Claude Debussy : musician of the dream /

"What the painters and poets of the Impressionist movement sought to capture in their media, the French composer Debussy realized in music. This program looks at the techniques Debussy used to create pictures in tones and how he sought to express mood and melody in dramatically new ways. Among...

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Corporate Authors:	Audiovisioconcept (Firm), Cinquième (Firm), Mezzo (Television station : Paris, France), Centre national de la cinématographie (France), INA Entreprise, Radio-Télévision belge de la communauté culturelle française, Unitel Film- und Fernsehproduktionsgesellschaft mbH, Films for the Humanities (Firm), Reiner Moritz Associates
Other Authors:	Terrail, Philippe
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Published:	Princeton, NJ : [Place of publication not identified] : Films for the Humanities & Sciences ; RM Associates, [2003]
Series:	Harmonics, the innovators of classical music (DVD videodiscs)
Subjects:	Debussy, Claude, > 1862-1918. Composers > France > Biography. Documentary films.

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Summary:	"What the painters and poets of the Impressionist movement sought to capture in their media, the French composer Debussy realized in music. This program looks at the techniques Debussy used to create pictures in tones and how he sought to express mood and melody in dramatically new ways. Among the selections featured are Herbert von Karajan conducting Prelude to The Afternoon of a Faun and La Mer, Leonard Bernstein conducting Iberia, Arturo Benedetti Michelangeli performing Sails, Samson François performing L'Isle Joyeuse, and Alain Kremski performing Pagodas."--Container.
Item Description:	Original program copyright date on screen: 1998. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (27 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD.
Production Credits:	Editor, Pascale Berson.