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Brazil, body & soul, from the Amazon River to Glass Works & process at the Guggenheim

Title
Brazil, body & soul, from the Amazon River to Glass [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Publication
2001.

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Additional Authors
  • Cronson, Mary Sharp
  • Bielawa, Lisa
  • Glass, Philip
  • Uakti (Musical group)
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (96 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Lisa Bielawa moderates a panel discussion with members of the Uakti Ensemble. Bielawa introduces the music of the Uakti Ensemble. Arturo, one of the members of the ensemble discusses how the group came together and how they began constructing their own instruments, for example, the aqualung. The ensemble performs traditional Amazonian music, a work by 20th century composer Heitor Villa-Lobos, and Aguas de Amazonia, a work by composer Philip Glass, especially created for the ensemble. Arturo then discusses how Uakti developed their repertoire and how they came to meet Philip Glass.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Works & process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.
Series Statement
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 176
Uniform Title
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Alternative Title
From the Amazon River to Philip Glass
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Video.
  • Music.
Event (note)
  • Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Nov. 19-20, 2001.
Funding (note)
  • With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, digitization and DVD authoring of the Works & process at the Guggenheim video archive was done by StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center of The City University of New York.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1179
OCLC
179938761
Title
Brazil, body & soul, from the Amazon River to Glass [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Imprint
2001.
Country of Producing Entity
United States.
Series
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 176
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Event
Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Nov. 19-20, 2001.
Funding
With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, digitization and DVD authoring of the Works & process at the Guggenheim video archive was done by StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center of The City University of New York.
Added Author
Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
Bielawa, Lisa. Interviewer
Glass, Philip. Aguas de Amazonia.
Uakti (Musical group)
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1179
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