Dancetime!: 500 years of social dance. 

Publication information: Kentfield, CA : Dancetime Publications : Tri Valley Video [distributor], c1998
Physical description: 1 videocassette (47 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: A presentation of the history of popular dance forms. This first of two segments features dance forms, period costumes and dance music from the 15th through 19th centuries from the courts of Italy, France, England and the grand ballrooms of America
Call Number: GV1746 .D3 1998 v.1
Location: General
Format: VHS

Dancetime!: 500 years of social dance. 

Publication information: Kentfield, CA : Dancetime Publications : Tri Valley Video [distributor], c1998
Physical description: 1 videocassette (49 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: A presentation of the history of popular dance forms. This second of two segments features dance forms, period costumes and dance music from twentieth century America from the animal dances of the 1910's through the hip hop of the 1990's
Call Number: GV1746 .D3 1998 v.2
Location: General
Format: VHS

Who's afraid of opera? 

Publication information: New York : MGM/UA Home Video, 1983
Physical description: 1 videocassette (57 min.) : sd., stereo, col. 1/2 in. + 1 text
Description: In Faust, Marguerite loves a man who has sold his soul to the devil for youth and pleasure. In Rigoletto, Gilda is a jester's daughter in love with a fickle duke
Call Number: M1500.A1 W4 v.1 1983
Location: General
Format: VHS

Who's afraid of opera? 

Publication information: New York : MGM/UA Home Video, 1983
Physical description: 1 videocassette (57 min.) : sd., col. (stereo) 1/2 in. + 1 booklet ([16] p.)
Description: As Violetta in La Traviata, Joan is a beautiful Parisian courtesan in love with a penniless nobleman. Joan also plays Donizetti's Marie, found as an infant on the battlefield and adopted by a whole regiment of adoring fathers
Call Number: M1500.A1 W4 v.2 1983
Location: General
Format: VHS

Who's afraid of opera? 

Publication information: W. Long Branch, N.J. : Kultur International, [198-]
Physical description: 1 videocassette (57 min.) : sd., col. (stereo) 1/2 in
Description: As Rosina in The Barber of Seville, Joan is the rich and elegant ward of a strict guardian. When Figaro, the nosy barber, butts into her love life, all fun breaks loose! And as Lucy in Lucia di Lammermoor, betrayed by her own brother, Joan is a tragic heroine indeed!
Call Number: M1500.A1 W4 v.3 1985
Location: General
Format: VHS

Who's afraid of opera. 

Publication information: W. Long Beach, N.J. : Kultur International, [198-?]
Physical description: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd. (stereo), col. 1/2 in
Description: In the comic opera Mignon, Joan portrays the exuberant Philine, whose attentions and affections are much sought after. As the title character in La Perichole Joan displays her lively flair for comedy as well as the rich vocalizing which characterizes her exceptional range and abilities
Call Number: M1500.A1 W4 v.4 1985
Location: General
Format: VHS

The EAV history of music 

Publication information: Pleasantville, N.Y. : Educational Audio Visual, c1985-c1986
Physical description: 2 videocassettes (180 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in. + 2 scripts
Description: Presents students with an introduction to what music is culturally and gives them an outline of the development of Western music
Contents: pt. 1. Origins and overview (19 min., 54 sec.). pt. 2. The Middle Ages and the Renaissance (25 min., 9 sec.). pt. 3. The Baroque era (24 min., 20 sec.). pt. 4. Into the classical period (21 min.) -- pt. 5. Early romanticism (22 min., 33 sec.). pt. 6. Later romanticism (22 min., 49 sec.). pt. 7. The early twentieth century (24 min., 1 sec.). pt. 8. Into the 1980s (20 min., 27 sec.)
Call Number: ML160 .E3 1986x
Location: Circulation Desk
Format: VHS

How to listen to and understand great music. 

Publication information: Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., c1998
Physical description: 2 videodiscs (270 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (35 p. : ill. 22 cm.)
Contents: lecture 1. Introduction -- lecture 2. Sources : the ancient world and the early church -- lecture 3. The Middle Ages : darkness, change, and diversity -- lecture 5. The Renaissance Mass : Josquin des Prez, Palestrina, and the Counter-Reformation -- lecture 6. Secular music in the late Renaissance and the search for expression : the madrigal -- lecture 7. Introduction to the Baroque -- lecture 8. Style features of Baroque music and a brief tutorial on pitch, motive, melody, and texture
Call Number: ML160 .G74 1998 pt.1
Location: General
Format: DVD

How to listen to and understand great music. 

