Curated Video
Jean-Michel Basquiat's 'Untitled (Skull)': Great Art Explained
In 1982 at the age of just 22 years old, Jean-Michel Basquiat would produce this painting. A powerful and dazzling image that mixes text, colour, symbolism and mark-making in a raw and uncensored explosion. In a single painting, he would...
Curated Video
The Story of Earl Simmons aka DMX
Rapper DMX was one of America's biggest stars in the late 1990s and early 2000s, and his achievements secured him a spot in music history when he became the first artist to see his first five albums ranked at number one. In the United...
Encyclopaedia Britannica
Britannica Insights: Beethoven's 250th Birthday
Overview of the life and works of Ludwig van Beethoven, featuring examples played by Brant Taylor, a cellist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.
Curated Video
Structure and Acoustics of the Trumpet
A trumpet is a musical instrument that amplifies the buzzing sound created by a musician blowing air through their lips. By manipulating the tightness or looseness of their lips, the musician can modify the pitch of the sound. The...
The March of Time
American Fed. of Music
MOT 1947: AMERICAN FEDERATION OF MUSIC: CU Door. INT VS President James C. Petrillo (1892-1984) at desk talking w/ men. REPRISAL: MS Petrillo '...have quarrel w/ recordings for jukeboxes & radio stations... musician playing at his own...
Music Matters
10,000 Hours to Master the Piano? - Music Performance
Does it really take 10,000 hours to master the piano? This music performance lesson explores the theory that 10,000 hours is what is needed to produce a great pianist. The idea comes from Malcolm Gladwell, that it takes about 10000 hours...
Food Farmer Earth
Alan Kapuler: Scientist, Organic Seed Breeder and Modern Artist
For those who know or know of him, there's another facet to Alan Kapuler's aka Mushroom — life. He's been painting modern art that reflects the major challenges of our times for almost 50 years. A brief summary of his background in...
Weird History
Pink Floyd Album That Was Too Wierd Even For Them
By the time the members of Pink Floyd reconvened at Abbey Road Studios to record their next album, they realized they had no idea what to record next. How does a band top itself after they made one of the best selling albums of all time?
Curated Video
The History and Mechanics of the Electric Guitar
The electric guitar comes from a long line of stringed instruments leading all the way back to the lute! Learn how and why the instrument transformed into its amplified and electric form and how it has evolved into an iconic instrument...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Get My Job - Conductor
Get My Job explores the day in the life of different professions around Australia. In this episode we meet a Conductor.
Weird History
Jimi Hendrix's Woodstock National Anthem
Woodstock 1969 can be seen as the crowning event of the decade's free love movement, and its cultural impact spans generations. The shining star of the event turned out to be Jimi Hendrix's national anthem performance. His electric...
National Theatre
The Making of the Music for a Play: Exploring Jamaican Folk Music and Cinematic Soundscapes
Composer Benjamin Kwasi Burrell describes the process of composing for theatre, by explaining his process of writing the gorgeous music for the National Theatre's production of Small Island.
Bridgeman Arts
Men leaving their families and moving into work camps. France, 1943
Clip 3 from the 1940s French documentary Les Cadets du Conservatoire (The Conservatory Cadets), about the story of the Cadets of National Conservatoire in Paris under German occupation in WWII. Men getting their work cards, kissing their...
Bridgeman Arts
Band rehearsal in a big hall at the Paris Conservatoire, France, 1943
Clip 2 from the 1940s French documentary Les Cadets du Conservatoire (The Conservatory Cadets), about the story of the Cadets of National Conservatoire in Paris under German occupation in WWII. An orchestra rehearses in a big music hall...
British Movietone
PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA REHEARSES FOR BRITISH TOUR ® (EXCLUSIVE PICTURES)
At the Birmingham Town Hall we see the Philadelphia Orchestra rehearsing for the British tour under the direction of Eugene Ormandy. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the...
British Movietone
MUSIC MAKERS
A symphony composer at the age of fifteen, Oliver Knussen is one of the youngest and most promising figures in the world of serious music. ® Serious drinkers may not agree but music helps the beer go down. A Cinemas Organ has been...
British Movietone
WEDDING GROUPS
Wedding bells for the Bee Gees! At Caxton Hall Robin Gibb marries Molly Hullis, the girl he saved from a train crash. And in Salisbury, Ian Amey, ""Tich"" of Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick and Tich, weds Suzanne Fryer. Disclaimer: British...
British Movietone
Brass Band Contest at Crystal Palace
Great mass rendering of noble music is directed by JH Iles. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced for historical accuracy...
British Movietone
Massed Musicians Say It With Brass
National Band Contest is initiated by Mr Iles with popular hymn at Crystal Palace. ® Sub.1. Never too young to blast. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
British Movietone
PREMIERE OF 'SCROOGE'
A Royal Premiere for the new musical film ""Scrooge"" based on Dickens' novel - ""A Christmas Carol"". Princess Margaret attends and meets the stars of the show. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and...
British Movietone
PHILADELPHIA ORCHESTRA REHEARSES FOR BRITISH TOUR ® (EXCLUSIVE PICTURES)
At the Birmingham Town Hall we see the Philadelphia Orchestra rehearsing for the British tour under the direction of Eugene Ormandy. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the...
British Movietone
INVESTITURE
Honours for sport and entertainment personalities at Buckingham Palace Investiture. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are reproduced...
British Movietone
DE VALERA CONFERS DEGREES
At the University of Cork, Ex President de Valera confers honorary degrees on composers Sir William Walton of Great Britain, Professor Boris Blacher of West Germany, Professor Brian Boydell of Dublin and Professor Roman Vlad of Italy....
British Movietone
HUDDERSFIELD CHORAL SOCIETY
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