
2007
Publisher
Filmakers Library
Topic / Theme
Music, Humanities
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2007. Used by permission of Filmakers Library. All rights reserved.
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