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2,000 Years of Music Compiled by and Released in Memory of Dr. Curt Sachs
produced by Curt Sachs, 1881-1959 (Folkways Records, 1962), 1 hour 5 mins
A tribute to prominent musicologist and pioneering ethnomusicologist Dr. Curt Sachs, this compilation of Western classical music tours Greek, Jewish and Gregorian chant traditions; early polyphony of the 2nd century; religious polyphony of the 16th century; German dances and opera; songs of the troubadours; early...
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produced by Curt Sachs, 1881-1959 (Folkways Records, 1962), 1 hour 5 mins
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A tribute to prominent musicologist and pioneering ethnomusicologist Dr. Curt Sachs, this compilation of Western classical music tours Greek, Jewish and Gregorian chant traditions; early polyphony of the 2nd century; religious polyphony of the 16th century; German dances and opera; songs of the troubadours; early music from the Netherlands; madrigals and motets.
Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Music recording
Contributor
Curt Sachs, 1881-1959
Date Published / Released
1962
Publisher
Folkways Records
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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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Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar
directed by Vincent Massip, fl. 2008; performed by Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar (Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: CLC Productions, 2008), 54 mins
This live performance, directed by Vincent Massip, features the Boban and Marko Markovic Orchestra.
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directed by Vincent Massip, fl. 2008; performed by Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar (Lyon, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes: CLC Productions, 2008), 54 mins
Description
This live performance, directed by Vincent Massip, features the Boban and Marko Markovic Orchestra.
Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar
Author / Creator
Vincent Massip, fl. 2008, Boban i Marko Markovic Orkestar
Date Published / Released
2008
Publisher
CLC Productions
Topic / Theme
Orchestras, Music, Humanities
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2008 by CLC Productions
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Brahms: Hungarian Dance #8
During the 18th and 19th centuries, Schrammelmusik rose from the slums of Vienna (a musical product of the meeting of Austrian, Hungarian, Slovenian, Moravian and Bavarian immigrants) to the fashionable haunts of Vienna's aristocracy and even the Austrian court. Now stylish in the cafés of Vienna and Budapest,...
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During the 18th and 19th centuries, Schrammelmusik rose from the slums of Vienna (a musical product of the meeting of Austrian, Hungarian, Slovenian, Moravian and Bavarian immigrants) to the fashionable haunts of Vienna's aristocracy and even the Austrian court. Now stylish in the cafés of Vienna and Budapest, the musiclargely waltzes and ländlersis usually played with accordion and double-necked guitar. This collection features instead...
During the 18th and 19th centuries, Schrammelmusik rose from the slums of Vienna (a musical product of the meeting of Austrian, Hungarian, Slovenian, Moravian and Bavarian immigrants) to the fashionable haunts of Vienna's aristocracy and even the Austrian court. Now stylish in the cafés of Vienna and Budapest, the musiclargely waltzes and ländlersis usually played with accordion and double-necked guitar. This collection features instead the zither and cimbalom in an airy and delicate combo.
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Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Music recording
Performer / Ensemble
Dick Marta, fl. 1955
Author / Creator
Dick Marta, fl. 1955
Date Published / Released
2012
Publisher
Cook Records
Topic / Theme
Music
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Choir of Young Believers
directed by Benjamin Hesselholdt; produced by Karl Bjerre Skibsted (Copenhagen, Capital Region (Denmark): Danish Broadcasting Corporation, 2010), 1 hour 4 mins
In June 2009 The Danish National Chamber Orchestra invited the acclaimed indie rock band Choir of Young Believers to join forces in an interpretation of the band's award-winning European debut album. Two sold-out concerts resulted in this extraordinary concert film.
Reviewers were thrilled and called the concert...
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directed by Benjamin Hesselholdt; produced by Karl Bjerre Skibsted (Copenhagen, Capital Region (Denmark): Danish Broadcasting Corporation, 2010), 1 hour 4 mins
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In June 2009 The Danish National Chamber Orchestra invited the acclaimed indie rock band Choir of Young Believers to join forces in an interpretation of the band's award-winning European debut album. Two sold-out concerts resulted in this extraordinary concert film.
Reviewers were thrilled and called the concert '...a sensual delight, but also a masterly and natural interpretation...' 50 musicians on stage take the audience on a journey into a m...
In June 2009 The Danish National Chamber Orchestra invited the acclaimed indie rock band Choir of Young Believers to join forces in an interpretation of the band's award-winning European debut album. Two sold-out concerts resulted in this extraordinary concert film.
