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Stephen Schwartz: Corner of the Sky: Pippin in Performance
September 11, 2006 20:51 - 24.1 KB VideoStephen Schwartz discusses and performs "Corner of the Sky" from Pippin.
Gulf Coast Highway: Zydeco: Geno Delafose
September 08, 2006 21:17 - 7 minutes - 7.09 KBIn 1920s rural Louisiana, ten cents granted admission to hours of rollicking music at a "La La" house party. La La party music—characterized by the use of accordions, fiddles, triangles, and washboards or rub-boards called frottoirs—formed the basis of zydeco. The French-speaking Creoles of southwest Louisiana added elements of blues and jazz to the party mix. The result was zydeco, a musical style dominated by the accordion, frottoir, and heavy syncopation (a rhythmic technique...
The Festival of China: Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra
September 08, 2006 20:17 - 4 minutes - 23.6 KB VideoJoin the Hong Kong Chinese Orchestra for a lecture and demonstration explaining each of the four sections of the Chinese orchestra as well as some of the individual instruments.
Stephen Schwartz: The Development of Pippin
September 05, 2006 20:49 - 1 minute - 10.5 KB VideoStephen shares the development of Pippin and advice from the legendary Hal Prince.
Gulf Coast Highway: Texas Blues: Marcia Ball
September 01, 2006 21:15 - 6 minutes - 8.83 KBTexas blues originated in the early 1900s alongside the sweat and tears of Blacks working on oilfields, lumber camps, and ranches. After a day of back-breaking labor, workers could unwind in nearby bars or on their own porches and listen to blues musicians who spoke to their own experiences. The Texas sound is known for being more relaxed than other blues styles, with breathier vocals and a swinging feel. Bluesman Blind Lemon Jefferson put Texas on the blues map with his jazzy imp...
The Festival of China: Beijing Traditional Music Ensemble
September 01, 2006 20:12 - 4 minutes - 28.3 KB VideoBeijing Traditional Music Ensemble's extensive repertoire and virtuoso musicians demonstrate the range of distinctive styles that developed in each region for erhu (fiddle), pipa (lute), and other instruments. To watch the entire sixty minute show visit the Millennium Stage archives http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/millennium/artist_detail.cfm?artist_id=CHINTRADMU
Stephen Schwartz: The College Years
August 28, 2006 20:48 - 1 minute - 8.81 KB VideoStephen Schwartz's college experience.
Gulf Coast Highway: Texas Troubadour: Nanci Griffith
August 25, 2006 21:12 - 7 minutes - 10.3 KBTexas has a rich tradition of troubadours—singer-songwriters who write, compose, and sing original songs. Grounded in the folk music tradition, singer-songwriters are recognized for their meaningful lyrics about real-life subjects as varied as social justice and family, war and love. Fueled by a strong sense of Texan identity and tried-and-true imagination, Texas songwriters tend to have a keen sense of place, revealed in the visual details of their lyrics. Texas troubadours Town...
The Festival of China: Yunnan Singers, Dancers, and Musicians
August 25, 2006 20:10 - 5 minutes - 29.4 MB VideoArtists of the Yi and Wa ethnic groups from Yunnan Province-the most ethnically diverse in China-demonstrate their unique folk traditions in this excerpt from the Kennedy Center's free Millennium Stage show. For more about the traditional arts of the Yunnan people, check out our Sounds of China PodPage http://www.artsedge.kennedy-center.org/content/3899/podcast.html. To watch the entire sixty minute show visit the Millennium Stage archives http://www.kennedy-center.org/programs/...
Stephen Schwartz: The Early Years
August 21, 2006 20:46 - 2 minutes - 12.9 KB VideoGet to know the musical beginnings of the aspiring composer.
Gulf Coast Highway: Border Music: Grupo Fantasma
August 18, 2006 21:10 - 8 minutes - 11.7 KBAlong the Texas-Mexican border in the 19th century, Mexicans, Native Americans, and Anglo-Americans living in the region intermingled with European immigrants looking for new opportunities. The clash and fusion of multiple languages and traditions resulted in a distinct "Tejano" culture. Tejano music is influenced by Mexican storytelling ballads called corridos, accordion-based polkas of norteño music, Anglo-American fiddle music, mariachi bands, Colombian cumbia, and the lively ...
Welcome to the Kennedy Center: The Concert Hall
August 08, 2006 19:31 - 5 minutes - 30.5 MB VideoNational Symphony Orchestra Associate Conductor Emil de Cou leads an expedition to the Kennedy Center’s grand Concert Hall. From the plaza outside and through the Hall of Nations, you’ll get a "private" tour to see where the musicians of the NSO go to work (and learn about what makes the Concert Hall a special place to hear music.)
Sounds of China: Traditional Music
January 25, 2006 21:54 - 9 minutes - 560 BytesDespite China’s long musical history, Chinese orchestras are relatively new. The push for developing a distinctly Chinese performing arts repertoire came with the establishment of the People’s Republic of China in 1949. In the years after, Chinese orchestras mirroring the operational style of Western orchestras, such as having a baton-waving conductor and divisions of instrument families, began to form. Chinese orchestras initially focused on indigenous folk music, but in the last...
Sounds of China: Endangered Music
January 25, 2006 21:47 - 8 minutes - 498 BytesLiving in a remote, mountainous region of China’s “Land of Clouds” has buffered the Yunnan people from the outside influences of non-native cultures for centuries. With a wide range of voice techniques and instruments as unusual and diverse as the tree leaf, the moon guitar and the spirit drum, the musicians of the minority ethnic groups of the Yunnan province now perform their traditional songs and dances before world audiences, sharing their native arts and way of life. In this...