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Notations: A Composer's Response to Crisis
Item# 40452
© 2008
144 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-989-2
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-60825-990-8
In 1802, Beethoven faced the prospect of becoming deaf. But instead of causing defeat, that crisis triggered a season of transcendent creativity that changed the course of music history. In this progr...
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Genres in Music: From Handel to Hip-Hop
Item# 40223
© 2008
22 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-452-1
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-60825-453-8
Throughout history, musicians and musical works have reflected the fashion, culture, and social attitudes of their times. Music today is more diversified than ever, from the megahits of teen pop stars...
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La Paloma: The History and Mystery of the World's Most Popular Song
Item# 40164
© 2008
52 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-403-3
DVD ISBN: 978-1-60825-404-0
In Zanzibar they play it at the end of weddings, in Romania at the end of funerals, in Mexico as a protest song, and in Germany as a sailor's lament. Written a century and a half ago by Sebastian Irad...
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Discovering Tchaikovsky's Romeo and Juliet
Item# 37490
© 2007
59 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-4213-8232-6
DVD ISBN: 978-1-4213-8233-3
Considered Tchaikovsky's first mature masterpiece, Romeo and Juliet marks the start of the composer's remarkable career. After conducting the BBC Philharmonic Orchestra in a complete performance of th...
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Discovering Tchaikovsky's Sixth Symphony
Item# 37491
© 2007
58 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-4213-8234-0
DVD ISBN: 978-1-4213-8235-7
In this program, Charles Hazlewood addresses Tchaikovsky's final work-and what many regard as his greatest achievement: Symphony no. 6 in B Minor (Pathetique), which premiered only days before his dea...
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Tchaikovsky Uncovered
Item# 37489
© 2007
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-4213-8230-2
DVD ISBN: 978-1-4213-8231-9
In this two-part series, renowned British conductor Charles Hazlewood brings a fresh perspective to the interplay between Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's life and works by exploring two of the composer's s...
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The Online Music Revolution
Item# 37076
© 2006
30 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-4213-6361-5
DVD ISBN: 978-1-4213-6362-2
An industry once dominated by four giant companies-Sony BMG, Warner Music, Universal, and EMI-has undergone a radical transformation. This program examines the explosion of legal music downloading and...
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The History of Music, 2nd Edition
Item# 39879
© 2005
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60467-892-5
DVD ISBN: 978-1-60467-893-2
Using period music, magnificent works of art, and colorful diagrams, this updated eight-part series thoroughly examines the Western music tradition: its roots, its major eras and movements, and many o...
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The History of Music, 2nd Edition: Early Romanticism
Item# 39884
© 2005
24 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60467-902-1
DVD ISBN: 978-1-60467-903-8
While Classical composers relied on form and structure, Romantic composers gave priority to emotional expression. This program surveys the 19th century as it notes the contributions of Ludwig van Beet...
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The History of Music, 2nd Edition: Into the Classical Period
Item# 39883
© 2005
23 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60467-900-7
DVD ISBN: 978-1-60467-901-4
This program studies the birth of Classical music, which occurred during the final decades of the Baroque Era, and its maturation up to about 1800. Differences between Baroque and Classical music-part...
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