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Pavarotti: A Voice for the Ages
directed by John Walker, 1956-; produced by John Walker, 1956-, Decca Records and Thirteen Productions; performed by Luciano Pavarotti, 1935-2007, in Pavarotti: A Voice for the Ages (Berlin, Berlin State: C Major Entertainment, 2013), 59 mins
This program celebrates the 50th anniversary since the launch of the international phenomenon. In 1963 he debuted in Amsterdam, Vienna, Zurich and finally London where he substituted for the ailing Giuseppe di Stefano as Rodolfo in La Bohème. Today it is still his powerful sound with its natural grace and brillia...
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directed by John Walker, 1956-; produced by John Walker, 1956-, Decca Records and Thirteen Productions; performed by Luciano Pavarotti, 1935-2007, in Pavarotti: A Voice for the Ages (Berlin, Berlin State: C Major Entertainment, 2013), 59 mins
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This program celebrates the 50th anniversary since the launch of the international phenomenon. In 1963 he debuted in Amsterdam, Vienna, Zurich and finally London where he substituted for the ailing Giuseppe di Stefano as Rodolfo in La Bohème. Today it is still his powerful sound with its natural grace and brilliant colour which is considered by many the world's greatest voice. This one hour program includes that hit and other beloved arias from...
This program celebrates the 50th anniversary since the launch of the international phenomenon. In 1963 he debuted in Amsterdam, Vienna, Zurich and finally London where he substituted for the ailing Giuseppe di Stefano as Rodolfo in La Bohème. Today it is still his powerful sound with its natural grace and brilliant colour which is considered by many the world's greatest voice. This one hour program includes that hit and other beloved arias from La Bohème, Rigoletto and Aida; Neapolitan songs in arrangements by Henry Mancini including 'Mamma' and 'O Sole Mio'; favourite sacred songs like 'Panis Angelicus'; as well as popular duets with Bono, Sting and Eric Clapton.
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Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
Luciano Pavarotti, 1935-2007
Contributor
John Walker, 1956-, Decca Records, Thirteen Productions
Author / Creator
John Walker, 1956-, Luciano Pavarotti, 1935-2007
Date Published / Released
2000, 2013
Publisher
C Major Entertainment
Person Discussed
Luciano Pavarotti, 1935-2007
Topic / Theme
Anniversaries, Concerts, Opera, Singers, Italians
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2013 by C Major Entertainment
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The Return is the Movement of Tao
directed by Michel Mollard, fl. 2014; composed by Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750; produced by MMP and Accentus Music; performed by Zhu Xiao-Mei, 1949- (Berlin, Berlin State: C Major Entertainment, 2014), 59 mins
"The Return is the Movement of Tao" pays tribute to one of the most renowned interpreters of J.S. Bach's music: the outstanding Chinese pianist Zhu Xiao-Mei. Shot in places that are dear to her, such as Paris, Buenos Aires and the winter beauty of the Alps, Michel Mollard's documentary centers on music and its mys...
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directed by Michel Mollard, fl. 2014; composed by Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750; produced by MMP and Accentus Music; performed by Zhu Xiao-Mei, 1949- (Berlin, Berlin State: C Major Entertainment, 2014), 59 mins
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"The Return is the Movement of Tao" pays tribute to one of the most renowned interpreters of J.S. Bach's music: the outstanding Chinese pianist Zhu Xiao-Mei. Shot in places that are dear to her, such as Paris, Buenos Aires and the winter beauty of the Alps, Michel Mollard's documentary centers on music and its mystery, on the links between Bach and Lao-Tze and on the dialogue between the cultures, especially between the West and China. It offers...
"The Return is the Movement of Tao" pays tribute to one of the most renowned interpreters of J.S. Bach's music: the outstanding Chinese pianist Zhu Xiao-Mei. Shot in places that are dear to her, such as Paris, Buenos Aires and the winter beauty of the Alps, Michel Mollard's documentary centers on music and its mystery, on the links between Bach and Lao-Tze and on the dialogue between the cultures, especially between the West and China. It offers profound insight into the mind of a fascinating artist, her vision of the Goldberg Variations and on what makes this great masterpiece so powerful.
