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This book first appeared in 1967. In the years since then, it has spawned the new academic sub-discipline of musical iconology, which belongs equally to the histories of art and of music. Emmanuel Winternitz, who was for thirty-one years Curator of Musical Collections at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, is one of the world's leading authorities on the history of musical instruments. He is also an erudite historian of art. Combining these two interests...
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Composer, conductor, genius, mensch, Marvin Hamlisch was as close to a modern day DaVinci as it gets. Hit after hit..."The Way We Were," "Nobody Does It Better," "The Sting," "A Chorus Line," Marvin was irrepressible and prolific. Winner of four Grammys, an Emmy, three Oscars, and a Tony, all by the time he was 31-years old, Marvin's streak was staggering, vast, unprecedented, and glorious. Interviews with a cavalcade of Marvin's colleagues, schoolmates,...
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It might be an interesting project to find out just how many movie scores of the past decades feature at least one of Cole Porter's songs. But, there might just be too many to count. The documentary Looking for Cole, which was recorded over the course of 3 years, gives you a unique insight into the artist's most interesting life as a 'supreme sophisticate.' Narrator and performer Wilfried Van den Brande may well call himself an expert on Porter: he...
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Bernstein discusses three composers: George Gershwin, Ernest Bloch, and Manuel de Falla, who all went to live and work in Paris around 1900. He disucsses the influence Paris had on these composers' creations. Performances include An American in Paris by Gershwin, Bloch's Schelomo: Hebrew Rhapsody for Cello and Orchestra, and finally, de Falla's The Three Cornered Hat: The Millers Dance, andThe Final Dance.
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On the occasion of Aaron Copland's 60th birthday, Bernstein discusses his music and conducts the Philharmonic in performances of An Outdoor Overture, the "Dogmatic" movement from Statements, music from the film, Our Town, Hoe-Down from Rodeo, and baritone William Warfield sings The Boatman's Dance and I Bought Me a Cat. In conclusion, Aaron Copland conducts El Salón México.
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"This title lets you take an extraordinary journey through the coolest hard rock album covers from 1965-90: vinyl's 'golden age.' Martin Popoff - the world's most renowned heavy metal journalist - joins with celebrated cover artist Ioannis to offer always insightful, sometimes humorous critiques of 216 covers. Popoff looks at the good, the bad and the ugly from all angles, critiquing the top cover art in the genre and offering trivia and behind-the-scenes...
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Autumn 2020. An international cast arrives in Amsterdam for the rehearsals of Mozart's Le nozze di Figaro by Dutch National Opera. Hundreds of people have been working on it for three years and the performances are sold out. The young up-and-coming vocalists, the orchestra, the costume and set designers -- everyone is ready. Not even a pandemic could stop this opera train. But the measures are strict: only 30 people are allowed in the rehearsal room,...
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A team of scientists and musical theater writers team up in a world first experiment--to try to work out a recipe for success in musical theater, and then to task computers to use that knowledge and generate a hit! The musical's Idea, Story, Setting, Lyrics and Music--all must be substantially crafted by computer, leaving musical theater duo Benjamin Till and Nathan Taylor to collaborate with their computational masters and curate the computers' output....
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Focusing on both the visual and performing arts, Watteau, Music, and Theater explores the rich connections between painting and theater at a time when Louis XIV had reigned in France for some six decades. Jean-Antoine Watteau (French, 16841721) and other early eighteenth-century French artists are central to this time of lush artistry. This volume delves into the fascinating developments in music and theater that took place in Paris after the young...
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This book explores the connection between Chagall and music. This intimate relationship, which ran deep in both his family history and the Jewish culture of his native city, was particularly meaningful in his creation of scenery and costumes for the stage. His works for the Jewish Theatre (Moscow, 1919-1920) and the ballets 'Aleko' (Mexico, 1942), 'The Firebird' (New York, 1945), 'Daphnis et Chloé' (1958) and 'The Magic Flute' (New York, 1967) celebrate...
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