Start Over Collection National Educational Television

51. The Romantic Symphony (29:20)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Examines the construction--theme by theme, movement by movement--of a modern symphony. Like as musical form to a mural, to a complicated building, and to a well-planned public speech. Feature the ...

52. Narrative Music (29:32)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Discusses similarities of approach to painting tone pictures and narrating stories with music among composers from Palestrina to Strauss. Shows that the same chords have been used by different com...

53. The Alphabet in White (29:13)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Describes the white keys of the piano as part of the composer's language. Shows different colors and tonal qualities of various white key scales. Demonstrates transposition and shows the great va...

54. The Alphabet in Black (29:51)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Show how the black keys on the piano can be an alphabet of music all by themselves. Demonstrates the black key scale is characteristic of much folk or primitive music and show how it has been used...

55. Melody and polyphony, flute and harp (23:36)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Introduces the harp, explains how it produces sounds, and reviews its development from early times in Egypt. Explains and demonstrates techniques of playing, of tuning, and of producing special ef...

56. The Personality of Music (29:01)

Date:
1957
Summary:
Explains that the personality of music is determined by the composer's style and by the use of various musical effects. Demonstrates and contrasts styles through selections played at the piano. Inc...

57. Introducing the woodwinds (25:27)

Date:
1956
Summary:
The New York Woodwind Quintet is featured on this opening program with introductions by Yehudi Menuhin. Each member of the Quintet provides a simple explanation of his method of tone production evo...

58. Introducing the Brasses (23:19)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Presents each member of the New York Brass Quintet as he introduces his instrument and plays illustrative excerpts. Two trumpets begin with a duet. With the addition of the trombone, the French ho...

59. Summary of humor (29:46)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Dr. Feinberg summarizes his previous lectures and adds some interesting observations on various aspects of humor. A “drunk” routine, a device used so frequently by comedians, is presented and analy...

60. Why We Laugh (29:37)

Date:
1956
Summary:
Outlines and discusses various theories of humor, and presents examples of laughter created to illustrate each theory. Shows, through the use of a polygraph, that physiological changes occur in var...