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  1. Towards the Unknown Region: Malcolm Arnold - A Story of Survival (2004)

    Director
    Tony Palmer
    Subject
    Film Studies; Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (133 minutes), £12.99

    A two-part film on the life and work of Malcolm Arnold, made by Tony Palmer for the South Bank Show. Arnold is last survivor of a generation of great British composers who dominated the musical landscape in...

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  2. 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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  3. Composing: George Fenton in Conversation with Trevor Herbet (1994 Video)

    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. Standard formats. col. 24 min., 1998 sale: £145.00 (+VAT +p&p)

    The music for ‘Bergerac’, ‘The Trials of Life’ ‘Gandhi’, ‘Memphis Belle’ and many other plays, films and television shows was written by George Fenton, who talks about how he approaches...

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  4. Hildegard (1994 Video)

    Subject
    History; Music
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 52 min., 1998 sale: £12.99 (inclusive)

    A dramatisation of the life of Abbess Hildegard of Bingen, a 12-century nun and visionary known for her musical compositions, whose music is being rediscovered by modern scholars and musicians. With Patricia...

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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. My War Years: Arnold Schoenberg (1992 Video)

    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS (PAL). col. 85 min., 2000 sale: US$315.00 (+p&p) PAL

    Focuses on composer Arnold Schoenberg in the years 1906-1923, during which he braved bitter poverty and isolation - the fate of a revolutionary in a conservative world. His concerts resulted in riots,...

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  8. Elizabeth Maconchy (1985 Video)

    Director
    Margaret Williams
    Producer
    Fiz Oliver
    Subject
    Music; Women’s studies
    Distribution
    Sale, Videocassette. VHS. col. 48 min.

    Introduces Elizabeth Maconchy’s music, explaining how she approaches the task of composition and how her ideas are formulated. Leading musicians and the orchestra of Wells Cathedral School play excerpts...

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  9. 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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  10. Alan Bush: A Life (1983)

    Director
    Anna Ambrose
    Subject
    Music
    Distribution
    Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 64 minutes), £50.00

    Film about the life and work of socialist composer Alan Bush, whose career was dedicated to trying to "connect musical activity with real happenings in the world." This aim is exemplified both by the...

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