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A Short History of Opera
written by Donald Jay Grout and Hermine Weigel Williams (New York: Columbia University Press, 2003), 922 page(s)
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written by Donald Jay Grout and Hermine Weigel Williams (New York: Columbia University Press, 2003), 922 page(s)
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
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2003 Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Speak the Music: Robert Mann And the Mysteries of Chamber Music
directed by Allan Miller, fl. 1973-2013; produced by Allan Miller, fl. 1973-2013; performed by Robert Mann, 1920- (New York, NY: First Run Features, 2013), 59 mins
Robert Mann has been a vital force in the world of music for more than seventy years. As founder and first violinist of the Julliard String Quartet, and as a soloist, composer, teacher, and conductor, Mann has brought a refreshing sense of adventure and discovery to chamber music performance, master classes, and...
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directed by Allan Miller, fl. 1973-2013; produced by Allan Miller, fl. 1973-2013; performed by Robert Mann, 1920- (New York, NY: First Run Features, 2013), 59 mins
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Robert Mann has been a vital force in the world of music for more than seventy years. As founder and first violinist of the Julliard String Quartet, and as a soloist, composer, teacher, and conductor, Mann has brought a refreshing sense of adventure and discovery to chamber music performance, master classes, and orchestral performances worldwide. In Speak the Music, the 93-year-old Mann shares personal anecdotes from his childhood and musical tr...
Robert Mann has been a vital force in the world of music for more than seventy years. As founder and first violinist of the Julliard String Quartet, and as a soloist, composer, teacher, and conductor, Mann has brought a refreshing sense of adventure and discovery to chamber music performance, master classes, and orchestral performances worldwide. In Speak the Music, the 93-year-old Mann shares personal anecdotes from his childhood and musical training, archival performance footage, candid interviews and glimpses into his private lessons with today's most promising violinists. A living legend, Robert Mann is in turn, funny, angry, tactful, persistent, and always searching for the most human expression he finds inside the music. Speak the Music pulls no punches: Mann describes the dark side of quartet life, including often intense differences with colleagues. Featuring rare rehearsal and dazzling performance excerpts from Mann's 50 years with the Juilliard String Quartet, Speak the Music is at once an exciting insight into the art and personality of a monumental chamber musician, and the story of the growing importance of chamber music in the second half of the 20th century. Featuring: Elliott Carter, Stephen Hough, pianist; Joel Krosnick, cellist; Maestro Seiji Ozawa; violinist, Itzhak Perlman; Nicholas Mann, Lisa Mann Matos, Lucy Rowan Mann; Dean Robert Yekovich, Rice Institute of Music; Peter Winograd, violinist; David Geber, cellist; Maria Lambros, violist
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Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
Robert Mann, 1920-
Contributor
Allan Miller, fl. 1973-2013
Author / Creator
Allan Miller, fl. 1973-2013, Robert Mann, 1920-
Date Published / Released
2013-12-03
Publisher
First Run Features
Person Discussed
Robert W. Mann, 1925-2010
Topic / Theme
Musicians, Performing ensembles, Performing arts life, Violin
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2013 by First Run Features Inc.
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The Story behind 'Concert Magic': Yehudi Menuhin in conversation with Humphrey Burton
directed by Bernd Bauer; produced by Elmar Kruse, 2004-2009; interview by Humphrey Burton, 1931-; performed by Yehudi Menuhin, 1916-1999 and Humphrey Burton, 1931-, in Yehudi Menuhin in 'Concert Magic' (EuroArts, 2005), 56 mins
In 1997, 50 years after the creation of the film Concert Magic, Yehudi Menuhin and Humphrey Burton (director of a number of Leonard Bernstein concerts and an expert biographer of Menuhin) viewed the film in front of the cameras. Menuhin recalled the making of the film in an interview and added many interesting det...
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directed by Bernd Bauer; produced by Elmar Kruse, 2004-2009; interview by Humphrey Burton, 1931-; performed by Yehudi Menuhin, 1916-1999 and Humphrey Burton, 1931-, in Yehudi Menuhin in 'Concert Magic' (EuroArts, 2005), 56 mins
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In 1997, 50 years after the creation of the film Concert Magic, Yehudi Menuhin and Humphrey Burton (director of a number of Leonard Bernstein concerts and an expert biographer of Menuhin) viewed the film in front of the cameras. Menuhin recalled the making of the film in an interview and added many interesting details with regards to music, filming, artists and the idea behind it all.
