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A Tale of Two Mahlers cover image

A Tale of Two Mahlers

2000, AUDIO CD, 3 hours
Distributed by CBC Audio, P.O. Box 500, Station A, Toronto, Canada, M5W 1E6
Produced by Marilyn Powell and Frances Wainwright for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Music, Biography
Date Entered:11/09/18


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Andrea Bocelli: Tuscan Skies

2001, released 2002, VHS, color, 54 min.
Distributed by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-FROG (3764)
Produced by Rhombus Media

Not Recommended

Subjects: Music, Biography
Date Entered:11/09/18


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Beethoven's Hair

2005, VHS, color and b&, 84 min.
Distributed by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-FROG (3764)
Produced by Jody Shapiro, Larry Weinstein, Jessica Daniel

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Music, Physiology, Health Sciences
Date Entered:09/06/06


Between Two Notes (French title: Le Blues de l'Orient) cover image

Between Two Notes (French title: Le Blues de l'Orient)

2006, DVD, color, 85 min.
Distributed by National Film Board of Canada, 1123 Broadway, Suite 307, New York, NY 10010; 800-542-2164
Produced by Serge Lalou, Amit Breuer, Colette Loumède, and François Duplat

Recommended for specialists

Subjects: Music, Middle Eastern Studies, Jewish Studies
Date Entered:01/22/08


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Carrao: Singer of the Plains

1998, VHS, color, 26 min.
Distributed by LAVA - Latin American Video Archives, 124 Washington Place, New York, NY 10014; 212-243-4804
Produced by John Petrizzelli Font

Recommended

Subjects: Music, Latin American Studies
Date Entered:06/07/05


Don Giovanni: Leporello's Revenge cover image

Don Giovanni: Leporello's Revenge

2000 (released 2001), VHS, color, 56 min.
Distributed by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-FROG (3764)
Produced by Rhombus Media in association with Bravo Canada, CBC, WNET, NHK, Channel 4

Not Recommended

Subjects: Music
Date Entered:11/09/18


From Zero: The Documentary: (Based on

From Zero: The Documentary: (Based on "Fourteen," composed by John Cage, performed by the Ives Ensemble)

1999, VHS, color, 51 min.
Distributed by Films Media Group, PO Box 2053, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-2053; 800-257-5126
Produced by Allegri Film & Arvo

Recommended

Subjects: Music
Date Entered:11/09/18


Howard Goodall's Big Bangs: Turning Points in Music cover image

Howard Goodall's Big Bangs: Turning Points in Music

1999, 2000, VHS, color, 51 min. each
Distributed by Films for the Humanities and Sciences, P.O. Box 2053, Princeton, NJ 08543-2053; 800-257-5126
Produced by NVC Arts/Paul Sommers

Recommended

Subjects: History, Music
Date Entered:11/09/18


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In Search of Beethoven

2009, DVD, color, 139 min. Extras on Disc 2: about 100 min.; Mainly in English, with subtitles where appropriate. Subtitled for speakers of Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, and Spanish
Distributed by Microcinema International/Microcinema DVD, 1636 Bush St., Suite #2, SF, CA 94109; 415-447-9750
Produced by Seventh Art Productions

Recommended

Subjects: Music
Date Entered:05/10/10


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Khachaturian

2003, VHS, color and b&, 83 min.
Distributed by Seventh Art Releasing, 7551 Sunset Blvd., Suite 104, Los Angeles, CA 90046; 323-845-1455
Produced by Peter Rosen

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Music, Biography, Soviet Union
Date Entered:10/20/04


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Le Mozart noir

2003, VHS, color, 53 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980
Produced by Robin Neinstein in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation

Recommended

Subjects: Music, History
Date Entered:04/05/06


Mount Kailash: Return to Tibet (includes second title: Journey Inside Tibet) cover image

Mount Kailash: Return to Tibet (includes second title: Journey Inside Tibet)

2003, DVD, color, 140 min. (two 60-minute programs, plus 4 shorts)
Distributed by Janson Media, 88 Semmons Road, Harrington Park, NJ 07640; 201-784-8488
Produced by Tom Vendetti, Ph.D