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Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
Zhu Xiao-Mei, 1949-
Contributor
Gilles Benardeau, fl. 2001-2016, MMP, Accentus Music
Author / Creator
Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750, Michel Mollard, fl. 2014, Zhu Xiao-Mei, 1949-
Date Published / Released
2014
Publisher
C Major Entertainment
Person Discussed
Laozi, 604 BC-521 BC
Topic / Theme
Philosophy, Musical performances, Prayer and meditation, Variations, Piano, Chinese, Germans
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2014 by C Major Entertainment
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Opera in the United States
written by Donald Jay Grout and Hermine Weigel Williams; in A Short History of Opera (New York: Columbia University Press, 2003), 742-798
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written by Donald Jay Grout and Hermine Weigel Williams; in A Short History of Opera (New York: Columbia University Press, 2003), 742-798
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
General reference book
Author / Creator
Donald Jay Grout, Hermine Weigel Williams
Date Published / Released
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Person Discussed
Oscar Hammerstein I, 1846-1919, Mary Carr Moore, 1873-1873, Scott Joplin, 1868-1917, Jerome Kern, 1885-1945, Horatio William Parker, 1863-, George Antheil, 1900-1959, Virgil Thomson, 1896-1989, George Gershwin, 1898-1937, Gertrude Stein, 1874-1946, DuBose Heyward, 1885-1940, Aaron Copland, 1900-1990, Marc Blitzstein, 1905-1964, Kurt Weill, 1900-1950, William Grant Still Jr., 1895-1978, Leonard Ber...
Oscar Hammerstein I, 1846-1919, Mary Carr Moore, 1873-1873, Scott Joplin, 1868-1917, Jerome Kern, 1885-1945, Horatio William Parker, 1863-, George Antheil, 1900-1959, Virgil Thomson, 1896-1989, George Gershwin, 1898-1937, Gertrude Stein, 1874-1946, DuBose Heyward, 1885-1940, Aaron Copland, 1900-1990, Marc Blitzstein, 1905-1964, Kurt Weill, 1900-1950, William Grant Still Jr., 1895-1978, Leonard Bernstein, 1918-1990, Stephen Sondheim, 1930-, Samuel Barber, 1910-1981, Gian Carlo Menotti, 1911-2007, Igor Stravinsky, 1882-1971, Roger Sessions, 1896-1985, Hugo Weisgall, 1912-1997, Jack Beeson, 1921-2010, Marvin David Levy, 1932-, Carlisle Floyd, 1926-, Dominick Argento, 1927-, Thea Musgrave, 1928-, Thomas Pasatieri, 1945-, Philip Glass, 1937-, John Coolidge Adams, 1947-, Tan Dun, 1957-, Bright Sheng, 1955-, John Paul Corigliano, 1938-, John Harbison, 1938-, Mark Adamo, 1962-, Jake Heggie, 1961-, John Cage, 1912-1992, William Bolcom, 1938-, Will Marion Cook, 1869-1944, Lee Hoiby, 1926-, Douglas Stuart Moore, 1893-1969, Victor Herbert, 1859-1924, Conrad Susa, 1935-
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Topic / Theme
American, African American, Chinese, Chinese-American, Composers, History curriculums, Fundraising, Concerts, Performance practice, Expression in performance, Music theory, Folklore, Orchestration (Music)
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Copyright © 2003 Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Sing!
directed by Freida Lee Mock, fl. 1967-2013; conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen, 1958-; produced by Jessica Sanders, fl. 1999-2017, American Film Foundation and KCET, Los Angeles, CA; performed by Los Angeles Children's Chorus (Santa Monica, CA: American Film Foundation, 2001), 35 mins
How do squeaky-voiced 8 year olds become amazing singers? This documentary about the Los Angeles Children's Chorus tells the story of how a community group, amid severe cutbacks in the arts, is able to develop a children's chorus that is one of the best in the country. An LACC special limited use.
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directed by Freida Lee Mock, fl. 1967-2013; conducted by Esa-Pekka Salonen, 1958-; produced by Jessica Sanders, fl. 1999-2017, American Film Foundation and KCET, Los Angeles, CA; performed by Los Angeles Children's Chorus (Santa Monica, CA: American Film Foundation, 2001), 35 mins
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How do squeaky-voiced 8 year olds become amazing singers? This documentary about the Los Angeles Children's Chorus tells the story of how a community group, amid severe cutbacks in the arts, is able to develop a children's chorus that is one of the best in the country. An LACC special limited use.
