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Ludwig van Beethoven, 1770-1827
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Explores the life and music of Beethoven, who is, to many, the most admired composer in the history of Western classical music. Examines his views on life, politics, and the French Revolution, and ...
Explores the life and music of Beethoven, who is, to many, the most admired composer in the history of Western classical music. Examines his views on life, politics, and the French Revolution, and how his struggle to resist being defeated by his deafness has a parallel in his music.
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- Creator
- Warner Music Vision ; BBC/NVC Arts/Thirteen WNET co-productions ; producer/director, Jill Marshall ; series executive producer, Krišs Rusmanis
- Other Title
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- Title on container: Beethoven
- Included Title
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- Great composers (Television program)
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Language
- English
- Contributors
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- Branagh, Kenneth
- Marshall, Jill
- Rusmanis, Krišs
- Meredith, William Rhea
- Suchet, John, 1944-
- Kinderman, William
- Rosen, Charles, 1927-2012
- Tilson Thomas, Michael, 1944-
- Harnoncourt, Nikolaus
- Hall, Peter, 1930-2017
- Ashkenazy, Vladimir, 1937-
- Chamber Orchestra of Europe
- Orpheus Chamber Orchestra
- Lindsay String Quartet
- Kultur International Films
- Warner Music Vision (Firm)
- NVC Arts (Firm)
- British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service
- WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
- Publication
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- West Long Branch, NJ : Kultur, [2006]
- ©2006
- Physical Details
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- 1 videodisc (59 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
- ISBNs
- 0769783872, 9780769783871
- OCLC
- ocm76962066
- Credits
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- Narrated by Kenneth Branagh ; music performed by the Chamber Orchestra of Europe, conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt, the Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, and the Lindsays ; contributors include William Meredith, John Suchet, William Kinderman, Basil Dean, Charles Rosen, Tia DeNora, Barry, Cooper, Michael Tilson Thomas, Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Sir Peter Hall, and Vladimir Ashkenazy
- Camera, Michael Brenna, Benjamin Epp ; sound, Rex Phillips, Jakob Enajat ; film editor, Phil McDonald
- Originally produced in 1997 for the BBC television series, Great Composers.
- "From the BBC TV series"--Container.
- DVD ; Region 1 ; NTSC ; full screen (4:3) presentation ; L-PCM stereo.
- English, with English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish subtitles.