Not Recommended

Subjects: Travel and Tourism, Religious Studies, Asian Studies, Music
Date Entered:11/09/18


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Mozartballs

2005, DVD, color, 54 min.
Distributed by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-FROG (3764)
Produced by Jessica Daniel and Larry Weinstein

Recommended with reservations

Subjects: Psychology, Humor, Music, Travel and Tourism
Date Entered:05/18/07


Rhythms to Nirvana: An Introduction to Indian Classical Music cover image

Rhythms to Nirvana: An Introduction to Indian Classical Music

1999, VHS, color, 30 min.
Distributed by Films for the Humanities and Sciences, Box 2053, Princeton, NJ 08543-2053; 800-257-5126
Produced by Lightworx

Not Recommended

Subjects: Music
Date Entered:11/09/18


Screening Room with Robert Gardner: Alan Lomax (Dance and Human History) cover image

Screening Room with Robert Gardner: Alan Lomax (Dance and Human History)

1975 (original), 2005 (DVD), DVD, color, 75 min.
Distributed by Documentary Educational Resources, 101 Morse Street, Watertown, MA 02472; 617-926-0491
Produced by Robert Gardner

Recommended

Subjects: Anthropology, Dance, Music, Film Studies
Date Entered:03/20/07


Singing between Two Worlds: Learning Traditional Music in the Heart of Modern India cover image

Singing between Two Worlds: Learning Traditional Music in the Heart of Modern India

2001, VHS, color, 26 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th Street, New York, NY 10016; 202-808-4980
Produced by Ian Hardy

Highly Recommended

Subjects: Music, Multicultural Studies
Date Entered:11/09/18


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Sonata for the Left Hand

1999, VHS, color, 21 min.
Distributed by Filmakers Library, 124 East 40th St. New York, NY 10016; 212-808-4980
Produced in the Department of Communication, Stanford University

Recommended

Subjects: Music, History, Multicultural Studies, Latin American Studies
Date Entered:11/09/18


Tchaikovsky Uncovered: Discovering Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet and Discovering Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony cover image

Tchaikovsky Uncovered: Discovering Tchaikovsky’s Romeo and Juliet and Discovering Tchaikovsky’s Sixth Symphony

2007, DVD, color, 60 min. each program
Distributed by Films Media Group, PO Box 2053, Princeton, New Jersey 08543-2053; 800-257-5126
Produced by The Open University (BBC)

Recommended with reservations

Subjects: Music
Date Entered:02/19/08


The Amasong Chorus: Singing Out cover image

The Amasong Chorus: Singing Out

2003, VHS, color, 54 min.
Distributed by New Day Films, 190 Route 17M, P.O. Box 1084, Harriman, NY 10926; 888-367-9154 or 845-774-7051
Produced by Jay Rosenstein and WILL-TV

Recommended

Subjects: Gay and Lesbian Studies, Women's Studies, Music
Date Entered:02/11/05


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The Four Seasons

2000 (released 2001), VHS, color, 48 min.
Distributed by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-FROG (3764)
Produced by Rhombus Media/Veronica Tennant Productions

Recommended

Subjects: Dance
Date Entered:11/09/18


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The Human Hambone

2005, VHS, color, 47 min.
Distributed by First Run/Icarus Films, 32 Court St., 21st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201; 800-876-1710
Produced by Cameron Burr and Ed Bedrosian

Recommended

Subjects: Music, African American Studies, Dance
Date Entered:12/28/05


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The Lanza Sessions and Marcelo Alvarez: In Search of Gardel

2000, VHS, color, 50 min.; 55 min., respectively
Distributed by Bullfrog Films, PO Box 149, Oley, PA 19547; 800-543-FROG (3764)
Produced by Rhombus Media

Recommended

Subjects: Music
Date Entered:11/09/18


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The Legacy of Rosina Lhevinne

2003, VHS, color and b&, 65 min.
Distributed by Seventh Art Releasing, 7551 Sunset Blvd., Suite 104, Los Angeles, CA 90046; 323-845-1455
Produced by Arkatov Productions

Recommended

Subjects: Music, Education
Date Entered:09/22/04