Reviewers were thrilled and called the concert '...a sensual delight, but also a masterly and natural interpretation...' 50 musicians on stage take the audience on a journey into a musical dreamland -no explanations, no words, no limits...
Listening to Choir of Young Believers, Rolling Stone magazine says, is 'like hearing Radiohead's Thom Yorke in the middle of a Sixties Roy Orbison single'. A young and ambitious band on the rise, with music 'well worth investigating' (The Guardian).
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Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Karl Bjerre Skibsted
Author / Creator
Benjamin Hesselholdt
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Danish Broadcasting Corporation
Topic / Theme
Musical performances, Humanities
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011. Used by permission of Danish Broadcasting Corporation.
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CNN Specials, Music that Makes a Difference - Ukraine
presented by John Vause, 1968-, in CNN Specials (Atlanta, GA: Cable News Network (CNN), 2023), 26 mins
Ukrainian artists who joined the military to defend their country started charities to raise money to help their own and/or picked up an instrument to write songs about the war.
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presented by John Vause, 1968-, in CNN Specials (Atlanta, GA: Cable News Network (CNN), 2023), 26 mins
Description
Ukrainian artists who joined the military to defend their country started charities to raise money to help their own and/or picked up an instrument to write songs about the war.
Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
News story
Contributor
John Vause, 1968-
Author / Creator
John Vause, 1968-
Date Published / Released
2023
Publisher
Cable News Network (CNN)
Series
CNN Specials
Speaker / Narrator
David Gilmour, 1946-, Sviatoslav Vakarchuk, 1975-, Bono, 1960-
Person Discussed
David Gilmour, 1946-, Sviatoslav Vakarchuk, 1975-, Bono, 1960-, Vladimir Putin, 1952-
Topic / Theme
War victims, Military officers, Military raids, Music, Invasions, Ukrainians
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2023 Cable News Network (CNN)
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Complaints Choir
directed by Ada Bligaard Soby; produced by Morten Kjems Juhl (Copenhagen, Capital Region (Denmark): Danish Broadcasting Corporation, 2009), 57 mins
If you feel the need to complain one way could be yelling it out with fellow complainers in a choir. How to do it? Invite friends over - and some musicians! Find something to complain about. Sing it out loud on the streets and pass it on to the next town.
In this funny yet thought provoking documentary we follow...
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directed by Ada Bligaard Soby; produced by Morten Kjems Juhl (Copenhagen, Capital Region (Denmark): Danish Broadcasting Corporation, 2009), 57 mins
Description
If you feel the need to complain one way could be yelling it out with fellow complainers in a choir. How to do it? Invite friends over - and some musicians! Find something to complain about. Sing it out loud on the streets and pass it on to the next town.
In this funny yet thought provoking documentary we follow the worldwide Complaints Choir created by the Finnish artists Tellervo & Oliver Kalleinen. The film centers on a number of choir member...
If you feel the need to complain one way could be yelling it out with fellow complainers in a choir. How to do it? Invite friends over - and some musicians! Find something to complain about. Sing it out loud on the streets and pass it on to the next town.
In this funny yet thought provoking documentary we follow the worldwide Complaints Choir created by the Finnish artists Tellervo & Oliver Kalleinen. The film centers on a number of choir members during the making of Complaints Choirs in Chicago, Singapore and beyond.
While following the creation of the choir songs, consisting alone of the participants complaints, the film delves on the questions; what is complaining? Why do so many people spend so much energy on it? Is it a basic manner of communication serving the purpose of emotional relief? And ultimately, what happens if people in a society are not at all allowed to complain?
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Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Morten Kjems Juhl
Author / Creator
Ada Bligaard Soby
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
Danish Broadcasting Corporation
Topic / Theme
Musicians, Humanities
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2009. Used by permission of Danish Broadcasting Corporation.
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Tchaikovsky: Romeo and Juliet Suite
performed by Willis Page, 1918-2013, New Orchestral Society of Boston; in Cook's Tour of Stereo (Cook Records, 1958), 7 mins
Cook Laboratories takes you on a tour of the world of hi-fi sound, by taking you on a tour of the world. Stop by Boston's Symphony Hall to hear a preview of Tchaikovsky's Romeo & Juliet Suite, then to Seville to relish the flamenco singers, to Port of Spain, Trinidad for some calypso and to Martinique for begu...