Publication information: Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., c1998
Physical description: 2 videodiscs (270 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (41 p. : ill. 22 cm.)
Contents: lecture 9. The rise of German nationalism in music -- lecture 10, Fugue -- lecture 11. Baroque opera, part 1 -- lecture 12. Baroque opera, part 2 -- lecture 13. Baroque sacred music, part 1 : the oratorio -- lecture 14. Baroque sacred music, part 2 : the Lutheran church cantata -- lecture 15. Baroque instrumental forms, part 1 : passacaglia -- lecture 16. Baroque instrumental forms, part 2 : ritornello form and the Baroque concerto
Call Number: ML160 .G74 1998 pt.2
Location: General
Format: DVD

How to listen to and understand great music. 

Publication information: Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., c1998
Physical description: 2 videodiscs (270 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (40 p. : ill. 22 cm.)
Contents: lecture 17. The Enlightenment and an introduction to the Classical era -- lecture 18. The Viennese classical style, homophony, and the cadence -- lecture 19. Classical-era form : theme and variations -- lecture 20. Classical-era form : minuet and trio I : Baroque antecedents -- lecture 21. Classical-era form : minuet and trio II -- lecture 22. Classical-era form : rondo -- lecture 23. Classical-era form : sonata-allegro form I, part 1 -- lecture 24. Classical-era form : sonata-allegro form I, part 2
Call Number: ML160 .G74 1998 pt.3
Location: General
Format: DVD

How to listen to and understand great music. 

Publication information: Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., c1998
Physical description: 2 videodiscs (270 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (66 p. : ill. 22 cm.)
Contents: lecture 25. Classical-era form : sonata-allegro form II -- lecture 26. Classical-era orchestral genres : the symphony, music for every person -- lecture 27. Classical-era orchestral genres : the concerto -- lecture 28. Classical-era opera : the development of opera buffa -- lecture 29. Classical-era opera : Mozart and the operatic ensemble -- lecture 30. The French Revolution and an introduction to Beethoven -- lecture 31. Beethoven's Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67, part 1 -- lecture 32. Beethoven's Symphony no. 5 in C minor, op. 67, part 2
Call Number: ML160 .G74 1998 pt.4
Location: General
Format: DVD

How to listen to and understand great music. 

Publication information: Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., c1998
Physical description: 2 videodiscs (270 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (50 p. : ill. 22 cm.)
Contents: lecture 33. Introduction to romanticism -- lecture 34. Formal challenges and solutions in early romantic music : miniatures, Lieder and Chopin -- lecture 35. Formal challenges and solutions in early romantic music : the program symphony, Berlioz's Symphonie fantastique -- lecture 36. Formal challenges and solutions (cont.) -- lecture 37. Nineteenth-century Italian opera : bel canto opera -- lecture 38. Nineteenth-century Italian opera : Giuseppe Verdi -- lecture 39. Nineteenth-century German opera : natonalism and experimentation -- lecture 40. Nineteenth-century German opera : Richard Wagner
Call Number: ML160 .G74 1998 pt.5
Location: General
Format: DVD

How to listen to and understand great music. 

Publication information: Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., c1998
Physical description: 2 videodiscs (270 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (42 p. : ill. 22 cm.)
Contents: lecture 41. The concert overture, part 1 -- lecture 42. The concert overture, part 2 -- lecture 43. Romantic nationalism : post 1848 musical nationalism -- lecture 44. Russian nationalism -- lecture 45. The early 20th century and the modernist movement : an introduction -- lecture 46. Early twentieth-century modernism : the search for a new musical language, Debussy -- lecture 47. Early twentieth-century modernism : the search for a new musical language, Stravinsky -- lecture 48. Early twentieth-century modernism : the search for a new musical language, Schönberg
Call Number: ML160 .G74 1998 pt.6
Location: General
Format: DVD

