The education of a singer at the Beijing Opera 

Publication information: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities, c1995
Physical description: 1 videocassette (54 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: It took seven years for Wang Runqing to get his diploma from the Conservatory of the Beijing National Opera. This program follows his rigorous training
Call Number: M1805.3 .E48 1995
Location: Circulation Desk
Format: VHS

The online music revolution 

Publication information: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c2007
Physical description: 1 videodics (30 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Examines the explosion of legal music downloading and viral marketing, which have enabled enterprising bands and singers to distribute their own work rather than signing with major labels. Focusing on the success of Nizlopi, Arctic Monkeys, Internet marketing pioneer Simply Red, and other artists, the program also features commentary from John Kennedy, chairman of the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry--who outlines the potential benefits that big corporations may one day reap from consumer downloading
Call Number: ML74.7 .O655 2007
Location: General
Format: DVD

Tchaikovsky competition: violin & piano 

Publication information: New York, N.Y. : Mastervision, [1982]
Physical description: 1 videocassette (90 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Includes highlights of the VII International Tchaikovsky Competition and interviews with the contestants
Call Number: ML76.T3 T3 1982
Location: General
Format: VHS

Among friends: the Juilliard String Quartet at Michigan State University 

Publication information: East Lansing, Mich. : Michigan State University Press, c1985
Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (30 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: The Quartet performs and conducts master classes at Michigan State University. Includes interviews with the quartet, students and faculty at the University and the Quartet in concert. The concert ends with a classical arrangement of the MSU fight song
Call Number: ML398 .A6 1985x
Location: Circulation Desk
Format: VHS

The art of conducting: great conductors of the past 

Publication information: Hamburg : Teldec Video, [1994], c1993
Physical description: 1 videocassette (117 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in. + 1 booklet (18 p. 18 cm.)
Description: Features sixteen of the great conductors of this century in rehearsal and performance. Archival footage complements first-hand recollections of these conductors by some of today's most eminent musicians
Call Number: ML402 .A7 1994
Location: General
Format: VHS

Leonard Bernstein conducts West side story: the making of the recording 

Publication information: Hamburg, Germany : Deutsche Grammophon Video, 2001, p1988
Physical description: 1 videocassette (89 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 program notes (24 p. : ill. 18 cm.)
Description: Filmed in September of 1984 during the week long recording sessions of Leonard Bernstein conducts West side story. Shares the rehearsal and candid moments of Bernstein and his non-teenage band of world-class opera singers who were casted for the recording
Call Number: ML410.B566 L46 2001
Location: General
Format: DVD

Yo-Yo Ma at Tanglewood 

Publication information: New York : Sony Classical, 1991
Physical description: 1 videocassette (99:17) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 booklet (8 p. 18 cm.)
Description: A documentary featuring the cellist Yo-Yo Ma at the Tanglewood Festival, teaching, rehearsing and performing, with Emmanuel Ax, Isaac Stern and others
Contents: Prelude, welcome to Tanglewood. Suite for solo cello no. 1 in G major. Prelude / J.S. Bach (6:43) -- Teaching. Suite for solo cello no. 1 in G major. Allemande Sarabande / J.S. Bach (with Isaac Stern, Jian Wang) (15:04) -- Chamber music in rehearsal and performance. Piano quintet in F minor, op. 34. Scherzo Finale / J. Brahms (with Leon Fleisher, Emmanuel Ax, members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra) (7:46) -- Bobby McFerrin and Beethoven's 7th -- Drive / Bobby McFerrin (with Luise Vosgerchian) (7:07) -- Ludwig van Beethoven Sonata for piano and cello in G minor. Coaching and rehearsal (8:50) Performance (25:23) (with Emmanuel Ax, Roger Norrington) -- H.K Gruber. Cello concerto (1989) in practice, rehearsal and discussion Frankenstein (1977) (excerpt) / H.K. Gruber (15:55) (with H.K. Nali Gruber, Luise Vosgerchian) Performance (10:20) (Boston Musica Viva Richard Pittman, director)
Call Number: ML418.M2 Y69 1991
Location: General
Format: VHS

Robert Shaw, preparing a masterpiece. 

Publication information: [New York] : The Corp., c1991
Physical description: 2 videocassettes (197 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Taped during an intensive five-day workshop sponsored by Carnegie Hall to celebrate its Centennial Season, Robert Shaw coaches a group of 145 choral conductors, music teachers and singers. Provides a look at the anatomy of one of the great monuments of choral literature explored by America's foremost choral specialist
Call Number: ML422.S52 R6 1991
Location: Circulation Desk
Format: VHS

Robert Shaw, preparing a masterpiece. 

