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The American Musical Theater
CBM 1507
Guests discuss in general the state of the American musical
and in particular the book Ten Great Musicals of the American
Theater.
Animals Expressed in Music
CBM 249
Walter Damrosch talks about animal sounds in music.
Arts and Older Folks
CBM 731
Individuals over sixty remember their past and discuss their
present activity in the arts. Includes interviews with Rudy
Vallee, Avon Long, and Artur Rubinstein.
A Broadway Melody
CBM 718
Interviews with writers, producers, and actors who talk about
what it takes to succeed on the Broadway stage. Actor Jerry
Orbach, actress Lauren Bacall, and playwright Ernest Thomson are
some of the individuals who contribute.
Canadian Music
CBM 669
Discusses Morris Blackburn's "Canadian Forest," an evocation
of life in the northern woods.
Chamber Music
CBM 258
The Trio Concertante discusses and demonstrates the changing
roles and increasing interdependence of instruments in chamber
music.
Classical Dances
CBM 181
Traces the formal development of the dance from the earliest
written music to the modern symphonic repertoire.
Classics for Fun
CBM 232
Light music by classical composers. Includes selections from
Mozart's Adagio for the glass harmonica, Ibert's Concertina for
saxophone, Strauss's "Tales from the Vienna Woods,"
Rachmaninoff's "Clown Music" for piano, and Gounod's "Funeral
March of the Marionettes."
Composers' Musical Jokes
CBM 257
Excerpts from Strauss's "Perpetual Motion Polka" and "Thunder
and Lightning" show how composers regain audience attention
through surprise.
The Cosmic Music of the Harmonic Choir
CBM 779
Music based on a form of Tibetan overtone chanting.
Commentary and interview by the Harmonic Choir director, composer
David Hykes, and a noted musicologist with musical excerpts from
choir's performances.
Developing the Innate Musical Creativity of Children
CBM 1529
Digging Music
CBM 190
Arthur Fiedler and Stan Kenton play selections from jazz and
the classics. Examples include classical music works by
Beethoven, Tchaikovsky, Verdi, Mascagni, and Dvořáak performed by
the Boston Pops Orchestra along with a variety of jazz pieces by
Benny Goodman, Count Basey, Duke Ellington, and other jazz
musicians representing the newest styles in this genre.
Emotions in Music
CBM 283
Discusses compositional techniques used to convey moods and
emotions through music.
Enjoying Opera with Dale Harris
CBM 1547
The Exotic Sounds of India
CBM 300
Ravi Shankar, who introduced the sitar to rock musicians,
explains and performs the intricate music of his country.
Fairy Tales in Music
CBM 266
Discusses the compatibility of fairy tales and music.
Rudolf Firkusny
CBM 151
Recital featuring Schubert's Impromptu in A-flat major and
Schumann's Fantasy in C major.
Girl Crazy
CBM 282
A dramatization with songs from the 1930's musical by George
and Ira Gershwin. Some of the songs included are "I Got Rhythm,"
"Bidin' My Time," and "Embraceable You."
From Jumpstreet: A Story of Black Music
CBM 715
Haydn and Handel: Masterpieces of Chamber Music
CBM 302
Eastman School of Music students perform Michael Haydn's
Quintet for strings in C major and Handel's Passacaglia, arranged
for violin and viola by Johan Halvorsen.
How Music Expresses Joy and Sorrow
CBM 220
Explains how composers convey their feelings through music by
operating directly on the listener's emotions.
How to Understand and Listen to Great Music
CBM 1532-1537
Robert Greenberg lectures on understanding and listening to great music.
Incidental Music to Shakespeare
CBM 469
Four musical interpretations of works by Shakespeare.
Introduction to the Orchestra
CBM 68
Introduction to music listening by Walter Damrosch. Examples
include the march from Wagner's Tannhäuser and "The Hall of the
Mountain King" from Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite.
Laughing with the Classics
CBM 990
Tomfoolery with music featuring Donald Swann, Gerard
Hoffnung, and P.D.Q. Bach.
Leonard Bernstein Discusses...
CBM 705
Beethoven's Fifth Symphony and "Eroica Symphony," Bach's St.
Matthew Passion, and the music of Charles Ives. Discussion
and excerpts from these works.
Leonard Bernstein Discusses Humor in Music
CBM 694
Wit and humor in music is discussed. "Till Eulenspiegel's
Merry Pranks" by Richard Strauss is played.
The Masters
CBM 999
Music of romance is featured by master composers. Franz
Liszt's "Liebestraum" is among the selected works.
Motion Expressed in Music
CBM 238
Demonstrates the expression of motion in music from ancient
times to the present.
Mozart
CBM 634
Commentary on and performance of this music for string
quartet and two horns.
The Music of Haydn
CBM 165
Describes the finer points of Haydn's music as seen in his
Symphony no. 94 and his Concerto for trumpet and orchestra.
Music from the Heavens
CBM 916
Discusses the phenomenon of youth's attraction to Bach and
his music's uplifting spirit. His mastery of counterpoint is
demonstrated in the musical selections.
