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CLASSIFIED SUBJECT LIST 785.1 HYMN OF THE NATIONS. UW-Govt 1945 28min sd b&w $41.32 785.1 jh-sh-c-ad Produced by the U.S. Office of War Information Arturo Toscanini conducts the NBC Symphony orchestra, the Westminster Choir and Jan Peerce, tenor, in a special broadcast of Verdi's "Hymn of the nations" to celebrate Mussolini's downfall LC card FiE 52-741 Evaluation in Ed. Screen, May 1948, p231 See also review in Sat. Rev. of Literature, Dec. 25, 1948— Aug. 27, 1949 IMAGES FROM DEBUSSY. AFFlms 1952 18min sd b&w $75, rent $7.50 785.1 Jh-sh-c-ad Produced by Argos Films Four compositions of Claude Debussy are played and illustrated by the camera. "En Bateau" is photographed from a slowly moving row-boat, which travels up a country stream "Arabesque En Mi" plays with sunlight on the water moving thru a pattern of reeds and water lilies. "Reflets dans I'Eau" is composed of now placid, now shimmering, now undulating, disintegrating, reforming reflections in the water of bushed, landscapes, the sky. For "Arabesque En Sol," extremely close photography of sea water and occasional negative printing is used to create a lively, almost abstract dance of light and water LC card FIA 52-4298 EFLA evaluation card No. 1632 INSTRUMENTS OF THE ORCHESTRA. BIS 1947 20min sd b&w rent $2.50 785.1 el-Jh-sh-c-ad Produced for the British Ministry of Education by the Crown Film Unit Dr Malcolm Sargent introduces the twentysix different instruments common to the symphony orchestra and then conducts the London symphony orchestra in Benjamin Britten's "Variations and fugue on a theme by Purcell, composed for this film LC card FiA 52-963 Evaluation in Ed. Screen, Dec. 1947, p551 See also review in Sat. Rev. of Literature, Dec. 25, 1948 LITTLE FUGUE IN G MINOR. TFC 1937 5min sd b&w lease apply 785.1 * jh-sh-c Guide Adapted from the feature film THE BIG BROADCAST OF 1937 produced by Paramount Pictures Leopold Stokowski leads the Philadelphia Symphony as it plays the composition by Johann Sebastian Bach. The fugue itself is preceded by the hymn "A Mighty Fortress Is Our God" MISHEL PIASTRO (3 films). Official 1947 each lOmin sd b&w $25 785.1 * jh-sh-c-ad Mishel Piastre leads the Symphonette in well-loved concert classics Reel one: "Ballet Music" by Gounod; "Thy Sweet Voice" by Saint Saen§; "Ballet Egyptian" by Luigini Reel two: "Gold and Silver Waltz" by Lehar; "Tales from Vienna Woods" by Strauss; "Arabian and Russian Ballet" by Tschaikowsky Reel three: "Marriage of Figaro" by Mozart; "Flower Song" by Bizet; "Bohemian Girl" by Balfe MUSIC OF THE SPHERES. Sterling 1949 9min sd b&w $30 785.1 jh-sh-c-ad Produced by Eugen Sharin, for Ambassador Films Strauss music conducted by Alois Melichar and played by the Vienna Philharmonic EFLA evaluation card No. 1198 OVERTURE TO ORPHEUS IN HADES. Sterling 1949 llmin sd b&w $30 785.1 jh-sh-c-ad Produced by Eugen Sharin, for Ambassador Films Offenbach's composition is conducted by Schmidt-Gentner and played by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra EFLA evaluation card. No. 2269 OVERTURE TO ROSAMUNDE. Commonwealth 1940 9min sd b&w purchase apply 785.1 Jh-sh-c-ad The National Philharmonic Symphony orchestra of 122 pieces plays Franz Schubert's 'Overture to Rosamunde.' The camera is constantly in motion, showing the entire orchestra and occasionally its various sections as they are featured. The work of the director is very effectively shown. POLKAS. Audio-MasterCo 1950 12%min sd b&w purchase apply 785.1 el-Jh-sh-c-ad Produced by Berna Film, Vienna Compositions of Johann Strauss played by the Vienna Symphony Orchestra, Robert Stolz conducting. The Vienna Staatsopera Ballet and its prima ballerina Julia Drapel also perform ROSAMUNDE. Sterling 1949 12min sd b&w $35 785.1 Jh-sh-c-ad Produced by Eugen Sharin, for Ambassador Films Joseph Krips conducts the playing of Schubert's composition by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra EFLA evaluation card No. 2275 SALUTE TO SOUSA. NatMusicCamp 1953 lOmin sd color purchase apply, (free -loan) 785.1 jh-sh-c-ad A 350-piece band performs Sousa's compositions, including "Stars and Stripes For 8CIENCE IN THE ORCHESTRA. (3 films) McGraw-Hill 1952 sd b&w set $150 785.1 4= Jh-sh-c-ad Produced by the Realist Mlm Unit for British Information Services HEARING THE ORCHESTRA: (13mln $60): The nature of sound and its transmission through the air; the structure and mechanism of the human ear. Visualizes the vibrations of sound and demonstrates what happens to sound in a vacuum EFLA evaluation card No. 1367 EXPLORING THE INSTRUMENTS (12min $55): How notes of different pitch are produced by changing the length of a vibrating string or column of air; the variety of notes obtainable on the brass instruments by altering the shape of the player's lips, the range of pitch of the various instruments in a full symphony orchestra, demonstrated to the eye by diagrams and aurally by the players EFLA evaluation card No. 1366 LOOKING AT SOUNDS (lOmIn $50): An introduction to harmonics, with visual demonstrations on the audio-spectrometer of the different harmonic components of notes made by different instruments. Finally an oboe is made to sound like a flute when its harmonics are changed in a filter network EFLA evaluation card No. 1368 Review (of all 3 parts): Saturday Review, August 23, 1952, p34 LC card FiA 52-4050 SERENATA NOCTURNA. Sterling 1949 12min sd b&w $40 785.1 Jh-sh-c-ad Produced by Eugen Sharin, for Ambassador Films The Mozart nocturne is played by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Bernhard Paumgartner 795