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Leaving home, orchestral music in the 20th century. 5, The American Way / a conducted tour by Sir Simon Rattle, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra ; director, Peter West.
Van Pelt - Ormandy Music and Media Center Music DVD 481
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- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- French
- German
- Italian
- Japanese
- Spanish
- Subjects (All):
- Orchestral music--United States--20th century.
- Orchestral music.
- Orchestral music--20th century--Analysis, appreciation.
- United States.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Orchestral music.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (50 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Orchestral music in the 20th century
- Conducted tour
- American way
- Place of Publication:
- Leipzig : Arthaus Musik, [2005]
- Language Note:
- In English and German, with subtitles in French, Italian, Japanese and Spanish.
- System Details:
- DVD-5; soundtrack in PCM stereo; aspect ratio 4:3.
- digital
- optical
- stereo
- video file
- DVD video
- Summary:
- Music of young men in a young country, individualists and innovators who nevertheless learnt from the music of the past, and from the music of other cultures. Jazz, military bands, country dances, German Expressionism and minimalism all contribute to a dazzling display of energy and virtuosity in American music.
- Contents:
- Excerpts from: Rhapsody in blue / George Gershwin
- Decoration Day / Charles Ives
- First construction (in metal) / John Cage
- A celebration of some 100 x 150 notes / Elliott Carter
- Mme Press died last week at 90 / Morton Feldman
- Appalachian spring / Aaron Copland
- Harmonium / John Adams
- Lonely house (from Street scene) / Kurt Weill
- In C / Terry Riley
- Symphonic dances (from West side story) / Leonard Bernstein.
- Participant:
- Anthony Rolfe Johnson, tenor ; Wayne Marshall, piano ; City of Birmingham Sympony Orchestra ; Sir Simon Rattle, conductor.
- Credits:
- Director, Deborah May.
- Notes:
- Title from container.
- Originally produced in 1996.
- Program booklet in English, French and German in container.
- Special features: Biographies of the composers; bonus audio track, Appalachian spring (23 min.); photo gallery.
- OCLC:
- 62414144
- Publisher Number:
- 807280204193
- 102 041 Arthaus Musik
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