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Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Trace the Depression-era movement of populism in American art, based in the notion that high art should speak to the broad, general population, and learn how Copland’s Symphony No. 3 captured the euphoric mood of the country following victories over the Depression, fascism, and Japanese imperialism. Note also how the artistic politics of the postwar decades relegated the Symphony to temporary obscurity in an era that sought to purge music of self-expressive...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Take the measure of the terrors of the Stalinist regime in Soviet Russia, and uncover how many people, including Dimitri Shostakovich, were forced to lead double lives. Learn about the composition of the Symphony during the post-Stalin "Thaw,"a less repressive period, and consider the composer’s use of texts by courageous poet Yevgeny Yevtushenko. In the Symphony’s powerful textures, grasp how the music speaks for all those who walked the line...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
At once an invaluable photographic record of life in Weimer Berlin and a timeless demonstration of the cinema's ability to enthrall on a purely visceral level, Berlin, Symphony of a Great City (Berlin, die Symphonie der Grosstadt) offers a kaleidoscopic view of a single day in the life of a bustling metropolis. Carl Mayer (The Last Laugh), influenced by the naturalistic Kammerspiel movement, envisioned "a melody of pictures" sprung from daily reality...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Delve into the 19th-century movement within Russia to create a distinctively Russian national art. With his Symphony No. 1 as a point of reference, learn how Mily Balakirev personified the quest for an authentic Russian musical aesthetic. Observe how this quest reflected a geopolitical conflict within Russia between pro-Western and "Slavophile"schools of thought, and see how Balakirev gathered around him a group of young composers who would change...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
As context for this modern symphonic masterpiece, investigate the nearly inconceivable atrocities committed against Poland during World War II by Hitler’s and Stalin’s regimes, encompassing efforts by both aggressors to destroy Polish nationhood. Learn about Henryk Gorecki’s life in wartime and in the repressive era that followed, and hear the sublimely beautiful "Symphony of Sorrowful Songs"that expresses the Polish experience through sung...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Explore the extraordinary industrial and economic rise of the United States in the 19th century, a phenomenon celebrated in the Chicago Columbian Exposition of 1893, one of the most spectacular world’s fairs ever held. Witness the historic participation of Antonin Dvork, and uncover the impact on American music of Dvork’s residency in the U.S., which produced his symphony entitled From the New World, and pointed toward the creation of a uniquely...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Within Washington's hotbed of live entertainment, visit the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, with its multiple performance spaces. Then learn about the National Theatre, The Shakespeare and Folger theatres, DC's outstanding regional theaters, and music offerings from the National Symphony Orchestra to venues featuring jazz, rock, folk, bluegrass, blues, and alternative music.
11) Dare to Drum
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
DARE TO DRUM tells the story of rock star composer Stewart Copeland, drummer for The Police, teaming up with D’Drum, a Texas-based world percussion group, and Maestro Jaap van Zweden with the Dallas Symphony Orchestra to create groundbreaking work, both on and off the screen. In 2011, after three years of composing, rehearsals, recording sessions, and trips to Bali and Java, "Gamelan D'Drum" - a musical synthesis of pitch, rhythm, and orchestration...
12) The gates
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Co-directed by Antonio Ferrera and Albert Maysles, The gates chronicles the evolution of Christo and Jeanne-Claude's installation from concept to installation, ultimately overcoming public disapproval and transforming Central Park into a visual symphony of color, light, joy and beauty.
13) The Roe's room
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
In this "absolutely singular autobiographical film opera" (Time out), Majewski presents a stunning, intimate, and ultimately magical work. Accompanied by the Polish National Symphony Orchestra and the Silesian Opera Chorus, Majewski creates a soaring, theatrical Eden in which life goes on, love blooms, and nature has the final say.
14) Louvre city
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
Louvre city takes the form of one of the classic symphonies of the 1920s, which begin at daybreak, end at nightfall, and chronicle the lives of urban dwellers at work and at play. Rather than focus on its familiar role as a monument to high culture, director Nicolas Philibert shows us the everyday life of the museum and how it operates.
Publisher
The History® Channel
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
The ability to transmit sound in stereo transformed the music of life into a rich symphony of sound. For over 100 years, enthusiasts and scientists have worked to create the ideal listening experience. From Thomas Edison's early phonograph to today's digital revolution, we examine this multi-billion dollar business.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
While the groundbreaking Third Symphony was Beethoven's public declaration of his "new path" as a composer, the piano sonatas were, collectively, his workshop for getting there. None more so than Sonata no. 17 in D Minor, op. 31, no. 2 (Tempest).
Publisher
Filmmakers Showcase
Pub. Date
1899.
Language
English
Description
PICTURING A METROPOLIS is part of the film retrospective UNSEEN CINEMA that explores long-forgotten American experimental cinema.. Since the beginning of cinema, filmmakers have been infatuated with capturing on film dynamic images of New York City. Avant-garde experiments pop up in the most unlikely of places including turn of the 20th century actualities, and commercial and radical newsreels. City symphonies are represented by the landmark American...
Publisher
Filmmakers Showcase
Pub. Date
1925.
Language
English
Description
AMATEUR AS AUTEUR is part of the film retrospective UNSEEN CINEMA that explores long-forgotten American experimental cinema.. These home-made films incorporate avant-garde strategies and techniques to reveal a true sense of cinematic intimacy. Glimpses of life caught unawares are found in the home movies of Elizabeth Woodman Wright, Archie Stewart, Frank Stauffacher, and John C. Hecker. Poetic lyricism finds a voice in the city symphonies of Lynn...
19) Counting
Publisher
Cinema Guild
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
In fifteen linked chapters shot in locations ranging from Moscow to New York to Istanbul, COUNTING merges city symphony, diary film, and personal/political essay to create a vivid portrait of contemporary life. COUNTING measures street life, light and time, noting not only surveillance and overdevelopment but resistance and its phantoms as manifested in music, animals and everyday magic Winner of Best Cinematographer at **DOC LA**. Official Selection...
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Vienna, 1813-1819: Beethoven (Donatas Banionis) is at the peak of his fame. Orchestras all over the world play his music, but he lives modestly and is dependent upon private patrons. Nagged by his patronizing brothers, spied upon by officials for his republican beliefs and increasingly hard of hearing, the composer becomes more and more isolated. Seeman's poetic film explores the joys, heartbreak and artistic spirit of the great composer as he works...
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