The first secular music 

Publication information: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities, [1990]
Physical description: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col., stereo. 1/2 in
Description: Flutist James Galway discusses the development of music from the early music of the Eastern churches to the birth of the secular song. Several individual performers and musical groups present examples
Call Number: ML162 .F57 1990
Location: General
Format: VHS

Discovering the music of the Middle Ages 

Publication information: Chicago, Ill. : distributed by Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corporation, [198-?], c1968
Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (19 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 guide (1 p. : 28 cm.)
Description: Traces the growth of polyphonic music, describes the instruments of the period, and surveys the social and religious life of the people
Call Number: ML 172 .D5 1968x
Location: Circulation Desk
Format: VHS

Royal patronage & renaissance 

Publication information: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities, [1990]
Physical description: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: This program covers the patronage of the Dukes of Burgundy, the Kings of France, and the continued influence of the Church and shows how music, like philosophy, moves away from the elaborate formality of the Gothic and, like architecture, seeks new and purer forms. --Container
Call Number: ML172 .R69 1990
Location: General
Format: VHS

Discovering the music of Latin America 

Publication information: Chicago, Ill. : distributed by Encyclopaedia Britannica Educational Corp., 1969
Physical description: 1 videocassette (21 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 guide
Description: Traces the history of Latin American music, pointing out the incorporation of many traditions, the most important of which are Indian and Spanish. Presents some of the modern derivatives, such as the popular dance rhythms of the tango and the rhumba. Includes examples of pre-Columbian instruments
Call Number: ML199 .D5 1969x
Location: Circulation Desk
Format: VHS

Carnegie Hall at 100: a place of dreams 

Publication information: [New York] : BMG Music, c1991
Physical description: 1 videocassette (57:09) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: A tribute that charts the world-famous concert hall's rich and diverse history with rare archival footage of legendary performances. Also features recollections and appearances by many of the renowned artists who have been associated with the hall, representing classical, jazz, folk and pop music as well as the worlds of theater and film
Call Number: ML200.8.N52 C337 1991
Location: General
Format: VHS

Vienna-- stripping the facade 

Publication information: New York : Media Guild, 1982
Physical description: 1 videocassette (25 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Using photographs and archival film footage, portrays Vienna in the early twentieth century to show what gave rise to the atonal, innovating music of Arnold Schoenberg and other modern Viennese composers. Explores the political and cultural environments which helped to shape Schoenberg's music, including achievements in the arts, architecture, and literature
Call Number: ML246.8.V6 V5 1982
Location: General
Format: VHS

Echoes of Victorian England: for God, Queen and country 

Publication information: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities, [1991], c1990
Physical description: 1 videocassette (39 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Explores the Victorian era through its ballads and music with excerpts from the writings of John Galsworthy, Ford Madox Ford, Ernest Sanderson, Stopford Brooke, Punch Magazine
Contents: Musical selections include: Beloved, it is morn / F. Aylward -- Beauty's eyes / F.F. Tosti -- When corals lie / E. Elgar -- The trumpeter / J. Airlie Dix -- The worker / C. Gounod -- Indian nights waltz / L. Adam -- You should see me dance the polka / G. Grossmith -- Chanson de matin / E. Elgar
Call Number: ML286.4 .E3 1991
Location: General
Format: VHS

Classical European composers. 

Publication information: New York : Ambrose Video Pub., [2002]
Physical description: 3 videodiscs (150 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: A musical biography series exploring the lives, works and influence of the world's greatest European composers
Contents: [Disc 1] Vol. I. Bach Vol. II. Mozart -- [Disc 2] Vol. III. Handel Vol. IV. Haydn -- [Disc 3] Vol. V. Beethoven Vol. VI. Vivaldi
Call Number: ML390 .C538 2002
Location: General
Format: DVD