Date Written / Recorded
1997
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Interview
Performer / Ensemble
Yehudi Menuhin, 1916-1999, Humphrey Burton, 1931-
Contributor
Elmar Kruse, 2004-2009
Author / Creator
Bernd Bauer, Humphrey Burton, 1931-, Yehudi Menuhin, 1916-1999
Date Published / Released
2005
Publisher
EuroArts
Person Discussed
Yehudi Menuhin, 1916-1999
Topic / Theme
Performing arts life, Musicians, Classical Music
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2011. Used by permission of EuroArts Music International GmbH.
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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 Conductor
directed by Terry Sanders, 1931-; conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas, 1944-; produced by Terry Sanders, 1931-, Churchill Films, in To Be a Musician (Santa Monica, CA: American Film Foundation, 1970), 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 Conductor" portraits conductor Michael Tilson Thomas.
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directed by Terry Sanders, 1931-; conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas, 1944-; produced by Terry Sanders, 1931-, Churchill Films, in To Be a Musician (Santa Monica, CA: American Film Foundation, 1970), 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 Conductor" portraits conductor Michael Tilson Thomas.
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Contributor
Michael Tilson Thomas, 1944-, Terry Sanders, 1931-, Churchill Films
Author / Creator
Terry Sanders, 1931-
Date Published / Released
1970
Publisher
American Film Foundation
Series
To Be a Musician
Speaker / Narrator
Michael Tilson Thomas, 1944-
Person Discussed
Michael Tilson Thomas, 1944-
Topic / Theme
Music practice, Music conducting, Music conductors, Musical technique
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1970 American Film Foundation
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Vivaldi Unmasked
directed by Jill Marshall, fl. 1979-2010; composed by Antonio Vivaldi, 1678-1741 (1725); conducted by Charles Hazlewood, 1966-; produced by Jill Marshall, fl. 1979-2010; performed by Clio Gould, Red Megaphones, in Vivaldi Unmasked (BBC Worldwide, 2002), 59 mins
A helter-skelter mix of documentary and music video, the film contextualises Vivaldi's life through The Four Seasons, the most recorded and popular classical music ever written. Yet until 50 years ago it was forgotten, and remarkably little is known about the man who wrote it.
Presented by the dynamic young condu...
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directed by Jill Marshall, fl. 1979-2010; composed by Antonio Vivaldi, 1678-1741 (1725); conducted by Charles Hazlewood, 1966-; produced by Jill Marshall, fl. 1979-2010; performed by Clio Gould, Red Megaphones, in Vivaldi Unmasked (BBC Worldwide, 2002), 59 mins
Description
A helter-skelter mix of documentary and music video, the film contextualises Vivaldi's life through The Four Seasons, the most recorded and popular classical music ever written. Yet until 50 years ago it was forgotten, and remarkably little is known about the man who wrote it.
Presented by the dynamic young conductor Charles Hazlewood, the story of how Antonio Vivaldi's extraordinary life and work were rediscovered is one of the most intriguing...
A helter-skelter mix of documentary and music video, the film contextualises Vivaldi's life through The Four Seasons, the most recorded and popular classical music ever written. Yet until 50 years ago it was forgotten, and remarkably little is known about the man who wrote it.
Presented by the dynamic young conductor Charles Hazlewood, the story of how Antonio Vivaldi's extraordinary life and work were rediscovered is one of the most intriguing musical detective investigations of our time.
Charles Hazlewood travels to Venice in search of Vivaldi and his Four Seasons. The composer's own life falls into Four Seasons.
Vivaldi's Spring sees him in Venice and a violin child prodigy, at 15 ordained as a priest, and at 25 he was teaching at an all-girls' orphanage.
Summer finds Vivaldi a star composer at the height of his creativity, but dangerously entering into a scandalous relationship with Anna Giro, a singer young enough to be his daughter.
In Autumn he branches out into the role of opera impresario, extravagantly spending way beyond his means, and threatened with excommunication for his disreputable relationship with Anna Giro.
By Winter he is penniless, far from home, and buried in an unmarked pauper's grave.
As well as the documentary footage, each season is rehearsed and performed by Charles with violin soloist Clio Gould (the virtuoso leader of the contemporary music group the London Sinfonietta) and The Red Megaphones - Charles' hand-picked band of musicians.
Through the rehearsal process they show how Vivaldi creates a whole series of stories in the music of The Four Seasons, and why they are the world's only "programme" concertos - concertos that tell a story.
