Percussion, the Pulse of Music
- Date
1956
- Summary
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Describes and demonstrates the sounds, manner of playing, and uses of representative percussion instruments. A young audience, led by members of the New York Percussion Trio, illustrate that organized clapping can be music. Members of the trio show and demonstrate wooden, skin-covered, and metal percussion instruments. The audience joins the trio in a mambo demonstrating how music can be made with some percussion instruments without long practice. Music includes: Nagel, Prelude in Dance; Kabelevsky, Dance of the Comedians; Portal, Sweet and Gentle; and an excerpt from Saint-Saens' Samson and Delilah. (Arts and Audiences,Inc.) Film.
- Contributors
Arts and Audiences Incorporated; New York Percussion Trio; Nina Collier; Lee R. Bobker; Dynamic Films, Inc.
- Publishers
National Educational Television; Indiana University Audio-Visual Center
- Genres
Educational; Music
- Subject
Percussion ensembles ; Percussion instruments ; Percussion instrument music
- Collection
National Educational Television
- Unit
IUL Moving Image Archive
- Language
English
- Rights Statement
- No Copyright - United States
- Physical Description
1 film reel (22 min.) sound,black and white/monochrome; 16 mm
- Other Identifiers
Catalog Key: 7832178; Other: GR00393587; MDPI Barcode: 40000003419654
Access Restrictions
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