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New! Broadway Goes Hollywood: Musical Comedy in American Cinema
Item# 40694
© 2008
52 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-61616-276-4
DVD ISBN: 978-1-61616-275-7
Beginning with the release of The Jazz Singer in 1927, this program provides a detailed look inside that most distinctly American of film traditions, the musical comedy. Interviews with dancer Cyd Cha...
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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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Inside a Recording Studio
Item# 40224
© 2008
26 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-454-5
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-60825-455-2
Singers and band members get all the attention, but the technicians and producers who work inside a recording studio are just as important to the creation of a great song. This program introduces view...
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An Introduction to Composing
Item# 40222
© 2008
26 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60825-450-7
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-60825-451-4
How do musicians find the inspiration to create? Do most songwriters come up with lyrics first, or music? What does it mean to be a composer in today's high-tech world? This program addresses question...
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Spotlight on Careers in the Arts
Item# 36912
© 2007
18 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-4213-6765-1
DVD ISBN: 978-1-4213-6766-8
How do three talented individuals translate their unique artistic sensibilities into action? This program explains. Section one focuses attention on Jacques d'Amboise, one of the world's finest classi...
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Music
Item# 37682
© 2006
24 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-4213-8913-4
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-4213-8914-1
Introduce viewers to three women who have found gainful employment in the field of music. This program profiles Sandra Schultz, a sound engineer and technician who records and mixes for music producer...
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Beowulf: Performed by Benjamin Bagby-Educator's Edition
Item# 37138
© 2006
99 Min.
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-4213-6698-2
DVD (Chaptered) ISBN: 978-1-4213-6528-2
With the intensity and commitment of an ancient Norse warrior, Benjamin Bagby brings the epic poem Beowulf to incandescent life. This program documents Bagby's brilliant iteration of the saga before a...
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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: Modern Times
Item# 39887
© 2005
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VHS ISBN: 978-1-60467-908-3
DVD ISBN: 978-1-60467-909-0
Over the past half-century, concert music has felt the influence of jazz and the Modernist innovations of serialism, "chance music," microtonality, abstractly expressionistic electronic music, and min...
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