What is Music?

About

Music is a complicated interplay of many different elements, including the imagination of the composer, the skill of the instrument maker, and the talent of the musician. Delving further, we ask what constitutes musical meaning and the process by which it is communicated--is it purely abstract or is there a more concrete answer?

1 videocassette (58 min.) : 1/2 in

VHS

Narrator: Peter Thomas; Musicians: Malcolm Bilson, piano and fortepiano; Richard Boulanger, Matthews "baton"; Bruce Buntschuh, trumpet; Wendy Carlos, synthesizers; Maureen Chowning, soprano; Gerard de Waardt, carillon; Handel and Haydn Society; Christopher Hogwood, artistic director; La Jolla Civic University Symphony Orchestra; Thomas Nee, conductor; Janos Negyesy, Matthews "violin"; Zina Schiff, violin

Executive producer, Paula S. Apsell ; associate producer, Rebecca Marvil ; editor, David Berenson ; camera, Peter Hoving, Rick Robertson, Joel Shapiro

Broadcast as a segment of: Nova

"FFH 4020."

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Archive

Internet Archive, in The VHS Vault

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Credit

John Angier, Zina Schiff (Instrumentalist), Chedd-Angier Production Company., WGBH (Television station : Boston, Mass.), British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service., Films for the Humanities (Firm)

Language

English

Subtitles

English (automatic)

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