Great composers 

Publication information: [S.l.] : Warner Music Vision, c1997
Physical description: 4 videocassettes (ca. 472 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in. + 1 program guide (48 p.)
Description: Presents the lives and works of seven musical giants, from the Baroque era to the twentieth century. Each composer's life and work is presented through performance sequences, interviews and commentaries;Presents the lives and works of seven musical giants from the Baroque era to the twentieth century. Each composer's life and work is presented through performance sequences, and through interviews and commentaries
Contents: Cassette 1. Johann Sebastian Bach, 1685-1750 / produced & directed by James Runcie (ca. 59 min.) Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, 1756-1791 / produced & directed by Francesca Kemp (ca. 59 min.) -- Cassette 2. Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, 1840-1893 / produced & directed by Simon Broughton (ca. 59 min.) Giacomo Puccini, 1858-1924 / produced & directed by Chris Hunt (ca. 59 min.) Gustav Mahler, 1860-1911 / director, Krišs Rusmanis (ca. 59 min.) -- Cassette 3. Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770-1827 / produced & directed by Jill Marshall (ca. 59 min.) Richard Wagner, 1813-1883 / director Krišs Rusmanis (ca. 59 min.) -- cassette 4. Gustav Mahler, 1860-1911 / director, Krišs Rusmanis (ca. 59 min.)
Call Number: ML390 .G74 1997
Location: General
Format: VHS

Whole notes: stories behind the classics 

Publication information: West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur, c1999
Physical description: 6 videocassettes (30 min. ea.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Explores stories behind some famous classical works and looks at the lives of the composers. Provides the viewer with a deeper understanding of the music. Features commentary from conductors and musicians. Includes interviews with Emanuel Ax, Joshua Bell, Yefim Bronfman, Lynn Harrell, Steven Isserlis and many others. Containers include brief synopses of individual programs
Contents: [v. 1]. Johann Sebastian Bach : serving God through music -- [v. 2]. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart : giving a name to perfection -- [v. 3]. Ludwig van Beethoven : triumph over adversity -- [v. 4]. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky : hopeless romantic -- [v. 5]. Sergei Rachmaninoff : under the influence -- [v. 6]. Maurice Ravel : the color of music
Call Number: ML390 .W4 1999
Location: General
Format: VHS

Orchestra! 

Publication information: [New York] : London London : Decca [New York] : Manufactured by PolyGram Music Video, p1991
Physical description: 3 videocassettes (250 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 booklet ([6] p. 19 cm.)
Description: An informative introduction to the symphony orchestra which traces the development of the orchestra from the time of Bach and Handel to the present day
Contents: v. 1. Introduction to Orchestra! Upper strings Woodwind -- v. 2. Lower strings Brass Percussion -- v. 3. Piano The conductor The making of Orchestra!
Call Number: ML1200 .O74 1991
Location: Circulation Desk
Format: VHS

Roots of rhythm 

Publication information: New York : New Video Group, c1997
Physical description: 3 videocassettes (ca. 180 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: Traces the origins of Latin music from Spain and Africa to the New World (program 1). Focuses on pop music developed in Cuba and examines how North Americans began to discover this island's musical treasures (program 2). Shows how Spanish-African music has become the basic part of popular musical culture of the U.S. (program 3)
Contents: [pt. 1] Across the ocean -- [pt. 2] The fiery romance -- [pt. 3] To the top of the charts
Call Number: ML3475 .R66 1997
Location: General
Format: VHS

Before the music dies 

Publication information: [Austin, Tex.] : Distributed by B-SIDE Entertainment Inc., c2006
Physical description: 1 videodisc (ca. 93 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Never has the grass-roots American music scene been more diverse, or the broadcast and sale of music controlled by so few corporations. Filmmakers Andrew Shapter and Joel Rasmussen traveled the country to find out why, in the midst of so rich a tradition, mainstream music seems so packaged and repetitive, and what the future of American music may be
Call Number: ML3477 .B446 2006
Location: circd,genrl
Format: DVD

Tryin' to get home: a history of African American song 

Author: Black, Kerrigan
Publication information: Berkeley, CA : Heebie Jeebie Music, c1993
Physical description: 1 videocassette (55 [i.e., 59] min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in. + 1 educator's guide
Description: A one-man show that follows African-American music from slavery's spirituals to contemporary rap. Performed by Kerrigan Black at La Peña Cultural Center, Berkeley, Calif., June 17, 1990. Includes photos and film clips illustrating aspects of African-American life. Concludes with a brief biographical segment about Kerrigan Black
Contents: O freedom -- All hid -- John Henry -- Nobody / Bert Williams -- Something doing / Scott Joplin, Scott Hayden -- St. Louis blues / W.C. Handy -- It don't mean a thing / Duke Ellington, Irving Mills -- Weary / Eubie Blake, Andy Razaf -- In the still of the night / Fred Parris -- How sweet it is / Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland -- My girl / William Robinson, Ronald White -- The tracks of my tears / William Robinson, W. Moore, M. Tarplin -- Stop! in the name of love Heat wave / Holland, Dozier, Holland -- Home / Charlie Smalls -- Ya gotta know somethin' 'bout history / Kerrigan Black --Climbing higher mountains
Call Number: ML3479 .B5 1993
Location: General
Format: VHS