Music of Latin America
CBM 226
Discussion of Latin music and its origins. Musical
illustrations include "The Four Churches" by Brazilian composer
Francisco Mignone and "Preludio" by Chilean composer Rene
Amengual.
Music about Toys
CBM 259
Examples include Victor Herbert's "March of the Toy Soldiers"
from Babes in Toyland and Tchaikovsky's "Dance of the Sugar Plum
Fairy" from The Nutcracker.
Musical Ideas of Art Pepper
CBM 18
The artist discusses how he puts a jazz piece together.
Starting with a promising tune, he works out rhythmic and melodic
outlines, then allows emotions to take over with individual
solos.
My Love Is like a Red, Red Rose
CBM 1194
Biography of Robert Burns, the Scottish poet who wrote the
words to "Auld Lang Syne."
Myths in Music
CBM 411
Analyzes mythical themes in the music of Handel, Vivaldi,
Gluck, and Wagner. Includes two selections from a famous work in
this genre, Wagner's Ring.
The Nature of Music
CBM 1530
New World Choristers
CBM 158
Choral music by American and Chilean composers.
Nutcracker Ballet
CBM 81
Relates the story of The Nutcracker, as set to music by
Tchaikovsky.
Operetta Memories
CBM 1000
Operetta in America is reviewed. "Waltz of the Merry Widow"
is among the musical selections.
Passion in Pink
CBM 15
Discussion and Henri Renie's musical interpretations of five
paintings: da Vinci's Mona Lisa, Picasso's Girl before a Mirror,
Duchamp's Nude Descending a Staircase, Dali's Persistence of
Memory, and Toulouse-Lautrec's At the Moulin Rouge.
Peter and Ravel
CBM 228
A quintet plays the contrasting works of Johann Peter,
eighteenth-century American composer, and Maurice Ravel,
twentieth-century French composer.
Pictures at an Exhibition
CBM 635
Mussorgsky's impressions, set to music, of ten paintings by
Victor Hartman, a Russian artist.
Pioneers of Czech Music
CBM 34
Erich Leinsdorf conducts selections from The Bartered Brideby Friedrick Smetana, Second Symphony in D minor by Antonín
Dvořák, Concerto for violin and orchestra by Bohuslav Martinu,
and Schwanda the Bagpiper by Jaromir Weinberger.
The Poet and the Musician
CBM 1508
Prokofiev and Purcell
CBM 471
Under the direction of Howard Hanson, Eastman School of Music
advanced students play two pieces written almost three
centuries apart, Prokofiev's Quintet op. 39 and Purcell's Pavanne
and Chaconne for three violins and bass.
Prometheus at the Piano
CBM 1531
Lecture and performance by Gilbert Highet.
The Ring
CBM 78-79
Introduction to Wagner's masterpiece, showing how Wagner
represented characters, situations, and ideas through his system
of leitmotifs.
Rock and Roll
CBM 251
A composer and a disc jockey discuss rock and roll from
musical, psychological, and social points of view.
Romantic Piano
CBM 1556
Lecture and performance by Karl Haas.
Roy Harris and Gregor Piatigorsky
CBM 1515
Russian Music
CBM 9
Outlines the history of Russian music from Glinka to
Shostakovich. Includes selections from their works as well as
those of Mussorgsky, Tchaikovsky, and Stravinsky.
Schubert and Mozart
CBM 219
Millard Taylor and Jose Ichanitch perform Schubert's Sonatina
in D major and Mozart's Sonata no. 15 in B-flat major.
Singing in the African American Tradition
CBM 1528
Song and Dance
CBM 1557
Lecture and performance by Karl Haas.
The Story of the Bells
CBM 1555
Lecture and performance by Karl Haas.
Stretching the Scale
CBM 222
Scott Huston points out that "good music develops in spite of
the insatiable demand for popular music."
String Quintet
CBM 306
The Eastman School of Music Chamber Ensemble plays Brahms
Quintet for Strings in G major op. 111.
Symphonies of Beethoven
CBM 1612-1615
Robert Greenberg lectures about Beethoven's symphonies.
The Tales of Beatrix Potter: Music from the Motion Picture
CBM 996
The Royal Opera House Orchestra is featured under the
direction of John Lanchbery who also composed the ballet score.
Excerpt, "The Tale of Jeremy Fisher," is heard. A biography of
Beatrix Potter is included.
Understanding the Language of Music
CBM 1304
Using examples from classical and popular music, Daniel
Abrams discusses modes, scales, chords, and the instruments of
the orchestra. Includes a brief history of music, with analysis
of styles and forms. For the person who would like to acquire a
rudimentary knowledge of music history and theory.
What Is Jazz?
CBM 704
Discusses jazz and includes musical examples performed by
Buck Clayton, Bessie Smith, Miles Davis, Teo Macero, Louis
Armstrong, and Buster Bailey. Narrated by Leonard Bernstein.
Words about Music
CBM 71
Composer-writer R. Murray Schafer states his views on current
music education methods, composition, and noise pollution.
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Posted on 2006-05-30