1. |
Gustav Mahler, Symphony # 2, "The Resurrection," 5th
Movement, excerpt from The March of the Dead |
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- Live studio performance by a symphony orchestra
- Recorded on audio CD
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San Francisco Symphony & Chorus, Herbert Blomstedt
conductor, recorded at Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco,
21-23 September, 1992, London Records, ©1994 The Decca
record Company Limited, London |
2. |
Dulce Et Decorum Est, poem by
Wilfred Owen |
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Antiwar poem inspired by the direct personal experience of
the author. |
3. |
Scene
from an early French comic film. |
- Symbol for The Muse of Film
- ETAF Home Page and all of The Muse of Film's pages
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Frame from a film. |
From a fin de siècle
movie by French filmmaker Georges Méliès, called by some
the father of special effects. |
4. |
Henri
Matisse, Harmony in Red, oil, 1908. |
- Symbol for The Muse of Fine Arts
- ETAF Home Page and all of The Muse of Fine Arts' pages
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- Reproduction of a painting
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5. |
Detail
from the manuscript illumination of King David and his
musicians, from the Prayer Book of St. Elizabeth. |
- Symbol for The Muse of Music
- ETAF Home Page and all of The Muse of Music's pages
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- Reproduction of an illuminated manuscript.
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6. |
From a program cover for a production by Ballets
Russes de Monte Carlo, whose program covers featured
costumes and sets by leading contemporary artists of the
early 20th century. |
- Symbol for Electricka, Muse of the WorldWide Web©
- ETAF Home Page and all of Electricka's pages
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- Reproduction of the cover of a program for a ballet
performance.
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Original edited by ETAF Staff at Electricka's request. |
7. |
Psalter,
from a manuscript from Saint Germaine-des-Pres. |
- Symbol for The Muse of Language Arts
- ETAF Home Page and all of The Muse of Language Arts'
pages
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- Reproduction of a painting [?]
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8. |
Detail
of the Saumur Castle near Angers, France, on the page of the
calendar called September. From the calendar named
Les Tres Riches Heures de Jean, duc de Berry, by Paul de
Limbourg. |
- Symbol for The Muse of Literature
- ETAF Home Page and all of The Muse of literature's
pages
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- Reproduction of a manuscript.
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9. |
Lady
With a Unicorn, c. 1480-1490, Brussels. One in the
series of tapestries called La Dame a la Licorne, woven for
Jean la Viste, possibly for his bride. |
- Symbol for The Muse of Mythology
- ETAF Home Page and all of The Muse of Mythology"s
pages
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- Reproduction of a tapestry
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DNA |
10. |
Excerpt from Camille Saint-Saens, Danse Macabre |
- Illustration of the use of the
Dies Irae
theme in program music
- Ancient Music composition
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- Audio
- Live studio performance
- Recorded on audio CD
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The Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy conductor, The
Fantastic Philadelphians album, ©2000, Musical Heritage
Society. |
11. |
Excerpt from Hector Berlioz, Symphony Fantastique, Fifth
Movement, Dream of a Witches' Sabbath |
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Dies Irae
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Illustrates the use of the Dies Irae theme in Ancient
Music
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- Audio
- Live studio performance
- Recorded on audio CD
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The Boston Symphony, Georges Petre conductor, Classics from
the Crypt album, RCA Victor Greatest Hits, ©1992, BMG Music. |
12. |
As Time Goes By, "theme song" from the movie, Casablanca |
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- Popular song
- Recorded on remastered audio CD
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Words and music by Herman Hupfeld. Sung by Dooley Wilson,
who also played the original role of Sam, the piano player
in Casblanca, the "play it again, Sam." From Your Hit
Parade, 1943, HPD-20, MSD-35223. ©1991 MCA Records, Inc. |
13. |
As Time Goes By, "theme song" from the movie, Casablanca |
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- Popular song
- Recorded on remastered audio CD
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Words and music by Herman Hupfeld. Sung by Tony Bennett.
©1997 Disky Communications Europe BV. BX 883352. |
14. |
As Time Goes By, "theme song" from the movie, Casablanca |
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- Popular song
- Recorded on remastered audio CD
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Words and music by Herman Hupfeld. Sung by Jimmie Durante.
