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Series
Murder and Magic volume 1
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Meet Hetty Rhodes, a magic-user and former conductor on the Underground Railroad who now solves crimes in post-Civil War Philadelphia"--
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
This film documents a week-long, nerve-wracking competition in which 136 young people from all over the world take part in a contest to determine who will be crowned the best conductor. Follow along as contestants navigate the highs and lows of the competition for the chance to conduct a top orchestra. See them conduct allegro ma non troppo, vivace, andante, andante maestoso, and answer questions about classical composition. The mounting tension stands...
Series
Pub. Date
[2013], c2009
Language
English
Description
Bobby is an enthusiastic young musician who wants to join the orchestra, but Strauss the Conductor must teach him the basics of an orchestra first. Through the antics of these two engaging puppet characters, this program provides insight into the conductor as well as the string section of the orchestra. Exploring the history and development of ancient chordophones to the modern day violin, viola, cello, double bass, and harp, the video shows these...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Publisher Annotation: Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad was praised by the New Yorker as “an evocative portrait,” and by the Chicago Tribune as “superb.” It is a gripping and accessible portrait of the heroic woman who guided more than 300 slaves to freedom and who is expected to be the face of the new $20 bill. Harriet Tubman was born a slave and dreamed of being free. She was willing to risk everything-including her own...
7) Who Am I?
Series
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Young students learn more about what a speical effects makeup artist does in this quiz-themed video.
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
By watching this program, students will learn all about Harriet Tubman's early life, social impact, role in the Underground Railroad, later life, and lasting national legacy. Her noteworthy quotes are recounted by "Harriet" herself.Detailed graphics, diagrams, and exciting video, as well as on-screen multiple-choice reviews at the end of each segment, reinforce important concepts and make learning fun.
Series
Pub. Date
[2008], c1992
Language
English
Description
The opening program is concerned with the development of the Middle-European tradition of conducting, from the origin of the conductor's job as time-keeper to the (though it now seems absurd) startling concept that the conductor should seek to convey the composer's intentions. With silent footage of the father of modern conducting, Arthur Nikisch-the only visual record of Nikisch in action; Bernstein, rehearsing Shostakovich Symphony No. 5; Barbirolli,...
Series
Pub. Date
[2012], cuuuu
Language
English
Description
This program opens with Fritz Reiner conducting the New York Philharmonic in Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto, with Jascha Heifetz as soloist; Reiner, whom Isaac Stern characterizes as a brilliant stick technician, is also seen conducting the Chicago Symphony in Beethoven's Seventh. The program also presents Szell in conversation and rehearsing the Cleveland in Brahms' Academic Festival Overture, von Karajan in conversation and performing Debussy's "La...
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