Publication information: [New York] : The Corp., c1992
Physical description: 1 videocassette (90 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Taped over six days in January 1992, choral masters, conductors, and singers from around the country gathered in workshop rehearsals and seminars led by Robert Shaw. Explores the musicological study, editing, and rehearsal techniques of Beethoven's greatest choral composition
Call Number: ML422.S52 R62 1992
Location: General
Format: VHS

Hearing ear to ear 

Publication information: [Fort Worth, Tex.] : Van Cliburn Foundation [Washington, D.C.] : Distributed by PBS Video, c1998
Physical description: 1 videocassette (30 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 guide
Description: Explores the challenges that the art of performing a concerto presents to the soloist, conductor, and members of the orchestra. Conlon introduces each segment featuring the finalists in rehearsal and speaks on a variety of acoustic, technical, and artistic factors involved
Call Number: ML457 .H4 1998
Location: General
Format: VHS

The Performer prepares: 100% commitment a performance workshop with Robert Caldwell 

Publication information: Dallas, TX. : Pst Inc., 1992
Physical description: 1 videocassette (52 min.) sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Session with Robert Caldwell as he counsels opera singer Karla Milner who is preparing for an upcoming audition. Discusses the importance of moment by moment, focused involvement in the music and with the audience to achieve a 100% commitment to the performance
Call Number: ML457 .P474 1992
Location: General
Format: VHS

Technology, trumpets & tunes 

Publication information: Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities and Sciences, 1990
Physical description: 1 videocassette (26 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Covers all the wind instruments, including the pipe organ. Considers the way in which the technology of making instruments has affected the course of musical development
Call Number: ML 930 .T4 1990
Location: General
Format: VHS

The living art of brushes 

Author: Cameron, Clayton
Publication information: New York : DCI Music Video, c1990
Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (60 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Clayton provides a clear and simple approach to brushes by use of the following: eleven brush patterns, nine original and traditional specialty strokes, practical tips, computer graphics, slow motion, live performance, discography of master artists.
Call Number: ML1035 .C36 1990
Location: General
Format: VHS

Neil Peart: a work in progress 

Publication information: Miami, FL : DCI Music Video, c1996
Physical description: 2 videocassettes (3 hrs., 40 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 2 booklets of music
Description: Peart explains his approach to creating and performing drum parts while performing songs from a Rush album
Contents: pt.1. Test for echo / Lee, Lifeson, Peart, Dubois -- Xanadu -- Color of right -- Dog years -- Virtuality -- Half the world -- pt.2. Driven -- Totem -- Time and motion -- Resist -- Limbo -- Carve away the stone -- Momo's dance party / Peart
Call Number: ML1035 .N44 1996
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

Classic drum solos and drum battles. 

Publication information: Briarcliff, N.Y. Hudson Music, LLC, c2001
Physical description: 1 videodisc (60 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 4 3/4 in
Description: Clips of drum battles between and extended solos by 15 drummers considered the greats of jazz percussion, that have been filmed over the past 50 years. Includes solos by Sonny Payne, Rufus Jones, Buddy Rich, Sam Woodyard, Louie Bellson, Art Blakey and Joe Morello. Drum duels are between Gene Krupa and Cozy Cole, Buddy Rich and Ed Shaughnessy, Chico Hamilton, Gene Krupa and Lionel Hampton, Elvin Jones, Sunny Murray and Art Blakey, and Buddy Rich and Jerry Lewis
Call Number: ML3508 .C53 v.1 2001
Location: General
Format: DVD

Classic drum solos and drum battles. 

Publication information: Briarcliff, N.Y. Hudson Music, LLC, c2002
Physical description: 1 videodisc (73 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 4 3/4 in
Description: Clips of fifteen drum solos by various drummers spanning the years 1947 to 1989
Call Number: ML3508 .C53 v.2 2002
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

Legends of jazz drumming 

Publication information: Miami, FL : DCI Music Video, c1996
Physical description: 2 videocassettes (136 min.) : sd., b&w with color sequences 1/2 in
Description: Traces the history of jazz drumming in America. Included are rare film clips and still photographs of Baby Dobbs, Paul Barbarin, Chick Webb, Gene Krupa, Buddy Rich, Dave Tough, Sid Catlett, Jo Jones, and Kenny Clarke (pt. 1), and Shelly Manne, Joe Morello, Art Blakey, Philly Joe Jones, Elvin Jones and Tony Williams (pt. 2)
Contents: Pt. 1. 1920-1950 (63 min.) -- pt. 2. 1950-1970 (73 min.)
Call Number: ML3508 .L43 1996
Location: General
Format: VHS

Piano legends 

Publication information: New York : Video Artists International, 1986
Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (63 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: A virtual who's who of immortal keyboard players, this program explores the work of twenty-three renowned jazz pianists covering every major period in the progressive development of jazz pianism
Call Number: ML3508 .P5 1986
Location: General
Format: VHS

Trumpet kings: with Wynton Marsalis 

Publication information: New York : Video Artists International : RCA/Ariola International [distributor], 1985
Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (72 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: Wynton Marsalis presents an overview of twentieth century jazz trumpeters. He shows stages in the development of the trumpet through the use of clips of some of the great performers of this century
Call Number: ML3508 .T78 1985
Location: General
Format: VHS