From They're Playing Our Song-Great Romantic Standards,
Volume 1, Disc 1. ©2000 EMI Capitol Music. ©2000 EMI
Heartland Music. |
15. |
As Time Goes By, "theme song" from the movie, Casablanca |
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- Popular song
- Recorded on remastered audio CD
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Words and music by Herman Hupfeld. Sung by Carly Simon. From
Coming Around Again, Arista ARCD 8443, ©1987 Arista records,
Inc. |
16. |
Franz Schubert, Quintet D.956, 4th Movement |
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Julliard String Quartet, with Bernard Greenhouse, cello.
©1988, CBS Records, Inc. |
17. |
Sentimental Journey |
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- Popular Song
- Remastered audio CD
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Les Brown & His Orchestra, Doris Day vocal (Brown-Green_homer).
From The Big Band Singers album. Sony Music Special
Projects, A2-26670/A26671. |
18. |
Blue Little Flower |
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- Chinese Traditional Song
- Recorded on remastered audio CD
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From Silk Road Journeys: When Strangers Meet. Yo-Yo Ma and
the Silk Road Ensemble performers. From The Silk Road
Project. © 2001 Sony
Music Entertainment, Inc., Sony SS 89782. |
19. |
Over There |
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- Popular Song
- Recorded on remastered audio CD
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(George M. Cohan) Sung by Nora Bayes. From Songs of WW1.
Take Two Records, TT 501 CD. |
20. |
I Don't Want to Walk Without You |
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- Popular Song
- Recorded on remastered audio CD
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Harry James and His orchestra, Helen Forrest vocal.
(Loesser/Styne). From The War Years, ©MCMXC111 Intersound
Entertainment CDC 1046. |
21. |
Sing Sing Sing (With a Swing) |
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- Popular Song
- Recorded on remastered audio CD
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From Benny Goodman Live At Carnegie Hall. Original tune by
Louis Prima. Christopher Columbus interpolation by A.
Razaf & L. Berry. Benny Goodman, et al. performing.
From CD album G2K 40244 by Columbia Records. |
22. |
Franz Joseph Haydn, Emperor
Quartet op. 76 no. 3, 2nd Movement |
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The Vienna String Quartet. From 2 String Quartets/
Emperor & Sunrise, Camerata Tokyo, 25CM-90. |
23. |
Franz Joseph Haydn, the hymn
Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser |
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Collections of National Anthems, Vol. 1, The Regimental Band
of the Coldstream Guards. From Denon, CO-74500. |
24. |
Nicolo Paganini, Maestosa Sonata sentimentale. |
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Salvatore Accardo, violin, with the London Philharmonic
Orchestra, Charles Dutoit, conducting, from Deutsche
Grammophon #423578-2, ©1975. |
25. |
Der Feuhrer's Face |
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Song composed by Wallace, sung by Carl Grayson, played by
Spike Jones and His City SLickers. From set called, The War
Years. CDC # 1047. ©MCMXCIII Nichevo Productions; ©MCMXCIII
Intersound Entertainment. |
26. |
Lili Marlene |
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Music by Norbert Schultze, words from a poem by Hans Leip.
Sung by Lale Andersen. From set called, The War Years. CDC #
1046. ©MCMXCIII Nichevo Productions; ©MCMXCIII Intersound
Entertainment. |
27. |
The Duckworth Chant (AKA Sound Off) |
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Lyrics by Pfc. Willie Duckworth. Performed by Sgt. Henry
Felice & the Rehabilitation Center Class, Fort Slocum, N.Y.
From set called, The War Years. CDC # 1048. ©MCMXCIII
Nichevo Productions; ©MCMXCIII Intersound Entertainment. |
28. |
Oh, How I Hate to get Up in the Morning |
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Words and music by Irving Berlin. Performed by Irving Berlin
and the cast and soldier chorus from This Is the Army. From
the CD set called, The War Years. CDC # 1048. ©MCMXCIII
Nichevo Productions; ©MCMXCIII Intersound Entertainment. |
29. |
Beethoven's Symphony # 5 in C Minor, op. 67/1, 1st movement. |
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Bruno Walter conducting The Columbia Symphony Orchestra.
