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Theory and Practice (1994 Video)

Producer

Mags Noble

Subject

Music

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Examines the relationship between the rigours of theoretical training and the ‘inspirational’ image of the ‘great’ composers. Using surviving harmony exercises used by Beethoven and Handel, and set...

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Four American Composers: John Cage, Robert Ashley, Meredith Monk, Philip Glass (1984)

aka: 4 American Composers

Director

Peter Greenaway

Producer

Revel Guest

Subject

Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL, 220 minutes), £32.92

A series of four programmes of performances by ‘avant-garde’ musicians from New York: John Cage, Meredith Monk, Philip Glass and Robert Ashley. The programmes are preceeded and followed by short...

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Cinema for the Ears (1998 Video)

Subject

Music

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 25 min., 1999 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Examines contemporary experimental composition that relies on computer technology for its realisation. Shows the work of composers in Britain, France and the USA and discusses how the development of computer...

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Great Russian Composers (6 Parts) (1995)

Subject

Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (PAL, 180 minutes), £162.00

This six-part series looks at the life and times of some of Russia’s greatest composers. GREAT RUSSIAN COMPOSERS is a series of documentary biographies, using film, archive documents, portraits, music and...

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Sibelius (2007)

Subject

Music

Distribution

DVD (Region 2 PAL, 35 minutes), £14.74

Jan Sibelius was born into a middle class family in a small country town in Finland. He was encouraged in developing his musical talent but he was fifteen before it began to really interest him. At first he...

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Mahler (2008)

Subject

Music

Distribution

DVD (Region 2 PAL, 35 minutes), £14.74

The composer Gustav Mahler was born the son of a poor itinerant Jewish salesman in a tiny village in what is now the Czech Republic. His astonishing and influential career as a conductor and director of...

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David Starkey’s Music & Monarchy (2017)

Subject

History; Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 135 minutes), £7.99

Presented by renowned historian David Starkey, this BBC series reveals how British kings and queens shaped the story of the nation’s music as patrons and taste makers, and even as composers and performers....

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South Bank Show: Vol.1: Ken Russell (2012)

Director

Ken Russell

Subject

Film studies; Media studies; Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 500 minutes), £29.99

Compilation of the eight films made by Ken Russell between 1983 and 2002 for The South Bank Show, on Vaughan Williams, Arnold Bax, Elgar, a portrait of the widows of four British composers, a found-footage...

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Famous Composers (12 Parts) (1996 Video)

Subject

Music

Distribution

Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 12 x 35 min., 1999 sale: £19.95 (+VAT inc. p&p) each

Lives and work of noted composers, set within the context of their respective ages, presented through the use of film, archive material, music and commentary. Music is performed by members of the Elysium...

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Words and Music (1994 Video)

Producer

Mags Noble

Subject

Music

Distribution

Off-air recording licence Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Examines some of the issues raised when a composer sets words to music, looking at the way a composer balances the words, which need to be heard and understood, with the music, which needs to make sense on...

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