composers

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composers

Introducing Gershwin

1996
Looks at influences and historical events while tracing the life of the American Jewish composer who created a new kind of music that has lasted beyond the fashion of his time.

Beethoven

1987
A brief biography of the German musician who composed some of his greatest works after he became deaf.

Gershwin's Rhapsody in blue

2006
In January of 1924, a twenty-six-year-old pianist, George Gershwin, finds himself slated to compose, in only five weeks, a concerto that defines "American music, " and the result is his masterpiece, Rhapsody in Blue.

Mozart finds a melody

2004
Wolfgang Mozart finds the inspiration to compose a new piano concerto from his pet starling and the sounds heard through the streets of eighteenth-century Vienna, Austria.

Duke Ellington

2003
Tells the life story of jazz composer, bandleader, and pianist Duke Ellington, describing his childhood, his achievements, and his legacy.

The life and times of Johann Sebastian Bach

2004
Discusses the life and career of the eighteenth-century German composer and organist Johann Sebastian Bach.

Scott Joplin

king of ragtime
2010
A brief introduction to the life and accomplishments of American composer and pianist Scott Joplin that covers his childhood, early playing history, and achievements as a ragtime composer. Includes a time line.

The life and times of Scott Joplin

2005
Presents a short biography on late nineteenth-century African American pianist and composer, Scott Joplin, and chronicles his life and career as one of the country's greatest composers of ragtime music.

The life and times of Richard Wagner

2005
Presents a short biography of nineteenth-century German composer Richard Wagner and chronicles his life and works including "The Ring of the Nibelung.".

The life and times of Igor Stravinsky

2005
Presents a short biography of early twentieth-century, Russian-born, American composer Igor Stravinsky and chronicles some of his works including "The Rite of Spring" and "The Firebird and Petrushka.".

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