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John Adams - A Portrait and Concert of American Music (2002)

aka: John Adams - American Classic - A Portrait

Subject

Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 101 minutes), £19.99

A look a the life and work of John Adams, one of America’s most frequently performed living composers who has managed to write accessible music that still surprises and challenges his listeners. Includes...

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BBC releases American culture archive

Date

16 Nov 2011, 09:52

Author

Cathy Grant

Post Type

Post

To tie in with BBC Four's All American season, launching on 14 November, which will explore the cultural heritage of 20th century America, the BBC has made available online 15 full-length programmes on this...

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John Cage (1984)

Director

Peter Greenaway

Producer

Revel Guest

Subject

Music

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Documentary on the avant-garde composer John Cage. Includes a postcript by Peter Greenaway in which he discusses some of the issues raised.

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Meredith Monk (1984)

Director

Peter Greenaway

Producer

Revel Guest

Subject

Music

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Discusses Meredith Monk’s achievements as singer, dancer, performance artist, composer and filmmaker. Includes a postcript by Peter Greenaway in which he discusses some of the issues raised.

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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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Devil’s Music, The: Series 2 (2011)

Subject

Music

A series of four 25-minute programmes in which Alexis Korner investigates the roots of American Blues music.

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Robert Ashley (1984 Film)

Director

Peter Greenaway

Producer

Revel Guest

Subject

Music

Distribution

Film (16mm)

Uses material from various performances of the stage version of Ashley’s ‘made for television’ opera ‘Perfect Lives (Private Parts)'. The stage version was a collaboration between Ashley, the...

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Jazz is Our Religion (1972 Film, Video)

Director

John Jeremy

Subject

English language and literature; Music

Distribution

Film (16mm)

An evocation of jazz through photographs, words and music. Music by Johnny Griffin Quintet with Jon Hendricks and the voices of Art Blakey, Kenny Clarke, Jo Jones, Sonny Murray, Eddie Gomez, Bill Evans. Jazz...

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Compay Segundo

Subject

HISTORY & POLITICS CATALOGUES; Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 100 min), £17.99

Compay Segunda was filmed, in his nineties, singing his Cuban songs as he has done in Havana since the 1920s. His songs tell of promises of a brave new world following the revolution and life in Cuba before...

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Too Close to Heaven: A History of Black Gospel Music (3 Parts) (1996 Video)

Director

Alan Lewens

Producer

Leo St Clair

Subject

Music

Distribution

Sale, Videocassettes. VHS. col. 180 min., 2000 sale: £25.00 (inclusive)

Professor Horace Boyer traces the development of gospel music, using footage of live performances and interviews, from it West African roots and the spirituals sung by slaves in the American South through to...

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