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
Los Angeles Children's Chorus
Contributor
Esa-Pekka Salonen, 1958-, Jessica Sanders, fl. 1999-2017, American Film Foundation, KCET, Los Angeles, CA
Author / Creator
Freida Lee Mock, fl. 1967-2013, Los Angeles Children's Chorus
Date Published / Released
2001
Publisher
American Film Foundation
Topic / Theme
Choirs, Rehearsals, Musical performances, Singing, Children
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2002 American Film Foundation
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Sing China!
directed by Freida Lee Mock, fl. 1967-2013; composed by Carl Orff, 1895-1982; produced by Freida Lee Mock, fl. 1967-2013, American Film Foundation and Sanders and Mock Productions; performed by Los Angeles Children's Chorus (Santa Monica, CA: American Film Foundation, 2009), 1 hour 12 mins
Sing China!, a sequel to the Oscar-nomiated film Sing!, tells the moving often funny story of how children can be a force in diplomacy as they build bridges between China and the United States through the power of music.
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directed by Freida Lee Mock, fl. 1967-2013; composed by Carl Orff, 1895-1982; produced by Freida Lee Mock, fl. 1967-2013, American Film Foundation and Sanders and Mock Productions; performed by Los Angeles Children's Chorus (Santa Monica, CA: American Film Foundation, 2009), 1 hour 12 mins
Description
Sing China!, a sequel to the Oscar-nomiated film Sing!, tells the moving often funny story of how children can be a force in diplomacy as they build bridges between China and the United States through the power of music.
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
Los Angeles Children's Chorus
Contributor
Freida Lee Mock, fl. 1967-2013, American Film Foundation, Sanders and Mock Productions
Author / Creator
Carl Orff, 1895-1982, Freida Lee Mock, fl. 1967-2013, Los Angeles Children's Chorus
Date Published / Released
2009
Publisher
American Film Foundation
Topic / Theme
Travel, Vocal groups, Children, Concerts, Diplomatic missions, Vocal Jazz, Piece, Song, Patriotic Song, Carol, Cantata, Chinese
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2009 American Film Foundation
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Sing Opera! The documentary
directed by Jessica Sanders, fl. 1999-2017; composed by Peter Ash, 1961-; produced by Jessica Sanders, fl. 1999-2017, Altina Films and American Film Foundation; performed by Los Angeles Children's Chorus (Santa Monica, CA: American Film Foundation, 2008), 26 mins
In Sing Opera!, a sequel to the 2002 Academy Award-nominated film Sing!, sixty-five intrepid singers of Los Angeles Children's Chorus strive to hone their vocal talents for the 2007 world premiere of the family opera Keeps of the Night, by Peter Ash and Donald Sturrock. From early rehearsals to opening night, the...
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directed by Jessica Sanders, fl. 1999-2017; composed by Peter Ash, 1961-; produced by Jessica Sanders, fl. 1999-2017, Altina Films and American Film Foundation; performed by Los Angeles Children's Chorus (Santa Monica, CA: American Film Foundation, 2008), 26 mins
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In Sing Opera!, a sequel to the 2002 Academy Award-nominated film Sing!, sixty-five intrepid singers of Los Angeles Children's Chorus strive to hone their vocal talents for the 2007 world premiere of the family opera Keeps of the Night, by Peter Ash and Donald Sturrock. From early rehearsals to opening night, the children work alongside professional artists and such renowned opera singers as soprano Lynette Tapia, baritone Malcolm MacKenzie, mezz...
In Sing Opera!, a sequel to the 2002 Academy Award-nominated film Sing!, sixty-five intrepid singers of Los Angeles Children's Chorus strive to hone their vocal talents for the 2007 world premiere of the family opera Keeps of the Night, by Peter Ash and Donald Sturrock. From early rehearsals to opening night, the children work alongside professional artists and such renowned opera singers as soprano Lynette Tapia, baritone Malcolm MacKenzie, mezzo-soprano Suzanna Guzman, soprano Lauren Libaw, as well as director Corey Madden, and conductor Grant Gershon, learning what it takes to stage a production that's bigger, grander, and more technical than anything they've ever known.
