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Words and Music by - No. 2

Date released

29 Mar 1928

Series name

Eve And Everybody’s Film Review

Issue no

356

NoS ID

331831

Story no

6 / 6

NoS Summary - popular songs through printed words and camera tricks. British Pathe synopsis: Title reads: "Eve presents another novelty - "Words and music by - " No. 2." Introductory intertitle: "Songs...

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Sir Michael Tippett (1979 Video)

Director

Alan Benson

Producer

Alan Benson

Subject

Music

Distribution

Hire, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 85 min.

Combines excerpts from key works with an account of Tippet’s development as a composer. Includes excerpts from his symphonies, the concertos for orchestra and for double string orchestra, the Piano Sonata...

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Andre Tchaikovsky: The Merchant of Venice (2013 Video)

aka: Der Kauffman von Venedig

Director

Felix Breisach; Keith Warner

Recorded at the 2013 Bregenz festival, this production of the Merchant of Venice is the premier of the only opera by the pianist and composer, André Tchaikowsky.

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Mozart. Salzburg Celebrates Bi-Centenary

Date released

6 Feb 1956

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

2602

NoS ID

046374

Story no

2 / 8

President leads nation in homage to composer.

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(Untitled record)

Date released

4 Mar 1920

Series name

Around The Town

Issue no

14

NoS ID

329757

Story no

3 / 7

NoS synopsis: interview with Sir Frederick Cowen, composer.

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US Orchestra Players Visit Sibelius

Date released

4 Jul 1955

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

2540

NoS ID

045899

Story no

3 / 7

Eminent composer is congratulated on approaching 90th birthday by Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra.

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Farewell to Ivor Novello

Date released

15 Mar 1951

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

2091

NoS ID

042932

Story no

2 / 8

Five thousand people and many film and stage stars attend crematorium for funeral of famous actor-composer-dramatist.

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Music World Honours Sir Henry Wood

Date released

9 Mar 1944

Series name

British Paramount News

Issue no

1359

NoS ID

039082

Story no

1 / 3

Extras

1 commentary sheet, 1 cameraman dope sheet, 1 shot list

Musicians’ tribute to the doyen of English music at the Royal Academy is led by eminent composer, Dr Vaughan Williams.

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Scoring Films: Bernard Herrmann (1976)

Subject

Film studies; Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 27 minutes), £95.00 [Institutional rate]

Musicologist and composer David Raksin discusses the career of his friend, the eminent film composer Bernard Herrmann (1911-1975). Many film clips illustrate his themes, and Raksin demonstrates some of...

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Oh Thou Transcendent: The Life of Ralph Vaughan Williams (2008)

Director

Tony Palmer

Subject

Music

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 149 minutes), £14.99

Released to mark the 50th anniversary of Vaughan Williams’ death, this is the first ever full-length biography of the composer, produced by director Tony Palmer. The film features specially recorded...

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