Sousa to Satchmo: Marsalis on the jazz band 

Publication information: New York : Sony Classical Film & Video, c1995
Physical description: 1 videocassette (54 min., 46 sec.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Uses music by Sousa, Joplin, and Armstrong to explain the development of Sousa's European-style orchestra into the American jazz band
Call Number: ML3518 .S6 1995
Location: dale,gnrve,genrl,nap,wsmt
Format: VHS

The music business: an insider's guide to breaking in 

Publication information: [Universal City, Calif.] : InsideSessions, c2001
Physical description: 1 videocassette (116 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Artists, producers, managers, and attorneys in the music business share experiences and insights
Call Number: ML3790 .M875 2001
Location: College and Career Information Center
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

Recording industry 

Publication information: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities, [1998], c1997
Physical description: 1 videocassette (28 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: Provides a detailed look at the operations of the recording industry. Includes brief clips of David Bowie, Billy Rae Cyrus, Debbie Davies, Peter Gabriel, and Metallica
Call Number: ML3792 .R4 1998
Location: circd,gnrve
Format: VHS

Recording history 

Publication information: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities, [1998], c1997
Physical description: 1 videocassette (28 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in
Description: Examines the remarkable history of recorded music, from the Jazz Age, to the Big Band Era and World War II, to rock n' roll and rap. Discusses the social and cultural aspects of affordable, mass-produced music
Contents: Capturing the essence of music -- Cross-fertilization -- Colorful music -- Cultural phenomena
Call Number: ML3792 .R436 1998
Location: Circulation Desk
Format: VHS

Building your music career 

Publication information: Boston, MA : Berklee Press, 2003, c2002
Physical description: 1 videodisc (36 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: David Rosenthal provides detailed practical advice every aspiring musician needs to hear. Learn how to network and adapt to different musical settings
Call Number: ML3795 .B855 2003
Location: College and Career Information Center
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

The essence of an instrument 

Publication information: Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c1990
Physical description: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. : 1/2 in
Description: Program analyzes the essential features required in any instrument if a usable musical sound is to be produced. Program examines how energy can be provided, how sound can be amplified, how amplification changes the quality of sound, and the consequences for music produced by synthesizers and computers
Call Number: ML 3807 .E7 1990
Location: General
Format: VHS

Science, strings, and symphonies 

Publication information: Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c1990
Physical description: 1 videocassette (59 min.) : sd., col. : 1/2 in
Call Number: ML 3807 .S3 1990
Location: General
Format: VHS

Scales, synthesizers and samplers 

Publication information: Princeton, N.J. : Films for the Humanities & Sciences, c1990
Physical description: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. : 1/2 in
Description: Covers the problems of varying degrees of loudness on harpsichords and spinets, origin of scales and the inability of keyboard instruments to produce scales in all keys exactly in tune. Synthesizers demonstrate both the problem and its solution
Call Number: ML 3809 .S3 1990
Location: General
Format: VHS

Leonard Bernstein at Harvard: the unanswered question Norton lectures 1973 

Author: Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990
Publication information: West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur, [2001?], c1992
Physical description: 6 videodiscs (793 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in. + contents inserts
Contents: Lecture 1. Musical phonology (104 min.) Explores the origins and development of music and language, with a performance of Mozart's Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550 -- Lecture 2. Musical syntax (95 min.) Compares the structures of music and speech, and discusses the multiple transformations of which both are capable, with examples from Mozart's Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K. 550 -- Lecture 3. Musical semantics (142 min.) Demonstrates layers of meaning in Beethoven's Symphony No. 6 in F. Major, op. 68 -- Lecture 4. The delights and dangers of ambiguity (142 min.) Explorations of new tonal fields by composers of the romantic era. Musical illustrations from Berlioz, Wagner, and Debussy -- Lecture 5. The twentieth century crisis (133 min.) Arnold Schoenberg's movement toward atonality and Gustav Mahler's anticipation of the crisis in twentieth-century music. Includes performances of Ives, Ravel, and Mahler -- Lecture 6. The poetry of earth (177 min.) Examines how Igor Stravinsky kept tonality viable while experimenting freely with dissonance. Includes a complete performance of Stravinsky's Oedipus Rex
Call Number: ML3845 .B476 2001
Location: General
Format: VHS

Leonard Bernstein's young people's concerts: with the New York Philharmonic 

Publication information: New York : Sony Classical, c1993
Physical description: 3 videocassettes (338 min.) : sd., chiefly b&w 1/2 in. + 1 guide (32 p. : ill. 22 cm.)
Contents: [pt. 1] What does music mean? What is sonata form? -- [pt. 2] What is classical music? What makes music symphonic? -- [pt. 3] The sound of an orchestra What is a melody?
Call Number: MT 6 .B43 L4 1993
Location: General
Format: VHS

