| Description |
2 videodiscs (100 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
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digital |
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optical |
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stereo |
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Dolby |
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NTSC |
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video file |
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DVD video |
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region 1 |
| Performer |
Narrated by Will Oldham. |
| Credits |
Editors: Anne Flatté, Nathaniel Dorsky ; executive producers Owsley Brown III, Gill Holland. |
| System Details |
DVD; Dolby digital, stereo compatible; Region 1; NTSC. |
| Note |
Program notes (22 p. : ill.) inserted in container. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. The flood -- Founding the orchestra -- Whitney is hired -- First rehearsal -- Early years -- Charles Farnsley -- New ideas, new music -- Malpiero: Piano concerto -- Martha Graham: Judith -- Carnegie Hall -- Voice of America -- Rockefeller grants -- Carter: Variations -- William Mootz, music critic -- Dedicated players -- Farnsley's success -- HUAC -- Triumph of St. Joan -- Chou: Fallen petals -- Louisville resistance -- Nadia Boulanger -- Music wars; Farbenspiel -- Foss: A parable of death -- Childrens concerts -- Soviet visitors -- Focus on recordings -- Farnsley retires -- Whitney retires -- Shapero: Credo -- Credits. Disc 2. Special features: bonus interviews. Composers: Elliott Carter ; Gunther Schuller ; Harold Shapero ; Joan Tower ; Chou Wen-Chung ; Norman Dello Joio ; Ned Rorem. Orchestra: Jorge Mester ; Ruth Scott French ; Sidney Harth ; Lee Luvisi ; Marilyn Willoughby ; Dr. Stephen Plank. Community: Dr. J. Blaine Hudson ; Janet Eilber ; Dann Byck, Jr. ; Douglass Farnsley ; Curtis Dewees ; William Mootz -- Trailer. |
| Summary |
In the late 1940s, an orchestra in Louisville, Kentucky was about to go out of business. At that point, a new mayor stepped into office whose views about civic vitality were founded on the ideas of the Chinese sage Confucius. His vision of prosperity was focused on making the arts available to every citizen of the city. Music Makes a City tells the rousing, inspiring, nearly unbelievable story of an American city and its orchestra. |
| Subject |
Louisville Orchestra -- History.
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Louisville Orchestra. |
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History. |
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Louisville (Ky.) -- History.
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Music -- 20th century.
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Music. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Music -- Kentucky -- Louisville -- History and criticism.
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Kentucky -- Louisville. |
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Music -- Social aspects -- Kentucky -- Louisville -- History.
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Music -- Social aspects. |
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Sound recording industry -- Kentucky -- Louisville.
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Sound recording industry. |
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Carter, Elliott, 1908-2012 -- Interviews.
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Carter, Elliott, 1908-2012. |
| Genre/Form |
Interviews.
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| Subject |
Schuller, Gunther -- Interviews.
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Schuller, Gunther. |
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Shapero, Harold, 1920-2013 -- Interviews.
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Shapero, Harold, 1920-2013. |
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Tower, Joan, 1938- -- Interviews.
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Tower, Joan, 1938- |
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Chou, Wen-Chung, 1923-2019 -- Interviews.
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Chou, Wen-Chung, 1923-2019. |
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Dello Joio, Norman, 1913-2008 -- Interviews.
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Dello Joio, Norman, 1913-2008. |
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Foss, Lukas, 1922-2009 -- Interviews.
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Foss, Lukas, 1922-2009. |
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Rorem, Ned, 1923-2022 -- Interviews.
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Rorem, Ned, 1923-2022. |
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Mester, Jorge -- Interviews.
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Mester, Jorge. |
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Harth, Sidney -- Interviews.
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Harth, Sidney. |
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Luvisi, Lee, 1937- -- Interviews.
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Whitney, Robert, 1904-1986.
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Whitney, Robert, 1904-1986. |
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Farnsley, Charles P. (Charles Rowland Peaslee), 1907-1990.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Documentary films.
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Historical films.
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Historical films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Interviews.
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| Added Author |
Oldham, Will.
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Hiler, Jerome.
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Brown, Owsley, III.
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Holland, Gill, 1964-
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Burke, Robin.
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| Note |
Subtitle from container spine: American orchestra's untold story |
| Standard No. |
811063011090 |
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