From a set called, Beethoven: The Nine Symphonies. CBS
Special Products #DIDC 070619, A6 21353 and A 21356. |
30. |
Lili Marlene |
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About The Song, Lili Marlene
- About the WWII war song and the WWI poem on which it
is based
- Compared with Lili Marlene performed by Lale Andersen
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Music by Norbert Schultze, words from a poem by Hans Leip.
Special lyric created by Marlene Dietrich. Sung by Marlene
Dietrich 9/7/45. Decca #73031. CD#2 from set called Marlene
Dietrich, La Blonde Venus, 1928-1948, Fremeaux et Associes,
Group Fremeaux Colombini SA 200, #FA 194. |
31. |
Roses of Picardy |
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- Remastered audio CD
- Original recorded in 1919
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Music by Hadyn Wood and lyrics by Fred Weatherly. Sung by
John McCormack. From an original 1919 recording. From Songs
of WWI, #TT501 CD, Disc 1. Take Two Records, P.O. Box 36729,
Los Angeles, CA. |
32. |
Christmas in the Trenches |
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Written by J. MsCutcheon, sung by John McDermott. From
Battlefields of Green: Songs of Love and Loss. Angel Records
CDC 0777 7 54825 2 2. |
33. |
How 'Ya Gonna Keep 'Em Down On the Farm After They've
Seen Paree? |
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- Remastered audio CD
- Original recorded in 1919
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Written by Sam M. Lewis, Joe Young, and Walter Donaldson.
Sung by Arthur Fields. From Songs of WWI, #TT501 CD, Disc 2.
Take Two Records, P.O. Box 36729, Los Angeles, CA. |
34. |
Private SNAFU: Spies |
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Created by Theodore Geisel (aka Dr. Seuss) and Phil Eastman.
Animated by Warner Brother animators and voice actors
(primarily Mel Blanc). Music by Carl Stalling. Produced in
1943. One of a series of 26 cartoons in the public domain
stored in the National Archives: Registered as NAIL:
111-M-929.ARC Identifier: 35827. Source: The Internet
Archive web site. |
35. |
I Want You! |
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Original poster drawn by James Montgomery Flagg in 1917. |
36. |
The Last Time I Saw Paris |
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- Remastered audio CD
- Original recorded 1940
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Music by Jerome Kern, words by Oscar Hammerstein, 1940. Sung by Lanny
Ross accompanied by Roy Bargy's orchestra. From the CD set called, The War
Years. CDC #1047. ©MCMXCIII Nichevo Productions; ©MCMXCIII Intersound
Entertainment. |
37. |
A Slip Of the Lip
(Can Sink A Ship) |
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- Remastered audio CD
- Original recorded 1942
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Loose Lips Might Sinks Ships is the message on a poster that was
prominent in WWII (The
Second World War Era - Page 3). L. Henderson and Mercer
Ellington (Duke's son) put the idea behind the poster to music when they
wrote the song A Slip of the Lip (Can Sink a Ship)
in 1942. We hear the original 1942 performance sung by Ray Nance.
Played by Duke Ellington and his orchestra, sung by Ray Nance. Written by
L. Henderson and Mercer Ellington (Duke's son), 1942. From 4 CD set called
Swing Out to Victory!: Songs of WWII, # 15095-1483-2, disc 1, ©1999 Efrem
Productions/Platinum Entertainment, Inc. |
38. |
1941 - President Roosevelt Announces Attack on pearl harbor |
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- Remastered on CD
- Original recorded in joint session of Congress, 1941
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Declaration of war on Germany and Japan. From 20th Century Time Capsule,
from Buddha Records, #7446599633 2, ©1999, distributed by BMG
Entertainment. |
39. |
Rosie the Riveter |
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- Remastered audio CD
- Original recorded 1942
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Written by Evans and Loeb, 1942. Sung by The Four Vagabonds. From the CD
set called, The War Years. CDC #1046. ©MCMXCIII Nichevo Productions; ©MCMXCIII
Intersound Entertainment. |
40. |
A Zoot Suit (For My Sunday Gal) |
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- Lyric.
- Remastered audio CD.
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A Zoot Suit (For My Sunday Gal), written by L. Wolfe Gilbert and
Bob O'Brien. Vocals by Sully Mason, Jack Martin, Ish Kabibble, Dorothy
Dunn, and Trudy Erwin. Originally recorded 1942 by Columbia Records as
Columbia #36515; reissued by Sanctuary Classics as CD AJA 5332. |
41. |
Anniversary Song |
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- Remastered audio CD
- Original recorded 12/13/46
- Edited by Electricka for this feature.
