Music as a Language; 10; The Romantic Symphony
- Series
- Music as a Language
- Episode Number
- 10
- Episode
- The Romantic Symphony
- Producing Organization
- University of Rochester
- Contributing Organization
- Library of Congress (Washington, District of Columbia)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/512-3x83j39t8v
- NOLA Code
- MCLG
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- Description
- Episode Description
- Don Lyon, the interviewer on the series, suggests to Dr. Hanson that so far nothing has been said about musical form. Dr. Hanson likens musical form to a mural stretching between two cities, or the complicated architecture of a building. It also can be likened to a well-planned public speech. To illustrate, he plays his own familiar Romantic Symphony, No. 2 and goes through its construction theme by theme, movement by movement, from introduction to closing coda. Through the use of his double analogy of building a house and/or delivering a speech, Dr. Hanson makes the personal analysis of his own symphony as delightful an exposition of musical form as has ever been given on television. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
- Series Description
- Music as a Language shows how a composer communicates to his audience through his music. Demonstrating innumerable aspects of composition, orchestration and instrumentation, Dr. Howard Hanson explains how he and other composers use consonant and dissonant rhythms and harmonies. Most of the material used in the series is a result of nearly thirty years of research and performance in the field of music by Dr. Hanson. Many of the illustrative devices used him originated in his own composition classes. One large chart, for example, a product of nearly ten years work, maps the music of the last three hundred years in an astronomy of sound. On the basis of its tonal sonorities and their inter-relationships, Dr. Hanson shows how music, from the time of Palestrina to the present, can be roughly categorized into different periods in our history. He shows, too, how so-called modern music was used by Handel and Beethoven, and the relationship that exists among boogie, primitive music and some of the works of Beethoven, Stravinsky and his own compositions. The essence of the series is the authority given to what is said and done by the composer himself. For the first time, an audience will have the opportunity of seeing an artist critically analyze his own works. These include his Fifth Symphony; his opera, Merry Mount and other compositions. The series of 13 half-hour episodes was originally recorded on film and was produced for the Center by the University of Rochester, under the direction of Don W. Lyon, Director of Television for Rochester, who serves as the programs announcer. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
- Broadcast Date
- 1957-00-00
- Asset type
- Episode
- Topics
- Music
- Rights
- Published Work: This work was offered for sale and/or rent in 1960.
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Credits
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Announcer: Lyon, Don W.
Director: Lyon, Don W.
Host: Hanson, Howard
Producing Organization: University of Rochester
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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Library of Congress
Identifier: 2300755-1 (MAVIS Item ID)
Format: 16mm film
Generation: Copy: Access
Color: B&W
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Library of Congress
Identifier: 2300755-2 (MAVIS Item ID)
Format: 16mm film
Generation: Copy: Access
Color: B&W
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Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive
Identifier: [request film based on title] (Indiana University)
Format: 16mm film
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- Citations
- Chicago: “Music as a Language; 10; The Romantic Symphony,” 1957-00-00, Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed July 1, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-3x83j39t8v.
- MLA: “Music as a Language; 10; The Romantic Symphony.” 1957-00-00. Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. July 1, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-3x83j39t8v>.
- APA: Music as a Language; 10; The Romantic Symphony. Boston, MA: Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-3x83j39t8v