Leonard Bernstein's young people's concerts: with the New York Philharmonic 

Publication information: West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur Video, [2004]
Physical description: 9 videodiscs (ca. 1500 min.) : sd., b&w and col. 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (18 p. : ill. 18 cm.)
Description: Leonard Bernstein earned glory as a composer, conductor, and pianist (classical and jazz), but nothing gave him more pleasure than the joy of teaching. He presented the unique blend of spoken words and music. He is an intensely interactive teacher, getting his audience to sing, springing a quiz full of trick questions. He can take the most abstruse subject and present them to a young audience with clarity, without condescension, and with a clear sense of the material's value. His subject-matter is enormously varied
Contents: Disc 1. What does music mean? What is American music? What is orchestration? -- Disc 2. What makes music symphonic? What is classical music? Humor in music -- Disc 3. What is a concerto? Who is Gustav Mahler? Folk music in the concert hall -- Disc 4. What is Impressionism? Happy Birthday, Igor Stravinsky. What is Melody? -- Disc 5. The Latin American spirit. Jazz in the concert hall. What is sonata form? -- Disc 6. A tribute to Sibelius. Musical atoms : a study of intervals. The sound of an orchestra -- Disc 7. A birthday tribute to Shostakovich. What is a mode? A toast to Vienna in 3/4 time -- Disc 8. Quiz-concert : how musical are you? Berlioz takes a trip. Two ballet birds -- Disc 9. Fidelio : a celebration of life
Call Number: MT6.B43 L4 2004
Location: General
Format: DVD

Exploring the world of music 

Publication information: S. Burlington, VT : [Distributed by] Annenberg Media, [2005]
Physical description: 12 half-hour video programs viewed on demand
Description: Shows how elements such as melody, rhythm, and texture create an infinite variety of sounds and serve as expressions of culture. Through rare archival footage and contemporary performances, the series presents themes such as music and the environment, music as cultural memory, and how technology changes music. The featured artists perform music from around the world, including American jazz, gospel, and rock, and traditional music from Bosnia, the Caribbean, India, Ireland, Japan, and West Africa
Contents: 1. Sound, music, and the environment -- 2. The transformative power of music -- 3. Music and memory -- 4. Transmission : learning music -- 5. Rhythm -- 6. Melody -- 7. Timbre: the color of music -- 8. Texture -- 9. Harmony -- 10. Form: the shape of music -- 11. Composers and improvisers -- 12. Music and technology
Call Number: MT7
Location: strem
Format: Streaming video

Why toes tap: Marsalis on rhythm 

Publication information: [S.l.] : Sony Classical Film & Video, c1995
Physical description: 1 videocassette (52 min., 52 sec.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Uses music from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite to explain rhythm and time in music
Call Number: MT42 .W4 1995
Location: dale,circd,genrl
Format: VHS

Listening for clues: Marsalis on form 

Publication information: [S.l.] : Sony Classical Film & Video, c1995
Physical description: 1 videocassette (53 min., 58 sec.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Demonstrates structure and form in music and uses examples from Prokofiev to Gershwin, Ellington and Ives to identify different forms
Call Number: MT58 .L5 1995
Location: dale,circd,genrl
Format: VHS

John Scofield on improvisation 

Publication information: New York, N.Y. : DCI Music Video, 1983
Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (60 min.) : sd., col. : 1/2 in. + 1 guide (9 leaves 24 cm.)
Description: Scofield, a guitarist, discusses and demonstrates techniques of improvisation: use of major modes and scales, chromatics, passing tones, melodic devices, rhythm, picking techniques and equipment
Call Number: MT 68 .J6 1983
Location: Circulation Desk
Format: VHS

How to attend a concert 

Publication information: Chicago, Ill. : CLEARVUE/eav, c2001
Physical description: 1 videodisc (19 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 4 3/4 in. + 1 teacher's guide (22 p. 22 cm.) + 6 worksheets
Description: Presents an introduction for first-time concertgoers or as a refresher for the seasoned veteran. Viewers are guided through the ins and outs of formal concertgoing. Discovers how to locate performances, find seats, purchase tickets, use a playbill, research the music, follow the protocols of the concert, and much more
Call Number: MT90 .H69 2001
Location: General
Format: DVD

Tom Parente in home piano video course, tape 1 

Publication information: Bloomfield, N.J. : produced by Vinton McCabe, c1987
Physical description: 1 videocassette : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 booklet (20 p. : music 21 cm.)
Contents: Rhythm - Got the beat? -- Reading aids -- Hot cross buns -- Au Claire de la Lune -- Lightly row -- Drink to me only -- Ode to joy
Call Number: MT 220 .T6 Tape 1 1987
Location: General
Format: VHS

Tom Parente in home piano video course. 

