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Music Videos

A Videography of the UO Knight Library's
Music Education Video Collection

These videotapes and videodiscs of jazz players and jazz history are available in the University of Oregon Knight Library's Video Collection.

Music Education: Appreciation

Leonard Bernstein's young people's concerts : with the New York Philharmonic.
New York : Sony Classical, c1993
10 videocassettes (1367 min.) : sd., chiefly b&w ; 1/2 in VHS, chiefly mono
NOTES: Videocassette release of the CBS Television series Young people's concert originally broadcast 1958-1970
TOPICS: What does music mean? ; What is orchestration? -- What makes music symphonic? ; What is classical music? -- Humor in music ; What is a melody? -- What is a concerto? ; What is American music? -- Who is Gustav Mahler? ; Folk Music in the concert hall ; Happy birthday, Igor Stravinsky -- Jazz in the concert hall ; A tribute to Sibelius ; A birthday tribute to Shostakovich -- What is impressionism? ; The Latin American spirit ; A toast to Vienna in 3/4 time -- What is sonata form? ; The sound of an orchestra ; What is a mode? -- Musical atoms : a study of intervals ; Quiz concert : how musical are you? -- Berlioz takes a trip ; Two ballet birds ; Fidelio : a celebration of life
VIDEOTAPE 03154

Music Education: Form & Analysis

Listening for clues : Marsalis on form.
[S.l.] : Sony Classical Film & Video, c1995
1 videocassette (53 min., 58 sec.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in VHS Hi-fi
NOTES:Host, Wynton Marsalis ; Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra ; Seiji Ozawa, conductor ; Wynton Marsalis Jazz Orchestra ; Wynton Marsalis, conductor
NOTES:Demonstrates structure and form in music and uses examples from Prokofiev to Gershwin, Ellington and Ives to identify different forms
VIDEOTAPE 03120

Why toes tap : Marsalis on rhythm.
[S.l.] : Sony Classical Film & Video, c1995
1 videocassette (52 min., 52 sec.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in VHS Hi-fi
NOTES: Host, Wynton Marsalis ; Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra ; Seiji Ozawa, conductor ; Wynton Marsalis Jazz Orchestra ; Wynton Marsalis, conductor
NOTES: Uses music from Tchaikovsky's Nutcracker Suite to explain rhythm and time in music
VIDEOTAPE 03123

Music Education: Methods

George, Mary Gae and Ewa Mekwinski.
The art of movement : creative activities for teaching and learning music.
Miami, FL : Belwin CPP, 1992.
1 videocassette (ca. 53 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS format.
CONTENTS: The authors and their students demonstrate the 13 basic exercises described in their book with the same title. The authors also discuss the historical, pedigogical and aesthetic issues which are the basis of the art of movement.
VIDEOTAPE 03328

Kodaly Concept in America.
Los Angeles : St. James' Episcopal School, c1989.
1 videocassette ; sd., col. ; 1/2 in. + 1 supplement. VHS format.
CONTENTS: Lesson plans for teaching the fundamentals of ear training to children, grades k-6.
VIDEOTAPE 01606

Nurtured by love : the life and work of Shinichi Suzuki.
[Cleveland, Ohio] : Cleveland Institute of Music, 1996.
1 videocassette (58 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences ; 1/2 in. VHS.
CAST: : Narrator, Noriyuki "Pat" Morita.
SUMMARY: This documentary on the life and work of Shinichi Suzuki includes interviews with students, colleagues and family members as well as Suzuki's own comments. Includes black and white clips with a variety of string performances.
VIDEOTAPE 03904

Tackling the monster : Marsalis on practice.
New York : Sony Classical Film & Video, c1995
1 videocassette (53 min., 40 sec.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in VHS Hi-fi
NOTES: Host, Wynton Marsalis ; Cello, Yo-Yo Ma ; Tanglewood Music Center students ; The Wynton Marsalis Trio
NOTES: Wynton Marsalis and Yo-Yo Ma show young musicians how to practice new or difficult pieces
VIDEOTAPE 03122

Music Education: World Music

Flowing waters : building a musical bridge between your Orff-Schulwerk ensemble and the Javanese gamelan.
Danbury, CT : World Music Press, 1995
1 videocassette (ca. 35 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. + 1 guide (24 p. : ill. ; 28 cm.)
NOTES:Includes an introduction to the country of Indonesia, an introduction to the Javanese gamelan instruments, teaching techniques for simulating the gamelan experience with a fifth- grade class, and an example of students playing in ensemble
VIDEOTAPE 03641

Teaching the music of African Americans.
Reston, Va. : MENC, c1991
1 videocassette (25 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in VHS format
CONTENTS: Introductory remarks / Luvenia A. George -- Afro-Cuban tradition: presentation by Neil Sheehy, performance by Otonowa -- African- American traditions: demonstration led by Bernice Johnson Reagon -- Music and the Black church: presentation by Luvenia A. George, performance by Southern Baptist Church Senior Choir, led by Deacon Learly
VIDEOTAPE 04551

Teaching the music of the American Indian.
Reston, Va. : MENC, c1991
1 videocassette (37 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. + 1 book for set. VHS format
NOTES: Presentions on the concepts of American Indian music by Edwin Schupman and David P. McAllester. Dances (Little River and Hoop Dance) introduced by Mitchell Bush
VIDEOTAPE 04554

Teaching the music of Asian Americans.
Reston, VA : MENC, c1991
1 videocassette (36 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in. VHS format
NOTES: An overview of the music and culture of China from the Zhou dynasty to the present day and how to teach it
VIDEOTAPE 04553

Teaching the music of Hispanic Americans.
Reston, Va. : MENC, c1991
1 videocassette (26 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in VHS format
CONTENTS: Information, illustrations and music -- Highlights from remarks by Dale A. Olsen, Daniel E. Sheehy, and Linda O'Brien-Rothe -- A look at the intricacies of Andean raft-pipe music -- A demonstration and explanation of the instruments and rhythms used in mariachi music -- Demonstrations of teaching techniques, based on lesson plans by Dale A Olsen
VIDEOTAPE 04552