The EAV history of jazz: with Billy Taylor 

Publication information: Chicago, Ill. : CLEARVUE/eav, c1986
Physical description: 1 videocassette (49 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 guide
Description: Billy Taylor traces jazz music from its beginning through the mid-1980's. Live performances by the Billy Taylor Trio introduce various styles, along with old film footage of great performers
Call Number: ML3506 .E3 1986
Location: Circulation Desk
Format: VHS

Jazz 

Publication information: [Washington, D.C.?] : PBS DVD Burbank, CA : Distributed by Warner Home Video, c2000
Physical description: 10 videodiscs (ca. 19 hr.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 4 3/4 in
Description: Documentary exploring the history of jazz from its beginnings through the 1990's, including the stories of many of its creators and performers. Includes archival video, still photographs, historical performances, and newly recorded interviews and musical performances
Contents: episode 1. Gumbo (ca. 90 min.) -- episode 2. The gift (ca. 120 min.) -- episode 3. Our language (ca. 120 min.) -- episode 4. The true welcome (ca. 120 min.) -- episode 5. Swing : pure pleasure (ca. 90 min.) -- episode 6. Swing : the velocity of celebration (ca. 105 min.) -- episode 7. Dedicated to chaos (ca. 120 min.) -- episode 8. Risk (ca. 120 min.) -- episode 9. The adventure (ca. 120 min.) -- episode 10. A masterpiece by midnight (ca. 120 min.)
Call Number: ML3506 .J3 2000
Location: General
Format: DVD

Jazz: what it is a primer with Randy Sabien 

Publication information: Derry, NH : Chip Taylor Communications, 1990
Physical description: 1 videocassette (30 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: A great jazz clinic by one of America's finest musicians, Randy Sabien, who introduces viewers to all the special elements about jazz that sets it apart from other kinds of music. Randy's uncomplicated, down-to-earth style is so engaging that beginning musicians will be improvising rhythms and swing with the blues in minutes
Call Number: ML3508 .J3 1990
Location: Circulation Desk
Format: VHS

Rock & roll 

Publication information: South Burlington, VT : WGBH, c1995
Physical description: 5 videocassettes (ca. 113 min. each) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: Takes an informative and entertaining look at the world of rock and roll. Includes interviews with performers and people who are professionally involved in music and features a sampling of music by rock performers. Among those interviewed are Prince, Jerry Lee Lewis, Sam Phillips, Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, and others
Contents: v. 1. episode 1. Renegades / written, produced & directed by David Espar. episode 2. In the groove / written, produced & directed by Vicky Bippart & Daniel McCabe -- v. 2. episode 3. Shakespeares in the alley / written, produced & directed by Vicky Bippart & Daniel McCabe. episode 4. Respect / written, produced & directed by David Espar -- v. 3. episode 5. Crossroads / produced & directed by Alan Lewens & Karen Walsh. episode 6. Blues in technicolor / produced & directed by Mike Conefrey -- v. 4. episode 7. The wild side / produced & directed by Hugh Thomson. episode 8. Make it funky / written, produced & directed by Yvonne Smith -- v. 5. episode 9. Punk / produced & directed by Hugh Thomson. episode 10. The perfect beat / produced & directed by Don Letts
Call Number: ML3534 .R63 1995
Location: General
Format: VHS

The way the music died 

Publication information: [Alexandria, Va.] : Distributed by PBS Video, c2004
Physical description: 1 videodisc (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: The modern music scene was created in 1969, at Woodstock. Half a million fans, dozens of artists, and the politics of the times came together as a big bang moment that eventually would generate billions of dollars. But over the last twenty years, MTV, compact discs, corporate consolidation, Internet piracy, and greed have contributed to a perfect storm for the recording industry. Frontline examines how the business that has provided the soundtrack of the lives of a generation is on the verge of collapse
Call Number: ML3790 .W39 2004
Location: General
Format: DVD

What is music? 