He puts them in a contemporary context, demonstrating how much they have in common with Pink Floyd and Wyclef Jean.
Charles Hazlewood is one of this country's most exciting and charismatic conductors and musical communicators.
His recent sell-out West End hit The Mysteries is a typical example of his innovative and challenging approach to music drama.
As a television presenter this summer Charles Hazlewood hosts a fortnight of Proms on BBC FOUR.
The violinist Clio Gould has performed as a soloist all over the world. Apart from her busy career as soloist and orchestral leader, she has recently presented a television documentary on the Royalist composer William Lawes for BBC FOUR.
A woman of the 21st century, Clio has a lively and engaging television presence, for Vivaldi Unmasked she is playing a Stradivarius violin made 14 years after Vivaldi's birth.
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Date Written / Recorded
1725
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
Red Megaphones, Clio Gould
Contributor
Charles Hazlewood, 1966-, Jill Marshall, fl. 1979-2010
Author / Creator
Antonio Vivaldi, 1678-1741, Jill Marshall, fl. 1979-2010, Red Megaphones, Clio Gould
Date Published / Released
2002
Publisher
BBC Worldwide
Person Discussed
Antonio Vivaldi, 1678-1741
Topic / Theme
Music history, Composers, Music criticism
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2013 BBC Worldwide
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What Would Beethoven Do?
directed by Jonathan Keijser, fl. 2014; composed by Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770-1827; conducted by Benjamin Zander, 1939-, Larry Livingston and Sonia Marie De León de Vega, 1964-; produced by Sabrina Skau, fl. 2013, Michèle DesLauriers, fl. 2015, Daniel Beresh, fl. 2011, Veronica An, fl. 2016 and Jonathan Keijser, fl. 2014, Wire Walker Studios; performed by Boston Symphony Orchestra and Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia (Toronto, ON and Los Angeles, CA: Wire Walker Studios, 2017), 1 hour 14 mins
Classical music doesn’t exactly have a reputation for being hip. But What Would Beethoven Do? gives an old genre a new twist by exposing classical music through the eyes of renegades, from composers flirting with modern mediums, to young musicians dedicated to changing the narrative, to a man who’s bringing tu...
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directed by Jonathan Keijser, fl. 2014; composed by Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770-1827; conducted by Benjamin Zander, 1939-, Larry Livingston and Sonia Marie De León de Vega, 1964-; produced by Sabrina Skau, fl. 2013, Michèle DesLauriers, fl. 2015, Daniel Beresh, fl. 2011, Veronica An, fl. 2016 and Jonathan Keijser, fl. 2014, Wire Walker Studios; performed by Boston Symphony Orchestra and Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia (Toronto, ON and Los Angeles, CA: Wire Walker Studios, 2017), 1 hour 14 mins
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Classical music doesn’t exactly have a reputation for being hip. But What Would Beethoven Do? gives an old genre a new twist by exposing classical music through the eyes of renegades, from composers flirting with modern mediums, to young musicians dedicated to changing the narrative, to a man who’s bringing turntables and orchestras together. This documentary captures the rise of an exciting revolution as innovative individuals break stereoty...
Classical music doesn’t exactly have a reputation for being hip. But What Would Beethoven Do? gives an old genre a new twist by exposing classical music through the eyes of renegades, from composers flirting with modern mediums, to young musicians dedicated to changing the narrative, to a man who’s bringing turntables and orchestras together. This documentary captures the rise of an exciting revolution as innovative individuals break stereotypes and bring classical music to today’s audience.
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Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
Boston Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia
Contributor
Benjamin Zander, 1939-, Larry Livingston, Sonia Marie De León de Vega, 1964-, Brian LaGuardia, fl. 2015, Sabrina Skau, fl. 2013, Michèle DesLauriers, fl. 2015, Daniel Beresh, fl. 2011, Veronica An, fl. 2016, Jonathan Keijser, fl. 2014, Wire Walker Studios
Author / Creator
Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770-1827, Jonathan Keijser, fl. 2014, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the Accademia di Santa Cecilia
Date Published / Released
2016, 2017
Publisher
Wire Walker Studios
Person Discussed
Eric Whitacre, 1970-, Bobby McFerrin, 1950-, Rich Capparela, fl. 1972
Topic / Theme
Music, Orchestras, Outreach, Singers, Crossover, Symphony orchestra, Chorus
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2017 Wire Walker Studios
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Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics, Johann Sebastian Bach: Serving God Through Music
directed by Katherine Jeans, fl. 1995-2010; composed by Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750; conducted by Pinchas Zukerman, 1948-; produced by Katherine Jeans, fl. 1995-2010 and Neil Bregman, 1954-, Sound Venture; performed by National Arts Centre Orchestra, in Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics, in Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics: Johann Sebastian Bach (Ottawa, ON: Sound Venture), 25 mins
This episode of Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics is about Johann Sebastian Bach.