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Performed by Guy Lombardo and His Royal Canadians, lyric sung by Carmen
Lombardo. Originally released on Decca 23799. Enjoy Yourself: The Hits
of Guy Lombardo. Issued by Decca MCA, MCAD-11501. |
42. |
My Man Godfrey |
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About Scavenger Hunts
- Illustrates the way depression scavenger hunts were
played (at least in Hollywood movies). An introduction to
Electricka's Scavenger Hunts.
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- Reprint of original film on DVD
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Original movie starring William Powell and Carole Lombard. Directed by
Gregory La Cava. Produced by Universal Pictures, 1936. Repackaged and
distributed by Alpha Video Distributors, ALP30380. ©2002. |
43. |
J'Accuse! |
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- Video tape of film.
- Movie in French with English subtitles.
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Produced and directed in 1937 by Abel Gance. Starring Victor Francen,
Jean-Max, Renee Devilliers, Marie Lou & Sylvie Gance. ©1991 The Film
Preserve, Ltd. Printed and distributed 1991 by Conoisseur Video
Collection, 8436 West 3rd St. Suite 600, Los Angeles, CA, 90048, CVC-1063. |
44. |
Spiral Poem |
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- Poem with word arranged in graphic format.
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Graphic by Forrest Cahoon, text by Susu Jeffrey. © 1999 |
45. |
Zoltan Kodaly, Sonata for Unaccompanied Cello, Op. 8 |
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The Cello
- Demonstrates the range and sound of the cello.
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- Remastered audio CD
- Originally recorded in Japan in 1970.
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From Delos compact disk DE1015, 1988. |
46. |
Robert Schumann, Traumerei, Op. 15, No. 7 |
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The Cello
- Demonstrates the playing of cello virtuoso Pablo
Casals.
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- Audio CD
- Originally recorded 1915.
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Peformed by Pablo Casals, with orchestra. Original recording Mat. #37252,
from Columbia A5679. From Vol. I of the album titled The Recorded Cello
by Pearl Records. Issued by Pavilion Records, GEMM CDS 9981-3. |
47. |
Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto
in e minor, Op. 85 |
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The Cello
- Demonstrates the playing of cello virtuoso
Jacqueline du Pré.
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- Remastered Audio CD
- Remastered 1989 by EMI Records.
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Performed by Jacqueline du Pré.
From the fourth movement of Edward Elgar's Cello Concerto in e minor,
Op. 85, Sir John Barbirolli conducting The London Symphony Orchestra. On
disc 3 of EMI CDM 7 63286 2. |
48. |
Gabriel Faure, Apres un Reve, from Melodies Op.7, No.1 |
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The Cello
- Demonstrates the playing of cello virtuoso Mischa
Maisky.
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Arranged for cello by Jules
Massenet. Performed by Mischa Maisky. From the album titled
Meditation, Deutsche Grammophon 431544-2. |
49. |
Antonin Dvorak, Concerto in b minor, Op. 104 |
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The Cello
- Demonstrates the playing of cello virtuoso Gregor
Piatigorsky.
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Gregor Piatigorsky plays the
closing minutes from the second movement. Charles Munch conducting the
Boston Symphony Orchestra in an RCA Victor Living Stereo original
recording distributed by BMG Classics, #09026-61498-2.
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50. |
Johannes Brahms, Concerto in a minor for Violin, Cello, and Orchestra,
Op. 102 |
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The Cello
- Demonstrates the playing of cello virtuoso Pierre
Fournier.
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Pierre Fournier plays the opening
minutes from the first movement. Bruno Walter conducting The Columbia
Symphony Orchestra. CBS Records MYK 37237. |
51. |
Carl Davidoff, At the Fountain |
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The Cello
- Demonstrates the playing of cello virtuoso Emanual
Feuermann.
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Emanual Feuermann, Franz Rupp,
piano. Biddulph Recordings, Lab 048. |
52. |
David Popper, Dance of the Elves, Op. 39 |
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The Cello
- Demonstrates the playing of cello virtuoso Mstislav
Rostropovich.
