Fine Arts

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Tchaikovsky

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Copies: 1

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       Selections from The Nutcracker, Op. 71
1.   Russian Dance 1'07
2.   Chinese Dance 1'00
3.   Dance of the Reed Flutes 2'07
4.   Arabian Dance 3'01
5.   Waltz of the Flowers 6'56
       Philharmonia Orchestra/Michael Tilson Thomas

Bernstein

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1.   Candide Overture 4'22
       Philharmonia Virtuosi/Richard Kapp

       Selections from West Side Story:
2.   Maria 2'39
3.   Tonight 6'36
4.   Somewhere 5'14
       Peter Hofmann, Tenor
       Deborah Sasson, Soprano
       Orchestra conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas

Bach

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1.   "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring" 3'10
       from Cantata No. 147, Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben
       Mormon Tabernacle Choir
       (Richard P. Condie, Director)
        Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy

       The Anna Magdalena Notebook, And. 114
2.    Minuet 1'35
       (arr. Thomas Frost)
       Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy

Mozart

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1.   The Marriage of Figaro Overture, K. 492 4'43
       Tafelmusik/Bruno Weil

2.   Theme from Elvira Madigan (Andante) 6'39
       from Piano Concerto No. 21 in C Major, K. 467
       Murray Perahia, Pianist & Conductor
       Chamber Orchestra of Europe

       Piano Sonata in C Major, K. 545 ("Sonata facile")
3.   I. Allegro 1'49
       Glenn Gould, Piano

Ravel

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Track listing:

1.   Bolero 15'24
       London Symphony Orchestra/Michael Tilson Thomas

2.   Pavane for a Dead Princess 5'45
       Philadelphia Orchestra/Eugene Ormandy

3.   Alborada del gracioso 8'40
       Orchestre National de France/Lorin Maazel

4.   "Feria" from Rapsodie espagnole 6'41
       London Symphony Orchestra/Michael Tilson Thomas

Handel

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1.   Arrival of the Queen of Sheba 3'05
       from Solomon
       English Chamber Orchestra/Raymond Leppard

       Water Music Suite No. 1 (Excerpts)
2.   3. [Allegro] - Andante - [Allegro] da capo 7'37
3.   5. Air 2'38
4.   6. Minuet 3'52
5.   7. Bourree 1'07
6.   8. Hornpipe 1'32
       New York Philharmonic/Pierre Boulez

Debussy

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Claude Debussy (1862-1918)

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1.   Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun 10'54
       London Symphony Orchestra/Michael Tilson Thomas

2.   The Girl with the Flaxen Hair 2'43
       from Preludes, Book 1
       Paul Crossley, Piano

3.   Fetes 6'21
       from Two Nocturnes
       Philharmonia Orchestra/Michael Tilson Thomas

How the Beatles Changed the World

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Fifty years after the Beatles' first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show on February 9, 1964, it remains the most-watched television event in history. When the Beatles burst onto the scene, they charmed the public with their mop-top haircuts, their playful wit, and their sweetly romantic rock songs—igniting Beatlemania, an intense fandom unlike any before.

Author: 
Martin W. Sandler
Lexile: 
1160L
How the Beatles Changed the World

The Story of Buildings

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Copies: 7

We spend most of our lives in buildings. We make our homes in them, go to school in them, and work in them. We're surrounded by buildings practically every moment of our lives! But why and how did people start making buildings? How did they learn to make them stronger, bigger, and more comfortable? And why did they start to decorate them in different ways?

Author: 
Patrick Dillon
Lexile: 
1060L
The Story of Buildings

Throne of Blood

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The greatest screen adaptation of Shakespeare's Macbeth is arguably Akira Kurosawa's visceral Throne of Blood (Kumonosu jô), starring Toshiro Mifune and Isuzu Yamada as the ambitious warrior and ruthless wife who try to murder their way to power and glory. Featuring some of the Japanese master's most unforgettable, hallucinatory imagery, and inspired by Noh theater as much as the classical source, this is Kurosawa at his atmospheric best.

Director: 
Akira Kurosawa
Grade Level: 
High
Length: 
01:49
Throne of Blood

In Search of Shakespeare

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PBS resource for teaching Shakespeare in the Classroom.

The Folger Shakespeare Library

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Web site for the Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C.

The Hudsucker Proxy

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Mailroom clerk Norville Barnes is a rube, a schmoe, a grade-A ding-dong - just what Hudsucker Industries wants in a president! With him at the top, the stock will hit bottom… and the fat cats on the board can take over. But Norville (Tim Robbins) has his own spiffy little plan. And if a snoopy reporter (Jennifer Jason Leigh) doesn’t put the kibosh on the Hudsucker flimflam and finagling big cheese Sidney J. Mussburger (Paul Newman) doesn’t squash him, Norville’s idea will put a smile on the hips of all America!

Director: 
Joel Coen
Grade Level: 
High
Length: 
01:51
The Hudsucker Proxy

Roger & Me (1989)

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In 1989, Michael Moore, winner of 2002’s Best Documentary Feature Academy Award* and Cannes Film Festival Special Jury Prize for Bowling for Columbine, triumphantly burst upon the American moviemaking scene with Roger & Me, a hilarious, penetrating forerunner of the independent film movement.

Grade Level: 
High
Length: 
01:30
Roger & Me

Art Through Time: Converging Cultures

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Throughout history, economic needs, material desires, and political ambitions have brought people from different cultures and communities into contact, sometimes across great distances. Whether clashes or cooperative endeavors, these convergences have brought about the exchange of knowledge and ideas. In the visual arts, they have led to creative juxtapositions, hybrid styles, innovative forms, and the reinterpretation of traditional signs and symbols.

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