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Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
Los Angeles Children's Chorus
Contributor
Jessica Sanders, fl. 1999-2017, Altina Films, American Film Foundation
Author / Creator
Peter Ash, 1961-, Jessica Sanders, fl. 1999-2017, Los Angeles Children's Chorus
Date Published / Released
2008
Publisher
American Film Foundation
Topic / Theme
Opera, Rehearsals, Vocal groups, Musical performances, Children
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2007 American Film Foundation
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Through The Eyes Of Yuja
directed by Olivier Spiro, fl. 2005 and Anaïs Spiro, fl. 2006-2015; produced by Bernhard Fleischer, 1971-, Bernhard Fleischer Moving Images and Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, in Through The Eyes Of Yuja (Berlin, Berlin State: C Major Entertainment, 2015), 47 mins
With more than 120 performances a year, Yuja Wang lives a nomadic lifestyle. Travelling the world professionally, two extra small trolley suitcases carry the essentials for a two week trip: dresses, shoes, iPad, iPod and Smartphone. Yuja is 27 and leads a new generation of pianists who can play anything with comfo...
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directed by Olivier Spiro, fl. 2005 and Anaïs Spiro, fl. 2006-2015; produced by Bernhard Fleischer, 1971-, Bernhard Fleischer Moving Images and Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen, in Through The Eyes Of Yuja (Berlin, Berlin State: C Major Entertainment, 2015), 47 mins
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With more than 120 performances a year, Yuja Wang lives a nomadic lifestyle. Travelling the world professionally, two extra small trolley suitcases carry the essentials for a two week trip: dresses, shoes, iPad, iPod and Smartphone. Yuja is 27 and leads a new generation of pianists who can play anything with comfort thanks to their phenomenal technique and strong self-confidence. "Through the Eyes of Yuja" reveals us this artist in a very persona...
With more than 120 performances a year, Yuja Wang lives a nomadic lifestyle. Travelling the world professionally, two extra small trolley suitcases carry the essentials for a two week trip: dresses, shoes, iPad, iPod and Smartphone. Yuja is 27 and leads a new generation of pianists who can play anything with comfort thanks to their phenomenal technique and strong self-confidence. "Through the Eyes of Yuja" reveals us this artist in a very personal way, equipped with a portable camera and her smartphone the film wants to be a kind of digital diary, a reflection of the image Yuja casts to the world as well as a phantasmagorical world the directors, Anaïs and Oliver Spiro, tend to loom about this image.
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Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Bernhard Fleischer, 1971-, Bernhard Fleischer Moving Images, Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
Author / Creator
Olivier Spiro, fl. 2005, Anaïs Spiro, fl. 2006-2015
Date Published / Released
2015
Publisher
C Major Entertainment
Person Discussed
Yuja Wang, 1987-
Topic / Theme
Musical technique, Musical performances, Travel life
Copyright Message
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Ustad Asad Ali Khan: A Portrait
directed by Renuka George, fl. 2010; produced by Renuka George, fl. 2010; performed by Ustad Asad Ali Khan, in Ustad Asad Ali Khan, A Portrait (Paris, Ile-de-France: Windrose (Film distributor), 2010), 53 mins
Ustad Asad Ali Khan was the biggest Master of Rudra veena, instrument of the Northern Indian classical music. Its practicemight disappear after his death on the 14th of June 2011. This musician was the last one to have dedicated his life to this instrument. In this portrait, the artist makes us discover his musica...
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directed by Renuka George, fl. 2010; produced by Renuka George, fl. 2010; performed by Ustad Asad Ali Khan, in Ustad Asad Ali Khan, A Portrait (Paris, Ile-de-France: Windrose (Film distributor), 2010), 53 mins
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Ustad Asad Ali Khan was the biggest Master of Rudra veena, instrument of the Northern Indian classical music. Its practicemight disappear after his death on the 14th of June 2011. This musician was the last one to have dedicated his life to this instrument. In this portrait, the artist makes us discover his musical tradition, his links with the court of Rampur, his everyday life in New Dehli where he lived with his foster son, Zaki Haider. He sho...
Ustad Asad Ali Khan was the biggest Master of Rudra veena, instrument of the Northern Indian classical music. Its practicemight disappear after his death on the 14th of June 2011. This musician was the last one to have dedicated his life to this instrument. In this portrait, the artist makes us discover his musical tradition, his links with the court of Rampur, his everyday life in New Dehli where he lived with his foster son, Zaki Haider. He shows us the difficulties inherent to the practice of this ancient instrument and invites us to private concerts.
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Date Written / Recorded
2010
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
Ustad Asad Ali Khan
Contributor
Renuka George, fl. 2010
Author / Creator
Renuka George, fl. 2010, Ustad Asad Ali Khan
Date Published / Released
2010
Publisher
Windrose (Film distributor)
Person Discussed
Ustad Asad Ali Khan
Topic / Theme
Music, Music criticism, Concerts, Rudra Vina
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2010. Used by permission of Windrose Distribution.