Publication information: Bloomfield, N.J. : VideNotes, c1989
Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (55 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 booklet (12 p. : music 19 cm.)
Contents: Simple gift -- Michael row the boat ashore -- When the saints go marching in -- Theme from Beethoven's Fifth -- How to use the metronome -- Theme to Surprise symphony
Call Number: MT 220 .T6 Tape 2 1989
Location: General
Format: VHS

The universal mind of Bill Evans: the creaative process and self-teaching 

Publication information: New York, N.Y. : Rhapsody Films, c1991
Physical description: 1 videocassette (45 min.) : sd., b&w 1/2 in
Description: Features Bill Evans in performance, plus an explanation by the Evans brothers and Allen of how a jazz artist creates his art
Contents: Spartacus love theme -- How about you -- Star eyes -- Very early time remembered -- My bells
Call Number: MT235 .U6 1991
Location: General
Format: VHS

Andy Laverne's guide to modern jazz piano 

Publication information: Woodstock, N.Y. : Homespun Video, 1990-1994
Physical description: 2 videocassettes (90 min. each) : sd., col. 1/2 in.
Description: Andy LaVerne teaches modern jazz piano styles and illustrates his technique in solo or band situations. Includes group practice sessions recorded both with and without the piano
Call Number: MT239 .A6 1994
Location: General
Format: VHS

Learn to play gospel piano 

Publication information: Woodstock, NY : Homespun Video, c1997
Physical description: 2 videocassettes (120 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 2 booklets (18 cm.)
Description: In these instructional videos, pianist and vocalist, Ethel Caffie-Austin shows how to take familiar hymns and spirituals and gospelize them for the piano
Contents: Music in booklet 1: When the saints come marching in -- Standing in the need of prayer -- Angels keep watching over me -- Angels keep watching over me (Key of C) -- What a friend we have in Jesus. Music in booklet 2: Amazing grace -- Yes, Lord -- Can't nobody do me like Jesus/Jesus in on the mainline/Show me the way -- Study war no more -- He's got the whole world in his hands--Blessed assurance
Call Number: MT239 .L47 1997
Location: General
Format: VHS

You can play jazz piano! 

Publication information: Woodstock, NY : Homespun Tapes, [1988]
Physical description: 3 videocassettes (VHS) (90 min. each) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 2 texts (for pt.2 and pt.3 only)
Description: Musical insights and keyboard techniques for students beginning in the jazz idiom
Contents: 1. Getting started -- 2. Basic keyboard harmony -- 3. Soloing and performing
Call Number: MT 239 .Y6 1988
Location: General
Format: VHS

How to play piano: for piano and portable keyboards 

Author: Bradley, Richard Alan
Publication information: New York, NY : DCI Music Video, c1987
Physical description: 3 videocassettes (164 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 3 booklets
Description: Teaches the student to first recognize chord patterns, rather than memorize notes. Tape 1 covers the keyboard, reading music, quarter note rhythms and rests, sharps and flats, and beginning ear training. Tape 2 covers major and minor chords, whole, half, dotted half notes and rests, ties, arpeggios, sight reading, repeat signs, 12 bar blues, improvisation and walking bass. Tape 3 includes chord review, ear training, sight reading, technical warm ups, chromatic scale, eighth notes and rests, the musical clock and seventh chords
Call Number: MT249 .B81 1987
Location: General
Format: VHS

The Heifetz master class at the University of Southern California 

Author: Heifetz, Jascha, 1901-
Publication information: [S.l.] : Homevideo Exclusives W. Long Beach, NJ : Distributed by Kultur International Films, [between 1980 and 1992], c1962
Physical description: 2 videocassettes (240 min.) : sd., b&w 1/2 in
Contents: v. 1. Polonaise brillante no. 2 Valle : ao pe da fogueira / Wieniawski (Varoujon Kodjian) Concerto in D major, op. 77. 1st mvt. / Brahms (Erick Friedman) Double concerto in D minor. 3rd mvt. / Bach (Friedman and Heifetz) Etude no. 5 / Dont Poeme, op. 25 / Chausson (Claire Hodgkins) Concerto no. 1 in A minor. 1st mvt. / Bach (Carol Sindell Heifetz) Concerto in D major, op. 35. 3rd mvt. / Tchaikovsky (Robert Witte) -- v. 2. Sonata in G minor. Adagio and fugue / Bach (Erick Friedman) Double concerto in D minor. 2nd mvt. / Bach (Friedman and Heifetz) Sonata in A major. 1st mvt. / Franck (Erick Friedman) Sonata in D major. 3rd & 4th mvts. / Brahms (Adam Han-Gorski) Partita no. 2 in D minor. Chaconne / Bach (Varoujon Kodjian) String quartet, op. 18, no. 5. 1st mvt. / Beethoven (Carol Sindell Jascha Heifetz Erick Friedman Nathaniel Rosen) Sonata in D minor. 1st mvt. / Brahms (Adam Han-Gorski) Caprice no. 17 / Paganini (Erick Friedman) Collector's item : Jascha Heifetz in a rare, humorous parody of an untalented violin student giving an audition
Call Number: MT260 .H4 1962
Location: General
Format: VHS

