Films for the Humanities and Sciences

Today and Tomorrow

Music of our time is harder to assess; we should remember that today’s war-horses were in their own time shockingly modern, and that contemporary audiences often spurned those whom we most venerate today. This program presents a broad cross-section of modern music and musical trends, leaving to listeners the guess as to which will be tomorrow’s classics. Contents include excerpts from: Lennon and McCartney’s When I’m 64; Varèse’s Ionization; Stravinsky’s The Firebird, Rite of Spring, Symphony in C; Copland’s El Salón México; Tippett’s Double String Concerto; Messiaen’s Pentecostal Mass; Stockhausen’s Kontakte; Boulez’ Le Marteau sans maître; Berio’s A-Ronne; Ligeti’s Melodien; Nono’s La Fabbrica Illuminata; Henze’s El Cimarrón; Cage’s Improvisations from "Songbooks." (60 minutes)

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Item#: BVL730

VHS ISBN 978-0-89113-778-8
DVD ISBN 978-0-7365-6341-3

Part of the Series : Music in Time


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