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Music makes a city

Title
Music makes a city / Owsley Brown Presents ; directors, Jerome Hiler, Owsley Brown III ; writer, Jerome Hiler ; editors, Anne Flatté, Nathaniel Dorsky ; producers, Robin Burke, Owsley Brown III ; production manager, Don Simandl ; executive producers, Owsley Brown III, Gill Holland.
Publication
  • [Louisville, Ky.] : Owsley Brown, [2010]
  • ©2010

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Additional Authors
  • Oldham, Will
  • Hiller, Jerome
  • Brown, Owsley, III
  • Holland, Gill, 1964-
  • Burke, Robin
Description
  • 2 videodiscs (100 min.) : sound, color with black & white sequences; 4 3/4 in.
  • 1 booklet (22 pages : illustrations).
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.
Alternative Title
American orchestra's untold story
Subject
  • Carter, Elliott, 1908-2012 > Interviews
  • Schuller, Gunther > Interviews
  • Shapero, Harold, 1920-2013 > Interviews
  • Tower, Joan, 1938- > Interviews
  • Chou, Wen-Chung, 1923-2019 > Interviews
  • Dello Joio, Norman, 1913-2008 > Interviews
  • Rorem, Ned, 1923-2022 > Interviews
  • Mester, Jorge > Interviews
  • Harth, Sidney > Interviews
  • Luvisi, Lee, 1937- > Interviews
  • Louisville Orchestra > History
  • Music > Louisville > History
  • Music > History. > Louisville
  • Louisville (Ky.) > History
Genre/Form
  • Feature films.
  • Documentary films.
  • Historical films.
  • Nonfiction films.
Note
  • "Our special edition is a limited pre-release DVD for Louisville. It contains wonderful bonus material that will not be included in the PBS release"--Accompanying documentation
Credits (note)
  • Principal cinematography, Marcel Cabréra, Jerome Hiler ; musical direction, Jerome Hiler.
System Details (note)
  • DVD NTSC, region 1; Dolby digital, stereo compatible.
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.
LCCN
811063011090
OCLC
  • ocn709894827
  • 709894827
  • SCSB-5927682
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Columbia University Libraries