Great guitar lessons: fingerstyle techniques 

Publication information: Woodstock, NY : Homespun Video, c1998
Physical description: 1 videocassette (75 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 booklet (27 p. : music 18 cm.)
Description: Eight guitarists teach you different fingerstyle techniques
Call Number: MT580 .G74 1998
Location: General
Format: VHS

Eliot Fisk teaches Segovia style: the classical guitar of the Maestro 

Publication information: Woodstock, N.Y. : Homespun Video, 1999
Physical description: 1 videocassette (75 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 score (23 p. 20 cm.)
Description: Mr. Fisk put together a lesson on interpretation, musicianship, guitar technique and insights into the timeless Segovia legency
Call Number: MT588 .E5 1999
Location: General
Format: VHS

Seven easy pieces for classical guitar 

Publication information: Woodstock, NY : Homespun Video, c2001
Physical description: 1 videocassette (75 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 booklet
Description: Frederic Hand offers techniques that will enhance your enjoyment of playing. He teaches each piece in detail, pointing out possible trouble spots and sharing important tips on technique and interpretation. He demonstrates ornamentation, slurs, rhythmic and melodic subtleties, timbral shadings, and the importance of correct plucking strokes
Call Number: MT588 .S49 2001
Location: General
Format: VHS

Technique and musicianship for classical guitar 

Publication information: Woodstock, NY : Homespun Video, c1997
Physical description: 1 videocassette (75 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 booklet
Description: Frederic Hand offers techniques that will enhance your enjoyment of playing
Call Number: MT588 .T4 1997
Location: General
Format: VHS

Beginners conga drumming 

Publication information: [S.l.] : MW Productions, [2005?]
Physical description: 1 videodisc (ca. 27 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in
Description: Presents the basics of conga drumming including the different types of conga drums, how to properly tune conga drums, and the proper hand technique for playing congas. Explains the tumbao, bolero, plena, and calpyso rhythms
Call Number: MT633 .B445 2005
Location: General
Format: DVD

Back to basics: an encyclopedia of drumming techniques 

Publication information: New York, N.Y. : DCI Music Video, 1988
Physical description: 1 videocassette (72 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Offers insights into the fundamentals of drumming. Includes hand and foot technique, practice routines, and practical drum kit set-up and approach
Call Number: MT655 .B3 1988
Location: General
Format: VHS

The bongo drums. 

Publication information: Miami, Fl. : Warner Bros. Publications Brattleboro, Vt. : Interworld Music Associates, 1995
Physical description: 1 videocassette (25 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Learn how to understand the beat and rhythm of music, play the basic hand drum tones, play a basic rhythm on your hand drum, play rhythms and drumming games with your friends, build hand, foot and voice coordination
Call Number: MT655 .B66 1995 pt.1
Location: General
Format: VHS

The next step 

Publication information: New York, N.Y. : DCI Music Video, 1989
Physical description: 1 videocassette (80 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Concentrates on time playing, constructing a groove, beat displacement, cymbal technique, phrasing, creating a drum part, playing in odd times, and soloing
Call Number: MT655 .N4 1989
Location: General
Format: VHS

Voices of the doumbek: utilizing the doumbek/Arabic tabla and dourbakee drums 

Publication information: Brattleboro, VT : Interworld Music, c1995
Physical description: 1 videocassette (70 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 supplementary folded sheet
Description: Robin Adnan Anders demonstrates three basic tones of Arabic music: the doum, tek, and kah. He then demonstrates special tones and techniques using the doumbek or Arabic tabla and the dourbakee. Some of these special tones and techniques are dividing the drum, the slap, and finger rolls. He then demonstrates three basic rhythms: the wahdah sayirah or ayub, the masmudi saghir or baladi, and the wahdah kabira or chefte telli
Call Number: MT655 .V6 1995
Location: General
Format: VHS

African drumming 

Publication information: Brattleboro, VT : Interworld Music Associates, c1993
Physical description: 1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 supplement (1 p., folded 28 x 18 cm
Description: Dreams of Passion members demonstrate techniques for producing the proper tones of the drum and play original & authentic rhythms. Designed to be inspirational and informative to players of all levels
Call Number: MT 655.2 .A4 1993
Location: Circulation Desk
Format: VHS

The African djembe drum.  