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performed by Willis Page, 1918-2013, New Orchestral Society of Boston; in Cook's Tour of Stereo (Cook Records, 1958), 7 mins
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Cook Laboratories takes you on a tour of the world of hi-fi sound, by taking you on a tour of the world. Stop by Boston's Symphony Hall to hear a preview of Tchaikovsky's Romeo & Juliet Suite, then to Seville to relish the flamenco singers, to Port of Spain, Trinidad for some calypso and to Martinique for beguine, all before heading off to Detroit's Fox Theater to hear Reginald Foort play the great organ. And there's still time to catch New...
Cook Laboratories takes you on a tour of the world of hi-fi sound, by taking you on a tour of the world. Stop by Boston's Symphony Hall to hear a preview of Tchaikovsky's Romeo & Juliet Suite, then to Seville to relish the flamenco singers, to Port of Spain, Trinidad for some calypso and to Martinique for beguine, all before heading off to Detroit's Fox Theater to hear Reginald Foort play the great organ. And there's still time to catch New Orleans for some blues by Lizzie Miles & Red Camp and Dixieland jazz by the Tony Almerico gang. This recording is for anyone who enjoys a cruise.
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Field of Study
American Music
Content Type
Non-music sound recording
Performer / Ensemble
New Orchestral Society of Boston, Willis Page, 1918-2013
Author / Creator
New Orchestral Society of Boston, Willis Page, 1918-2013
Date Published / Released
1958
Publisher
Cook Records
Topic / Theme
Music
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Daft Punk Unchained
directed by Hervé Martin-Delpierre, 1967-; produced by Patrice Gellé, fl. 2007 and Jean-Louis Blot, fl. 1999, British Broadcasting Corporation (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2015), 1 hour 25 mins
Daft Punk Unchained is the first film about the pop culture phenomenon that is Daft Punk, the duo with 12 million albums sold worldwide and seven Grammy Awards. Throughout their career Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo have always resisted compromise and the established codes of show business. In th...
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directed by Hervé Martin-Delpierre, 1967-; produced by Patrice Gellé, fl. 2007 and Jean-Louis Blot, fl. 1999, British Broadcasting Corporation (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2015), 1 hour 25 mins
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Daft Punk Unchained is the first film about the pop culture phenomenon that is Daft Punk, the duo with 12 million albums sold worldwide and seven Grammy Awards. Throughout their career Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo have always resisted compromise and the established codes of show business. In the era of globalization and social networks, they rarely speak in public and neither do they show their faces on TV. This documentary ex...
Daft Punk Unchained is the first film about the pop culture phenomenon that is Daft Punk, the duo with 12 million albums sold worldwide and seven Grammy Awards. Throughout their career Thomas Bangalter and Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo have always resisted compromise and the established codes of show business. In the era of globalization and social networks, they rarely speak in public and neither do they show their faces on TV. This documentary explores this unprecedented cultural revolution revealing a duo of artists on a permanent quest for creativity, independence and freedom. The film combines rare archive footage as well as exclusive interviews with their closest collaborators who talk about their work with Daft Punk including Pharrell Williams, Giorgio Moroder, Nile Rodgers and Michel Gondry.
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Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Patrice Gellé, fl. 2007, Jean-Louis Blot, fl. 1999, British Broadcasting Corporation
Author / Creator
Hervé Martin-Delpierre, 1967-
Date Published / Released
2015
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Person Discussed
Thomas Bangalter, 1975-, Guy-Manuel de Homem-Christo, 1974-
Topic / Theme
Musicians, Music careers, Popular culture, Celebrities, House
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2015 BBC Worldwide
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David Starkey's Music and Monarchy, Episode 1, Crown and Choir
directed by Peter Sweasey, fl. 1993; composed by John Dowland, 1563-1626, William Byrd, 1540-1623, Thomas Tallis, Robert Wylkynson, Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547, Walter Lambe, 1450-1504, John Dunstaple, 1390-1453, Henry V, King of England, 1386-1422, Sir William Walton, 1902-1983 and George Frideric Handel, 1685-1759; conducted by David Skinner, Stephen Cleobury, 1948-, David Flood, Tim Johnson, Andrew Litton, 1959- and James O'Donnell, 1961-; presented by David Starkey, 1945-; produced by Peter Sweasey, fl. 1993, British Broadcasting Corporation; performed by Clare Wilkinson, David Miller, William Lyons and Andrew Lawrence-King, Westminster Abbey Choir, Fretwork, Eton College Chapel Choir, Choir of Canterbury Cathedral, St. James Baroque, The Band of the Life Guards, Alamire and Choir of King's College, Cambridge, in David Starkey's Music and Monarchy, Episode 1 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2013), 59 mins
In this sumptuous four-part series, renowned historian David Starkey shows how the monarchy has shaped the history of British music in ways we can hear today, and demonstrates how much of British history is preserved within some of the nation’s best-loved tunes. While exploring what the monarchy has done for mus...