Publication information: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Science, 1993, c1989
Physical description: 1 videocassette (58 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: This program examines the question, What is music? Music is a complicated interplay of many different elements, including the imagination of the composer, the skill of the instrument maker, and the talent of the musician. Delving further, what constitutes musical meaning and the process by which it is communicated -- is it purely abstract, or is there a more concrete answer?
Call Number: ML 3800 .W4 1993
Location: General
Format: VHS

Impressionism in art and music 

Publication information: Pleasantville, N.Y. : Educational Audio Visual, 1986
Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (34 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Following an on-camera introduction by Roya Megnot, the first part outlines the basic principles of impressionism as practiced by Monet and Debussy. The second part extends the discussion to other artists and composers and seeks to relate the achievements of impressionism to developments in modern music and modern art
Call Number: ML3849 .I6 1986x
Location: Circulation Desk
Format: VHS

Medieval art and music 

Publication information: Pleasantville, N.Y. : Educational Audio Visual, 1986
Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (35 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 program notes + 4 worksheets
Description: Following an on-camera introduction by Roya Megnot, shows how the art, architecture, and music of the medieval period were governed by the church and created in its service. Part one deals with the beginnings of illumination and Romanesque architecture. Part two focuses on the Gothic period and includes the rise of Gothic architecture, the beginnings of secularism in art, and the development of polyphony in music
Call Number: N5970 .M4 1986x
Location: Circulation Desk
Format: VHS

The face of Russia 

Publication information: Chicago, IL : Home Vision Select, c1998
Physical description: 3 videocassettes (180 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Explores the art and culture of Russia in a journey across history, encompassing Russia's architecture, paintings, music, literature and cinema. Part 1 examines icon painting, the first Russian art form, and reveals the spiritual ideas that have animated Russia for 1000 years, and witnesses recent restorations of churches and monasteries from Kiev to the Kremlin. Part 2 examines Russian architecture from Eastern-inspired onion domes to Western-type palaces. Also looks at the work of Gogol who revealed the human suffering behind Russia's facade. His Dead Souls inspired 19th-century radicals and Soviet dissidents, and continues to influence Russian artists today. Part 3 explores Russian music and cinema and looks at how new media forms are shaping Russia today. Musorgsky's opera Boris Godunov dramatized the conflict between power and the people. Sergei Eisenstein retold history with silent films of such power that they became more real than actual events
Contents: pt. 1. The face on the firewood -- pt. 2. The facade of power -- pt. 3. Facing the future
Call Number: NX556.A1 F32 1998
Location: General
Format: VHS

The poetry of rock: a reflection of human values 

Publication information: White Plains, N.Y. : Center for Humanities, [1978], c1975
Physical description: 1 videocassette (ca. 30 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 teacher's guide
Description: Shows how the lyrics of rock music are the popular poetry of today and how they reflect changing social values. Also compares the purposes and techniques of traditional poets and rock poets
Call Number: PN1271 .P6 1978
Location: Circulation Desk
Format: VHS

Dreamworlds 2: desire/sex/power in music video 

Publication information: Northampton, MA : Media Education Foundation, c1995
Physical description: 1 videocassette (57 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 information sheet
Description: A controversial video that MTV tried to ban. Portrays the impact that sex and violence in media have on society and culture in our everyday life. Shows scenes from over 165 music videos to show how the media portrays masculinity, femininity, sex, and sex roles. Includes a scene of a brutal gang rape from the movie, The accused
Call Number: PN1992.8.M87 D7 1995
Location: Circulation Desk
Format: VHS

Dreamworlds 3: desire, sex & power in music video 

Publication information: Northampton, MA : Media Education Foundation, c2007
Physical description: 1 videodisc (54 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: A look at how the narratives of music videos shape individual & cultural attitudes toward femininity, masculinity, sexuality and race
Contents: Opening -- Techniques of storytelling -- Constructing femininity -- The pornographic imagination -- Ways of looking -- Female artists : trapped in the pornographic gaze -- Masculinity and control
Call Number: PN1992.8.M87 D73 2007
Location: Circulation Desk
Format: DVD

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