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The Roots of 20th century music : dancing on a volcano /

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This program describes a great musical culture in decline in turn-of-the-century Vienna, and discusses how that decline led to the musical revolution whose reverberations are still felt today. The works of Schoenberg, Webern and Berg are included.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors: Films for the Humanities (Firm), Reiner Moritz Associates, City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra
Other Authors: Rattle, Simon, 1955-, West, Peter, Chadwick, Hilary, Knussen, Sue
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
Published: Princeton, NJ : [London] : Films for the Humanities & Sciences ; Distributed by RM Associates, ©2004.
Series:Music of the 20th century : leaving home.
Subjects:
Composers.
Music.
Music > 20th century.
Music
composers (people in music)
music (discipline)
Composers
1900-1999
video recordings (physical artifacts)
Video recordings
Video recordings.
Description
Summary:This program describes a great musical culture in decline in turn-of-the-century Vienna, and discusses how that decline led to the musical revolution whose reverberations are still felt today. The works of Schoenberg, Webern and Berg are included.
Item Description:Originally produced in 1996.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (52 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD.