Description |
1 videocassette (51 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. |
Physical Medium |
1/2 in. |
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polychrome |
Description |
analog |
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magnetic |
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VHS |
Performer |
Narrator, Howard Goodall. |
Credits |
Editor, Julian Rodd. |
Note |
Originally broadcast in 2000 as an episode of the television series Howard Goodall's big bangs : turning points in music history. |
System Details |
VHS format. |
Summary |
"Early musical notation was much like a road map that lacked names or places. The use of neumes gave the basic shape of the tune and a primitive notation of rhythm, but could not tell the performer what note to start on. This program shows how all of that changed around the year 1030, when the choirmaster Guido of Arezzo came up with the simple device of a thin red line: a dot directly on it would always represent the note 'F'; a dot about it, G; a dot below it, E; and so on. This system of Western musical notation paved the way for harmony--and composers."--Container. |
Subject |
Musical notation -- History.
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Musical notation. |
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History. |
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Guido, d'Arezzo.
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Guido, d'Arezzo. |
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Music theory.
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Music theory. |
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Music -- History and criticism.
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Music. |
Genre/Form |
Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Added Author |
Goodall, Howard, screenwriter, producer, narrator.
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Sommers, Paul (Paul Edward), producer.
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Jeffcock, David, director.
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Rodd, Julian, editor.
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Tiger Aspect Productions, producer.
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NVC Arts (Firm), producer.
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Channel Four (Great Britain), producer.
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Films for the Humanities (Firm), publisher.
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Added Title |
Thin red line |
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Howard Goodall's Big bangs (Television program)
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Turning points in music history.
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Music No. |
FFH 10877 Films for the Humanities & Sciences |
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