Publication information: Miami, Fl. : Warner Bros. Publications Brattleboro, Vt. : Interworld Music Associates, 1995
Physical description: 1 videocassette (30 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Learn how to understand the beat and rhythm of music, play the basic hand drum tones, play a basic rhythm on your hand drum, play rhythms and drumming games with your friends, build hand, foot and voice coordination
Call Number: MT655.2 .D53 1995 pt.1
Location: General
Format: VHS

West African djembe drumming: with Paulo Mattioli 

Publication information: Topanga, CA : African Percussion, c1991
Physical description: 1 videocassette (120 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Paulo Mattioli discusses instrumentation, technique and the seven principal rhythm patterns of West African drumming. Includes rhythm building exercises and play along segments
Contents: 1. Lamba -- 2. Doundounba -- 3. Lindjian -- 4. Sedeba -- 5. Aconcon -- 6. Koukou -- 7. Mandjiani
Call Number: MT655.2 .W47 1991
Location: General
Format: VHS

The Drummer's guide to reading drum charts 

Publication information: Miami, Fla. : CPP Media, c1993
Physical description: 1 videocassette (ca. 60 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 guide (48 p.)
Description: Provides the drummer with a strong, overall concept for reading drumset charts. A detailed approach is used discussing musical definitions, stylized reading, set-up techniques, sight-reading concepts, ensemble playing skills, and chart analysis
Call Number: MT655.3 .D78 1993
Location: General
Format: VHS

The Drumset: a musical approach 

Publication information: New York : DCI Music Video Inc., c1984
Physical description: 1 videocassette (120 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 guide
Description: Examines the fundamentals of jazz, rock and funk drumming in five segments. Explains the importance of correct drum setup, demonstrates proper stick handling, and tells how to use foot pedals. Discusses drumming styles prevalent during the early jazz era through the current rock scene, and teaches how to play in the rhythm section. Finally, covers fill and solo playing
Call Number: MT655.3 .D786 1984
Location: General
Format: VHS

Playing, reading & soloing with a band 

Publication information: Miami, Fla. : CPPMedia : DCI Music Video, c1993
Physical description: 1 videocassette (99 mins.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Gregg Bissonette covers aspects of playing with a band, presents an in-depth look at making and reading cheat sheet charts, and demonstrates solo ideas and licks. He also follows the band's performances through a screen on screen approach to add a personal look at his roadmap charts
Call Number: MT655.3 .P53 1990
Location: General
Format: VHS

International drum rudiments 

Author: Carson, Rob
Publication information: Van Nuys, CA : Alfred Publishing, 1994
Physical description: 1 videocassette (69 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Rob Carson demonstrates all of the 40 international drum rudiments, beginning with the seven essential rudiments, and then expands to more advanced rudiments
Call Number: MT662.3 .C3 1994
Location: General
Format: VHS

Drums 

Publication information: Miami, FL : CPP Media, c1992
Physical description: 1 videocassette (75 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 guide
Description: Focuses on the drums as they relate to the rest of the rhythm section
Call Number: MT662.3 .D78 1992
Location: General
Format: VHS

Phrasing and motion 

Publication information: Miami, Fl. : DCI Music Video, c1997
Physical description: 1 videocassette (63 min.) : sd. (stereo.), col. 1/2 in. + 1 guide
Call Number: MT662.3 .P4 1987
Location: General
Format: VHS

Everything is timekeeping 

Publication information: [New York] : DCI Music Video, c1989
Physical description: 1 videocassette (VHS) (85 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in. + 1 booklet (23 p. : ill., music)
Description: A variety of styles and tempos provide a study for drummers and rhythm section players
Call Number: MT662.6 .E7 1989
Location: General
Format: VHS

Getting started on congas: conga basics  

Publication information: Miami, Fla. : DCI Music Video, 1966
Physical description: 1 videocassette (47 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Gives you the basic tools you'll need to begin to develop technique on the conga drum, with a simple step-by-step approach
Call Number: MT663.8 .G4 1996
Location: General
Format: VHS

Mallet keyboard musicianship 

Publication information: [Miami, FL] : CPP Media Group, [1993], c1988
Physical description: 2 videocassettes (72 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Dave Samuels teaches the extensive musical possibilities available from the mallet keyboard instruments. Focuses on the vibraphone and marimba technique, but demonstrations include usage of orchestra bell, xylophone, and chimes
Contents: v. 1. Beginning to intermediate level: Holding four mallets Opening and closing mallets Striking the bars Playing a single line using four mallets Sticking techniques Using the pedal Various dampening techniques and applications (44 min.). -- v. 2. Intermediate to advanced level: Chord scales Visualizing scale shapes Various modal scale studies How to practice chord scales Finding the harmonic quality of a scale Ensemble demonstrations (28 min.)
Call Number: MT719 .M3 1993
Location: General
Format: VHS

Tackling the monster: Marsalis on practice 

Publication information: New York : Sony Classical Film & Video, c1995
Physical description: 1 videocassette (53 min., 40 sec.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Wynton Marsalis and Yo-Yo Ma show young musicians how to practice new or difficult pieces
Call Number: MT740 .T3 1995
Location: General
Format: VHS

The Singer's voice-- breath 

Publication information: Dallas, Tex. : Pst Inc., 1991
Physical description: 1 videocassette (22 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Examines the basics of breath for singing. Shows the structure and the parts of the body that need to be trained
Call Number: MT878 .S5 1991
Location: Circulation Desk
Format: VHS

