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Understanding the Fundamentals of Music (2013)

Subject

Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 16 x 45 minute lectures), £54.99

Comprehensive series of lectures on the history and theory of western music, covering timbre, tempo, metre, pitch and mode, intervals, key signatures, melody, and harmony. The lectures include musical...

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Gregorian Chant Explained (2014)

Subject

History; Music; Religious studies

Prof. Julie E. Cumming and Dr. Peter Schubert discuss the historical and religious impact of Gregorian Chant on ancient and modern society. [c. 50 minutes]

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I’m British but... (1989)

Director

Gurinder Chadha

Subject

Music; Sociology

Using the sound beats of Bhangra music and testimonies of young people from Glasgow, Belfast, London and South Wales, Gurinda Chada’s first film offers an insight into how a new generation of British...

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Richard Wagner: Power, Sex and Revolution (Part 2) (2013)

Subject

History; Music

Two hundred years after the composer’s birth, journalist Paul Mason takes a fresh look at Wagner. In the second part of his journey through his music, Mason turns to the seemingly conventional world of a...

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Richard Wagner: Power, Sex and Revolution (Part 1) (2013)

Subject

History; Music

What’s really going on in Wagner? Two hundred years after the composer’s birth, journalist Paul Mason takes a fresh look at the man whose music has gripped him for as long as he can remember. The...

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Share Remixing Digital Archives: The Victorian Meme Machine (2015)

Subject

History; Information technology; Media studies

Bob Nicholson (Edge Hill University) discusses a project which he undertook in 2014 with the British Library Labs to find and revive thousands of forgotten Victorian jokes. His ‘Victorian Meme Machine’...

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Hell on Earth (1931)

aka: Niemandsland

Director

Victor Trivas; George Shdanoff

Subject

History

The story of five men, an Englishman, a Frenchman, a German, a Russian Jew, and a Black American who meet on the battlefield of World War I. Setting aside their prejudices, they refuse to kill each other and...

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Archive Pioneers: Saviours of Sound at the BBC (2010)

Subject

History; Media studies; Technology

The BBC was nearly ten years old when it installed its first recording machine, but tapes and discs soon began to pile up in Broadcasting House. Through broadcasts, internal BBC interviews and recordings...

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Zoo Quest for a Dragon (6 Parts) (2009)

Subject

Anthropology; Biology; Geography; Media studies

ZOO QUEST FOR A DRAGON, first broadcast in 1956, was the third in David Attenborough’s groundbreaking ZOO QUEST television natural history series. In these programmes he pioneered techniques in programme...

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Sky at Night Series, The (2004)

Subject

Astronomy

Distribution

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/space/spaceguide/skyatnight/proginfo.shtml

Monthly astronomy programmes from the BBC SKY AT NIGHT series, presented by Patrick Moore, are available for free viewing online. The archive contains programmes broadcast since December 2001 and new...

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