They All Came to Hollywood
Hollywood is heir to the European musical traditions. The classic films were scored by composers trained in Europe and schooled in the classical traditions and by immigrant composers who escaped Germa...
6 Maalis 200715min
Bands of the Battle
Military music inspires the troops, facilitates maneuver, intimidates the enemy, sends signals, marks daily events of camp life, entertains the troops in their leisure time, and comprises an important...
2 Maalis 200713min
Big Band Swing
Carol interviews Dean Bouras, arranger for the Dallas Wind Symphony Big Band concerts, and John Trapani, leader of the John Trapani Big Band about the era, the music, and its popularity today. Works D...
7 Helmi 200719min
Tales of the Young Brahms
A youthful Brahms finds his signature style early in the Opus 10 Ballades based on the Scottish Ballad "Eduard" by Herder. Works Discussed: Brahms: Four Ballades, Op. 10
31 Tammi 200713min
One Generation to Another
Student players in the Greater Dallas Youth Orchestra Wind Symphony join the professionals of the Dallas Wind Symphony for a "side by side" concert, featuring music of Dmitri Shostakovich, Paul Hindem...
24 Tammi 200719min
Beethoven the Musical Wordsmith
Beethoven sliced and diced his themes, using musical rhetoric that rebelled against the natural melodic style of Mozart and that charted a path into 19th-century Romanticism. Professor Carol uses the ...
23 Tammi 200712min
Slavic, Exotic, Romantic 2
Slavic composers Smetana, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Rachmaninov cared deeply about their national roots and national identity, and each knew how to seduce the ear of listeners with gorgeous melody, ravishi...
15 Tammi 20078min
Slavic, Exotic, Romantic 1
Slavic composers Smetana, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Rachmaninov cared deeply about their national roots and national identity, and each knew how to seduce the ear of listeners with gorgeous melody, ravishi...
15 Tammi 200714min
