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The golden age of the piano

Title: The golden age of the piano [videorecording] / produced, directed and edited by Peter Rosen ; written and narrated by David Dubal ; produced by Peter Rosen Productions, Inc. for Philips Classics Productions.
Publication: New York, NY : PolyGram Video, c1992.

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Description

1 videocassette (VHS) (81 min.) : sd. (mono.), col. and b&w; 1/2 in.

Summary

Describes the piano's invention, explains how it differs from a harpsichord, names important composers and pianists, shows how the industrial revolution affected the origin of the piano, and points out how the work of certain pianists influenced the following generations of pianists. Followed by vintage performances by renown pianists.

Series Statement

Philips video classics

Subjects

Note

Title from container.

System Details (note)

VHS, mono.

Language (note)

Program notes in English, German, French, and Italian (16 p.) inserted in container.

Contents

Les jeux d'eau à la villa d'este / Franz Liszt (Claudio Arrau) -- Sonata in E flat, op. 81a "Les adieux" / Ludwig van Beethoven (Rudolf Serkin) -- Etude in D sharp minor / Alexander Scriabin (Vladimir Horowitz) -- Partita in E minor, BWV 830 / Johann Sebastian Bach (Glenn Gould).
Folk dance / (Wanda Landowska) -- Sonata in F minor, op. 57 "Appassionata" / Ludwig van Beethoven (Myra Hess) -- Song without words, op. 67, no. 4 "Spinning song" / Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (Arthur Rubinstein).
Valse brillante in A flat, op. 34 no. 1 / Frédéric Chopin (Alexander Brailowsky) -- Gnomenreigen / Franz Liszt (Claudio Arrau) -- Minuet in G / Ignacy Jan Paderewski (Ignacy Jan Paderewski) -- Polonaise in A flat / Frédéric Chopin (Ignacy Jan Paderewski).
Prelude in C sharp minor, op. 3 no. 2 / Serge Rachmaninoff (Josef Hofmann) -- Maguire's kick / (Percy Grainger) -- Children's corner / Claude Debussy (Alfred Cortot) -- Sonata in B flat, D. 960 / Franz Schubert (Rudolf Serkin).
Ballade no. 2 in B minor / Franz Liszt (Claudio Arrau) -- Etude in D sharp minor / Alexander Scriabin (Vladimir Horowitz) -- Piano concerto no. 1 in B flat minor, op. 23 / Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Van Cliburn) -- Sonata in F minor, op. 57 "Appassionata" / Ludwig van Beethoven (Van Cliburn).
Rondo capriccioso in E, op. 14 / Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy (Claudio Arrau) -- Widmung / Robert Shumann, Franz Liszt (Van Cliburn) -- Children's corner: Serenade for the doll ; Golliwug's cake-walk / Claude Debussy (Alfred Cortot) -- Sonata in F minor, op. 57 "Appassionata" / Ludwig van Beethoven (Myra Hess).

Call Number

*LVH 948 (F)

OCLC

42514254

Title

The golden age of the piano [videorecording] / produced, directed and edited by Peter Rosen ; written and narrated by David Dubal ; produced by Peter Rosen Productions, Inc. for Philips Classics Productions.

Imprint

New York, NY : PolyGram Video, c1992.

Series

Philips video classics

System Details

VHS, mono.

Language

Program notes in English, German, French, and Italian (16 p.) inserted in container.

Added Author

Dubal, David.

Peter Rosen Productions.

Philips Classics Productions.

PolyGram Video (Firm)

Publisher No.

440 070 253-3 PolyGram Video

Research Call Number

*LVH 948 (F) Program notes and container on file.

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