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We Want the Light
directed by Christopher Nupen, fl. 1967; conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy, 1937-; produced by Allegro Films, London, England; performed by Cologne Cathedral Children's Choir, Chorus of the Cologne Opera and Gürzenich Orchestra, Cologne, in We Want the Light (Guildford, England: Allegro Films, London, England, 2003), 1 hour
A television film by Christopher Nupen and his Allegro Films team which investigates the fruitful but complex relationship between the Jews and German music.
The title, We Want the Light!, is taken from a poem by a 12-year-old girl, Eva Pickova, written in the Theresienstadt concentration camp. Her words also pr...
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directed by Christopher Nupen, fl. 1967; conducted by Vladimir Ashkenazy, 1937-; produced by Allegro Films, London, England; performed by Cologne Cathedral Children's Choir, Chorus of the Cologne Opera and Gürzenich Orchestra, Cologne, in We Want the Light (Guildford, England: Allegro Films, London, England, 2003), 1 hour
Description
A television film by Christopher Nupen and his Allegro Films team which investigates the fruitful but complex relationship between the Jews and German music.
The title, We Want the Light!, is taken from a poem by a 12-year-old girl, Eva Pickova, written in the Theresienstadt concentration camp. Her words also provide the climax of the film - in a setting for two choruses and orchestra by the emigé composer Franz Waxman, in his work The Song of...
A television film by Christopher Nupen and his Allegro Films team which investigates the fruitful but complex relationship between the Jews and German music.
The title, We Want the Light!, is taken from a poem by a 12-year-old girl, Eva Pickova, written in the Theresienstadt concentration camp. Her words also provide the climax of the film - in a setting for two choruses and orchestra by the emigé composer Franz Waxman, in his work The Song of Terezin.
It is a film about many things. It is about freedom and captivity, about emancipation, acculturation and assimilation; it is about the roles played by Moses and Felix Mendelssohn in the dream of fruitful, unproblematic integration of the Jews into German society after their liberation from the ghettos; it is about Richard Wagner, his ferociously anti-Semitic essay Das Judenthum in der Musik (Judaism in Music) and his influence on the thinking of the Third Reich but, most of all, it is a film about how much music can mean to people, even in the direst of circumstances, or particularly in the direst of circumstances.
The film ends with the telling testimonies of three concentration camp survivors, chief among them Alice Sommer Herz who is now 104 years old and who played more than 100 concerts in the Theresienstadt camp.
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Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
Cologne Cathedral Children's Choir, Chorus of the Cologne Opera, Gürzenich Orchestra, Cologne
Contributor
Vladimir Ashkenazy, 1937-, Allegro Films, London, England
Author / Creator
Christopher Nupen, fl. 1967, Cologne Cathedral Children's Choir, Chorus of the Cologne Opera, Gürzenich Orchestra, Cologne
Date Published / Released
2003
Publisher
Allegro Films, London, England
Person Discussed
Anita Lasker-Wallfisch, 1925-, Jacques Stroumsa, 1913-, Alice Herz-Sommer, 1903-2014, Daniel Barenboim, 1942-, Norman Lebrecht, 1948-, Pinchas Zukerman, 1948-, Zubin Mehta, 1936-, Itzhak Perlman, 1945-, Vladimir Ashkenazy, 1937-, Evgeny Kissin, 1971-, Richard Wagner, 1813-1883, Felix Mendelssohn, 1809-1847
Topic / Theme
Internment camps, Antisemitism, Orchestras, Concerts, Nazism, Jewish people, Achumawi, Lebanese
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2004 by Allegro Films
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Women Composers: Music Through the Ages, Vol. 8Leopoldine Blahetka: (1811-1885)
written by Lydia Ledeen; edited by Sylvia Glickman and Martha Furman Schleifer (G.K. Hall & Co., 2006), 44 page(s)
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written by Lydia Ledeen; edited by Sylvia Glickman and Martha Furman Schleifer (G.K. Hall & Co., 2006), 44 page(s)
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
General reference book, Compendium
Contributor
Sylvia Glickman, Martha Furman Schleifer
Author / Creator
Lydia Ledeen
Date Published / Released
2006
Publisher
G.K. Hall & Co.
Person Discussed
Leopoldine Blahetka, 1809-1885
Topic / Theme
Fathers, Music reviews, Performance practice, Concerts, Music education, Music theory
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