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directed by Peter Sweasey, fl. 1993; composed by John Dowland, 1563-1626, William Byrd, 1540-1623, Thomas Tallis, Robert Wylkynson, Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547, Walter Lambe, 1450-1504, John Dunstaple, 1390-1453, Henry V, King of England, 1386-1422, Sir William Walton, 1902-1983 and George Frideric Handel, 1685-1759; conducted by David Skinner, Stephen Cleobury, 1948-, David Flood, Tim Johnson, Andrew Litton, 1959- and James O'Donnell, 1961-; presented by David Starkey, 1945-; produced by Peter Sweasey, fl. 1993, British Broadcasting Corporation; performed by Clare Wilkinson, David Miller, William Lyons and Andrew Lawrence-King, Westminster Abbey Choir, Fretwork, Eton College Chapel Choir, Choir of Canterbury Cathedral, St. James Baroque, The Band of the Life Guards, Alamire and Choir of King's College, Cambridge, in David Starkey's Music and Monarchy, Episode 1 (London, England: BBC Worldwide, 2013), 59 mins
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In this sumptuous four-part series, renowned historian David Starkey shows how the monarchy has shaped the history of British music in ways we can hear today, and demonstrates how much of British history is preserved within some of the nation’s best-loved tunes. While exploring what the monarchy has done for music, David Starkey also shows what music has done for the monarchy by helping define and perpetuate the distinctive royal identity of th...
In this sumptuous four-part series, renowned historian David Starkey shows how the monarchy has shaped the history of British music in ways we can hear today, and demonstrates how much of British history is preserved within some of the nation’s best-loved tunes. While exploring what the monarchy has done for music, David Starkey also shows what music has done for the monarchy by helping define and perpetuate the distinctive royal identity of the nation. This history of a nation written in music features some of the most glorious pieces ever written – from national anthems to neglected treasures – in the historic royal locations for which they were originally composed, such as St Paul’s Cathedral, Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace and King’s College Cambridge. It takes you from the medieval era and its extraordinary complex choral music, to the innovative instrumental music of the 17th century, right through to the 20th century and provides an entertaining and enlightening new perspective on British history.
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Field of Study
World Music
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
Westminster Abbey Choir, Fretwork, Eton College Chapel Choir, Choir of Canterbury Cathedral, St. James Baroque, The Band of the Life Guards, Alamire, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Clare Wilkinson, David Miller, William Lyons, Andrew Lawrence-King
Contributor
David Skinner, Stephen Cleobury, 1948-, David Flood, Tim Johnson, Andrew Litton, 1959-, James O'Donnell, 1961-, Peter Sweasey, fl. 1993, British Broadcasting Corporation
Author / Creator
John Dowland, 1563-1626, William Byrd, 1540-1623, Thomas Tallis, Robert Wylkynson, Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547, Walter Lambe, 1450-1504, John Dunstaple, 1390-1453, Henry V, King of England, 1386-1422, Sir William Walton, 1902-1983, George Frideric Handel, 1685-1759, Peter Sweasey, fl. 1993, Westminster Abbey Choir, Fretwork, Eton College Chapel Choir, Choir of Canterbury Cathedral, St....
John Dowland, 1563-1626, William Byrd, 1540-1623, Thomas Tallis, Robert Wylkynson, Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547, Walter Lambe, 1450-1504, John Dunstaple, 1390-1453, Henry V, King of England, 1386-1422, Sir William Walton, 1902-1983, George Frideric Handel, 1685-1759, Peter Sweasey, fl. 1993, Westminster Abbey Choir, Fretwork, Eton College Chapel Choir, Choir of Canterbury Cathedral, St. James Baroque, The Band of the Life Guards, Alamire, Choir of King's College, Cambridge, Clare Wilkinson, David Miller, William Lyons, Andrew Lawrence-King, David Starkey, 1945-
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Date Published / Released
2013
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Series
David Starkey's Music and Monarchy
Person Discussed
Elizabeth I, Queen of England, 1533-1603, Henry VIII, King of England, 1491-1547, King Henry VI, Henry V, King of England, 1386-1422
Topic / Theme
Music composition, Monarchy, Choirs, British
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2013 BBC Worldwide
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