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Mstislav Rostropovich cello,
Alexander Dedyukhin, piano. Testament SBT 1101. |
53. |
Claude Debussy, La Fille aux Cheveaux de Lin |
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The Cello
- Demonstrates the playing of cello virtuoso Janos
Starker.
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Janos Starker cello, Shigeo Neriki,
piano. Denon DC-8118. |
54. |
Camille Saint-Saëns, The Swan, from Carnival of the Animals |
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Clara Rockmore plays a version of The Swan transcribed for theremin
and produced in 1977 under direction of Robert Moog. Rockmore is
accompanied by her sister, Nadia Reisenberg, on the piano.
This original recording appears on
the album Gravikords Whirlies & Pyrophones, written and produced by Bart
Hopkin and published in 1998 on Ellipsis Arts CD 3630. |
55. |
Camille Saint-Saëns, The Swan, from Carnival of the Animals |
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The Theremin
- Compares the sound of the theremin with the sound of
the cello.
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This version transcribed for cello and single piano is played by Mischa
Maisky, cello, and Pavel Gililov piano. Arrangement by Maurice Ravel. From
CD titled Meditation, Deutsche Grammaphon #431 544-2. |
56. |
Robert Burns, Auld lang syne |
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Sung a capella by Jean Redpath, researched and arranged by Serge Hovey.
From The Songs of Robert Burns, Volumes 1 & 2. Published
1996 by Rounder Records, from Philo PH 1187. |
57. |
Auld lang syne |
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Music Notation
- Illustrates differences in modern Western music
notation.
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Written by Robert Burns. From Enjoy Yourself: The Hits of Guy Lombardo.
Recorded Played by Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadian Orchestra.
Originally recorded by Decca Records September 29, 1947 and released as
Decca #24260. From 1996 Decca MCA MCAD 11501. |
58. |
Waltzing Matilda |
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Writen by Andrew Barton (Banjo) Paterson. Sung by Slim Dusty and His
Bushlanders. From the out-of-print audio tape called Aussie Sing Song.
Identical performance rerecorded, remastered, and published by EMI Item #
3390762. |
59. |
Detour |
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Written by Paul Westmoreland, sung by Leon Russell and Willie Nelson.
©1979, CBS Records. Record No. CGK
36064. |
60. |
God Save the Queen |
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Traditional. From Collections of National Anthems, Vol. 1, the Regimental
Band of the Coldstream Guards, Major Roger G. Swift, conducting. Denon
Records, Denon CO-74500, © 1990. |
61. |
God Save the Queen |
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Traditional. Played by the Middlesex County Volunteers Fifes & Drums on
Military Music From The Age of Reason, Bandleader Recordings, BNA5158. |
62. |
Introduction and Variations on God Save the King, Op.9 |
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Written by Nocolo Paganini. Played by Salvatore Accardo, London
Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Dutoit, conductor. From Acardo Plays
paganini, Complete recordings, disc 5. Deutsche Grammophon 5661921. |
63 |
Variations Brillante Et Concertants Sur L'Air God Save the King, Op. 38 |
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Written by Joseph Ghys and Francois Servais. Played by Gidon Kremer,
violin, and Marta Sudroba, cello, and the Kremerata Baltica. |
64. |
America (aka My Country 'Tis of Thee) |
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Melody traditional, after the German National anthem, God Save
the King. Lyrics by Samuel Francis Smith. Washington Men's Camerata,
Thomas Beveridge, conductor. Disc 1 of Freedom: Songs from the Heart of
Ameria. Sony C3K86879 and CK917. |
65. |
Lovliest of Trees, poem by A. E. Housman |
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Reading by Alexander Scourby from 81 Famous Poems: An Audio Companion
to the Norton Anthology of Poetry, Third Edition, disc 2, published in
1992 by The Audio Partners Publishing Corp., Auburn, CA. |
66. |
De Forest Phonofilms/A reappraisal |
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- Magazine article in Adobe Reader©
format
|
Leo Enticknap, author. In Early Popular Visual Cuture magazine,
Vol. 4, No. 3, November 2006, pp. 273-284. ISSN
1746-0654 (print)/ISSN 1746-0662 (online)/06/030273-12. Published by
Routledge. © 2006 Taylor & Francis. DOI: 10.1080/17460650601002370. |