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4 American composers : Robert Ashley / Trans Atlantic Films for Channel Four Television ; producer, Revel Guest ; director, Peter Greenaway.
LIBRA VHS ML50.A8 P472 1991
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Ashley, Robert, Perfect Lives (Privacy rules), author.
- Channel Four (Great Britain), producer.
- Transatlantic Films, producer.
- Mystic Fire Video, Inc., distributor.
- PolyGram Video (Firm), distributor.
- Van Wert Collection (University of Pennsylvania)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cage, John.
- Glass, Philip.
- Monk, Meredith.
- Ashley, Robert, 1930-2014--Film adaptations.
- Ashley, Robert.
- Ashley, Robert, 1930-2014.
- Composers.
- Music.
- United States.
- Composers--United States--Biography.
- Music--United States--20th century.
- Composers--United States--20th century.
- Composers--United States--Interviews.
- Genre:
- Film adaptations.
- Biographies.
- Interviews.
- Operas.
- Television programs.
- Television adaptations.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
- 1/2 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Robert Ashley
- Four American composers
- Title on container: 4merican composers
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Mystic Fire Video : distributed by PolyGram Video, [1991]
- System Details:
- VHS - NTSC.
- analog
- magnetic
- VHS
- NTSC
- Summary:
- Performances of works by four modern American composers at a London festival in 1983. Interviews with the composers and performers.
- Contents:
- 1. John Cage
- 2. Philip Glass
- 3. Meredith Monk
- 4. Robert Ashley. Episode 1. The park
- Episode 2. The supermarket
- Episode 3. The bank
- Episode 4. The bar
- Episode 5. The living room
- Episode 6. The church
- Episode 7. The backyard.
- Participant:
- Robert Ashley ("R", the storyteller) ; "Blue" Gene Tyranny (Buddy, "The world's greatest piano player") ; Jill Kroesen (Isolde (Marie Isolde)) ; David van Tieghem ("D", the captain of the football team).
- Credits:
- Cameraman, John Sandborn ; editor, John Wilson ; music producer and live electronics, Peter Gordon.
- Notes:
- Originally produced for television in 1983.
- ISBN:
- 1561762350
- OCLC:
- 40181805
- Publisher Number:
- 715098762357
- 76235 Mystic Fire Video
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