The vocal coach: daily vocal aerobic workout video 

Publication information: Franklin, TN : Ministry Music : Distributed by Diamante, c1991
Physical description: 1 videocassette (40 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Chris and Carole Beatty provide a complete training program to vitalize and strengthen the muscles that affect the voice
Call Number: MT885 .V6 1991
Location: General
Format: VHS

Enter the vocal zone 

Publication information: Van Nuys, CA : Starlight Productions, c1995
Physical description: 1 videocassette (105 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: A comprehensive introduction to singing, including extensive explanations, diagrams, and exercises for the male and female voice
Call Number: MT893 .E56 1995
Location: General
Format: VHS

Jonathan Miller on acting in opera 

Publication information: [New York, NY] : Applause Theatre Book Publishers, c1987
Physical description: 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Stage rehearsal of La Traviata directed by Jonathan Miller
Call Number: MT956 .J66 1987
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

Music of Bunraku 

Publication information: [Norman, Okla.] : University of Oklahoma, c1991
Physical description: 1 videocassette (29 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Shows the exotic drama of Bunraku, the puppet theater of Japan, and is intended to enable the viewer to understand its music as well. The musical styles, notation and performers of Bunraku are introduced by Prof. William P. Malm of the University of Michigan, while the historic roots of Bunraku, as illustrated in antique paintings and prints, are explained by Prof. Sidney D. Brown of the University of Oklahoma. Artists from the National Bunraku Theater of Japan demonstrate the musical styles of Bunraku, and perform Ise ondo koi no netaba (The massacre of a geisha house in Ise)
Call Number: PN 1978 .J3 M 1991
Location: General
Format: VHS

The film score 

Publication information: Los Angeles : First Light Video Pub., c1990
Physical description: 1 videocassette (26 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Tom Lubin interviews persons in the position of movie director, movie music composer, recording engineer, and other members of technical staff for motion picture music. Shows an actual orchestra for motion picture music and how to record music for background music of motion pictures
Call Number: PN1995.7 .F55 1990
Location: General
Format: VHS

Bernard Herrmann 

Publication information: New York : Sony Classical Film & Video, [1995], c1992
Physical description: 1 videocassette (57 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences 1/2 in. + 1 booklet (12 p. 18 cm.)
Description: Explores the work of Bernard Herrmann who created music for over 50 films, collaborating with such diverse directors as Orson Welles, Nicholas Ray, and Martin Scorsese. Best remembered for his twelve-year collaboration with Alfred Hitchcock, Herrmann pioneered many fundamental techniques of film scoring in the course of his 35-year career. Features interviews with directors Martin Scorsese and Claude Chabrol, composers David Raksin and Elmer Bernstein, and others, as well as home movies, archival photos and interviews with Herrmann himself
Call Number: PN1995.9.M86 B47 1995
Location: General
Format: VHS

Fantasia legacy: supplemental features 

Publication information: Burbank, Calif. : Walt Disney Home Video : Distributed by Buena Vista Home Entertainment, 2000
Physical description: 1 videodisc (161 min.) : sd., col. 4 3/4 in. + contents inserts
Description: Tracks the 60-year history of Fantasia and its sequel Fantasia 2000. Hear Walt Disney talk about the tricks of the trade and the story of the animation process, highlighted with extensive scenes from both features. Experience The Fantasia that never was, segments that were never produced. Enjoy interviews with film historians and filmmakers of Fantasia 2000, witness production progression demonstrations and view the alternate versions of segments and deleted animation from this remarkable film
Call Number: PN1997.F3317 F368 2000
Location: General
Format: DVD

Object-oriented programming in the arts 

Publication information: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities, [1999]
Physical description: 1 videocassette (30 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Probes the ideas and the results of visual and musical artists who use programming to develop their art. Shows how, as programming languages and interfaces achieve greater transparency, the distinction between programming and creating fine art is disappearing
Call Number: QA76.64 .O35 1999
Location: General
Format: VHS

Bach lives-- at David Cope's house 

Publication information: Santa Cruz, Calif. : [Audio Visual Services, University of California, Santa Cruz] : B. Giges [distributor], c1990
Physical description: 1 videocassette (26 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Traces new music composer and University of California, Santa Cruz faculty member David Cope's development of computer software, entitled Experiments in Musical Intelligence, or EMI, which not only can learn the style of any composer (e.g. J.S. Bach), but compose music exactly in that same style, so much so as to be very difficult to tell it from the original
Call Number: QA76.9.E94 B334 1990
Location: General
Format: VHS

Music and sound effects for television 

Publication information: Princeton, NJ : Films for the Humanities, c1993
Physical description: 1 videocassette (26 min.) : sd., col. 1/2 in
Description: Outlines the basic techniques of sound in film and video and provides many examples of their application. Demonstrates the precautions necessary to make sure that what you shoot with synchronous sound actually sounds like what you heard on location when you try to edit it back at base
Call Number: TK7881.4 .M87 1993
Location: Circulation Desk
Format: VHS

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