Format:
1 DVD-Video (PAL, Ländercode 0,76 Min.)
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s/w
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12 cm
Series Statement:
Yesterday's Britain
Note:
"Instruments of the Orchestra" and "Steps of the Ballet" were two educational films made by the Crown Film Unit to help schools meet the requirements of R.A. Butler's 1944 Education Act which put music into the curriculum for the first time. - Benjamin Britten wrote his "Young Person's Guide To The Orchestra" for the film, performed by the London Symphony Orchestra under Sir Malcolm Sargent. - Dame Myra Hess plays Beethoven (Sonata in F Minor op. 57, "Appassionata") and Mozart (extract from Piano Concerto in C Major, KV 543) in the National Gallery. - Arthur Benjamin was commissioned to write the score for "Steps of the Ballet". - Robert Helpmann explains the staging of the ballet with choreography by Andree Howard and lead roles by Gerd Larsson and Alexander Grant. - Dennis Brain explains the French horn and performs Beethoven's Horn Sonata (Sonaten Hr Kl op. 17) with Denis Matthews
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Undetermined
Author information:
Sargent, Malcolm 1895-1967
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Beethoven, Ludwig van 1770-1827
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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus 1756-1791
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Britten, Benjamin 1913-1976
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Matthews, Denis 1919-1988
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