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Music in the Time of the Great War : Music, War, and Revolution: Volume I / Andreas Morell, director.

The first in a three-part series on music before, during, and after the First World War, this volume traces the war's impact on European composers as it irrevocably altered the musical landscape for generations to come. Documentarian Andreas Morell gives a broad and generous overview of this tu...

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Online Access: Streaming Video (via Medici.tv)
Corporate Author: Accentus Music
Other Authors: Gardiner, Sir John Eliot (Performer), Aimard, Pierre-Laurent (Performer), Schaufler, Wolfgang (Performer), Blom, Philipp (Performer), Meyer, Christian (Performer), Ravel, Maurice, Schoenberg, Arnold, Keränen, Tommi, Bach, Johann Sebastian, Holst, Gustav, Webern, Anton, Kálmán, Emmerich, Bartók, Béla, Stephan, Rudi, Berg, Alban, Hindemith, Paul
Format: Electronic Video
Language:English
Published: [Place of publication not identified] : Accentus Music, 2016.
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Summary:The first in a three-part series on music before, during, and after the First World War, this volume traces the war's impact on European composers as it irrevocably altered the musical landscape for generations to come. Documentarian Andreas Morell gives a broad and generous overview of this tumultuous historical moment, when escapist fare tinged with rosy-eyed nostalgia coexisted alongside unsentimental, forward-looking Italian futurism. There are heartbreaking tales of what might have been--like that of promising composer Rudi Stephan, struck down in the war at age 28--and incredible stories of adversity overcome, as in the case of pianist Paul Wittgenstein, who lost his right arm to an enemy bullet and returned home to inspire the likes of Britten, Korngold, Prokofiev, and Ravel to compose works for the left hand only. A particular focus is also given to Austrian greats Schoenberg, Berg, and Webern, whose nationalist fervor turned to profound disillusionment as the true toll of war became evident, forcing them into crises of faith and art that would mark their lives and work forever.
Physical Description:1 online resource (1 video file (54 min., 36 sec.)) : sound, color
Playing Time:00:54:36
Participant or Performer:Sir John Eliot Gardiner ; Pierre-Laurent Aimard ; Wolfgang Schaufler ; Philipp Blom ; Christian Meyer.
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