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Land of Our Fathers

Nationalism soon led to a recognition of the classical value of folksong, and an attempt to express in music the language, landscape, and musical traditions of the composer’s own country. Contents include excerpts from: Smetana’s Ma Vlast; Dvorák’s String Quartet in E-Flat, Symphony No. 9 (‘The New World’); Ives’ Three Places in New England; Janacek’s Katya Kabanova; Grieg’s Peer Gynt Suite; de Falla’s Homage at the Tomb of Debussy; Vaughan Williams’ London Symphony; Kodály’s Hary János Suite; Sibelius’ Finlandia, Symphony No. 2. (60 minutes)



 
    

Item#: BVL726
Copyright date: ©1982
VHS ISBN 978-0-89113-824-2
DVD ISBN 978-0-7365-6337-6



Part of the Series : Music in Time
     
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The Romantics

The Romantic movement-a reaction against the orderliness of 18th-century classicism and 19th-century industrialization-strove above all for self-expression. The Romantics composed for themselves and the new bourgeois audiences that now frequented con...(more details)
 
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War and Peace

In the period between the two World Wars, composers sought to express in music the jarring and discordant sense that civilization was giving way to barbarism. During the same time, jazz burst upon the international musical scene. Performers include t...(more details)
 
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The Turn of the Century

As we move into the 20th century, music is in transition from Romanticism to Modernism, from self-expression to Realism-or to the attempt to escape from reality to bygone eras. Performers include James Galway and the Vienna Philharmonic under Bernste...(more details)
 
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The Mighty Fistful

Until the 19th century, fashionable Russian audiences preferred Western music. Then came Glinka, Balakirev, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, Borodin, Scriabin, and Tchaikovsky. This program covers the distance from folk tradition to the founding of the R...(more details)
 
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Nationalism and Revolution

The French Revolution ushered in a century of nationalism and political change throughout Europe; composers identified with causes and expressed them in music. Performances include Berlioz' Requiem, conducted by Leonard Bernstein; Wagner's Meistersin...(more details)
 
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