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directed by Katherine Jeans, fl. 1995-2010; composed by Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750; conducted by Pinchas Zukerman, 1948-; produced by Katherine Jeans, fl. 1995-2010 and Neil Bregman, 1954-, Sound Venture; performed by National Arts Centre Orchestra, in Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics, in Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics: Johann Sebastian Bach (Ottawa, ON: Sound Venture), 25 mins
Description
This episode of Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics is about Johann Sebastian Bach.
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
National Arts Centre Orchestra
Contributor
Pinchas Zukerman, 1948-, Katherine Jeans, fl. 1995-2010, Neil Bregman, 1954-, Sound Venture
Author / Creator
Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750, Katherine Jeans, fl. 1995-2010, National Arts Centre Orchestra
Date Published / Released
1999
Publisher
Sound Venture
Series
Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics
Person Discussed
Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750
Topic / Theme
Composers, Music, Concerto
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2014 by Sound Venture Productions Ottawa
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Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics, Ludwig van Beethoven: Triumph Over Adversity
directed by Katherine Jeans, fl. 1995-2010; composed by Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770-1827; conducted by Pinchas Zukerman, 1948-; produced by Katherine Jeans, fl. 1995-2010 and Neil Bregman, 1954-, Sound Venture; performed by National Arts Centre Orchestra, in Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics, in Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics: Ludwig van Beethoven (Ottawa, ON: Sound Venture), 27 mins
This episode of Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics is about Ludwig van Beethoven.
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directed by Katherine Jeans, fl. 1995-2010; composed by Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770-1827; conducted by Pinchas Zukerman, 1948-; produced by Katherine Jeans, fl. 1995-2010 and Neil Bregman, 1954-, Sound Venture; performed by National Arts Centre Orchestra, in Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics, in Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics: Ludwig van Beethoven (Ottawa, ON: Sound Venture), 27 mins
Description
This episode of Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics is about Ludwig van Beethoven.
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
National Arts Centre Orchestra
Contributor
Pinchas Zukerman, 1948-, Katherine Jeans, fl. 1995-2010, Neil Bregman, 1954-, Sound Venture
Author / Creator
Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770-1827, Katherine Jeans, fl. 1995-2010, National Arts Centre Orchestra
Date Published / Released
1999
Publisher
Sound Venture
Series
Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics
Person Discussed
Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770-1827
Topic / Theme
Composers, Music, Symphony
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2014 by Sound Venture Productions Ottawa
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Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics, Maurice Ravel: The Colour of Music
directed by Katherine Jeans, fl. 1995-2010; composed by Maurice Ravel, 1875-1937; conducted by Pinchas Zukerman, 1948-; produced by Katherine Jeans, fl. 1995-2010 and Neil Bregman, 1954-, Sound Venture; performed by National Arts Centre Orchestra, in Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics, in Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics: Maurice Ravel (Ottawa, ON: Sound Venture), 24 mins
This episode of Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics is about Maurice Ravel.
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directed by Katherine Jeans, fl. 1995-2010; composed by Maurice Ravel, 1875-1937; conducted by Pinchas Zukerman, 1948-; produced by Katherine Jeans, fl. 1995-2010 and Neil Bregman, 1954-, Sound Venture; performed by National Arts Centre Orchestra, in Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics, in Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics: Maurice Ravel (Ottawa, ON: Sound Venture), 24 mins
Description
This episode of Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics is about Maurice Ravel.
Field of Study
Classical Music
Content Type
Documentary
Performer / Ensemble
National Arts Centre Orchestra
Contributor
Pinchas Zukerman, 1948-, Katherine Jeans, fl. 1995-2010, Neil Bregman, 1954-, Sound Venture
Author / Creator
Maurice Ravel, 1875-1937, Katherine Jeans, fl. 1995-2010, National Arts Centre Orchestra
Date Published / Released
1999
Publisher
Sound Venture
Series
Whole Notes: Stories Behind the Classics
Person Discussed
Maurice Ravel, 1875-1937
Topic / Theme
Composers, Music, Opera
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2014 by Sound Venture Productions Ottawa
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