Music and the Renaissance; 9; Music and Literature: Poetry
- Series
- Music and the Renaissance
- Episode Number
- 9
- Episode
- Music and Literature: Poetry
- Producing Organization
- WQED (Television station : Pittsburgh, Pa.)
- Contributing Organization
- Library of Congress (Washington, District of Columbia)
- AAPB ID
- cpb-aacip/512-6w96689d6s
- NOLA Code
- MURE
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- Description
- Episode Description
- Discusses the relationship of poetry to music during the Elizabethan period. Describes the manner in which Byrd and Dowland set poetry to music. Musical selections are performed by the Saturday Consort. Featured guest is Dr. Frances Eldredge, Department of English, Chatham College, Pittsburgh. (Description from NET Film Service Catalog 1960)
- Episode Description
- The Age of Elizabeth is discussed by Dr. Frances Eldredge, chairman of the Department of English, Catham College, Pittsburgh. The manner in which Byrd and Dowland worked to set poetry to music is described. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
- Series Description
- Music and the Renaissance introduces viewers to the effect life in the Renaissance period had on the musical compositions of that period, with particular emphasis on the court, church, art and literature of the time. Colin Sterne, assistant professor of Music History and Literature at the University of Pittsburgh, present the music of the Renaissance period played on authentic instruments used during that period (recorder, viola da gamba, lute, tenor viol, virginals, etc.). The performing musicians are members of the Saturday Consort. Italy, Germany and the Netherlands are the countries on which the series concentrates. The series of 10 half-hour episodes was produced by WQED, Pittsburgh, with Colin Sterne as producer. Colin Sterne, assistant professor of Music History and Literature at the University of Pittsburgh, was graduated from Miami University with a BS in Music Education in 1943, and received his MS in Composition from the Juilliard School of Music in 1948. He was music director of Pittsburghs Educational Television Station, WQED, between 1954 and 1955. Professor Sterne is the founder and director of the Saturday Consort, an organization devoted to the discovery and performance of early music on authentic instruments of their period. He has a collection of instruments which includes recorders, virginals, viols, two lutes, a baroque flute and a cittern. He has studied privately with American composers and in France. His compositions have been performed in the United States and abroad. Special Guests: Members of the Saturday Consort, a group of six musicians interested in performing music of the Medieval Renaissance and Baroque periods on the instruments for which they were originally written, will appear throughout this series to perform the compositions being discussed. The group was formed in 1952 and is currently in residence at the University of Pittsburgh. The Consort has presented concerts in major Eastern cities, including New York Town Hall appearances in 1955 and 1958. They are recording a series for Classic Editions, New York. In all of their performances, the artists use their collection of historic musical instruments. (Description adapted from documents in the NET Microfiche)
- Broadcast Date
- 1958-00-00
- Asset type
- Episode
- Rights
- Published Work: This work was offered for sale and/or rent in 1960.
- Media type
- Moving Image
- Credits
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Guest: Eldredge, Frances
Host: Sterne, Colin
Performing Group: Saturday Consort
Producer: Sterne, Colin
Producing Organization: WQED (Television station : Pittsburgh, Pa.)
- AAPB Contributor Holdings
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Library of Congress
Identifier: 2322711-1 (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 and the Renaissance; 9; Music and Literature: Poetry,” 1958-00-00, Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed June 14, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-6w96689d6s.
- MLA: “Music and the Renaissance; 9; Music and Literature: Poetry.” 1958-00-00. Library of Congress, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. June 14, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-512-6w96689d6s>.
- APA: Music and the Renaissance; 9; Music and Literature: Poetry. 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-512-6w96689d6s