Educational film guide (1945)

EDUCATIONAL FILM GUIDE 1945 EDITION 785-787 2ND HUNGARIAN RHAPSODY. (Symphony ser.) lOmin 16-sd-$17.50; rent $1.50 1934 Nu Art 785 jh-sh-c Conducted by Professor Oscar Fried SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA. lOmin 16-sd-$50 * 1938 EBF 785 jh-sh-c Guide 15c Tw9 Wagnerian compositions are featured in this film in the "Ride of the Valkyries" and the Prelude to Act 3 of "Lohengrin" The work of the conductor. Mr Howard Barlow, is caught by unique camera angles as he interprets these brilliant scores and through his orchestra of Philharmonic players, brings this interpretation into sound ft TCHAIKOVSKY'S OVERTURE 1812. lOmin 16sd-$17.50; rent $1.50 1938 Nu-Art 785 This arrangement of Tchaikovsky's Overture was originally distributed by United artists. Hugo Reisenfeld produced it Orthodox Russian church services are broken into by Napoleon's advance. Moscow is evacuated and burned, then the retreat and thanksgiving ft YOUTH BUILDS A SYMPHONY. 26min 16-sdcolor-loan 1944 Nat music camp 785 jh-sh-c-adult "Portrays activities of National Music Camp at Interlochen, Michigan, which is affiliated with the University of Michigan. Instruction in orchestra, band, choir, modern dance, radio, and composition and orchestration are under the direction of such artists as Percy Grainger and Ferde Grofe. "Correlated with the instruction in music is the health program, which includes exercises, swimming, canoeing, sailing, horseback riding, and fishing in its daily activities program. "The building of a symphony from the first reading through group and individual practice sessions to the final performance is depicted." Indiana ft JOSE ITURBI, PIANIST. (Music of the masters ser.) lOmin 16-sd-$60; rent $3.50 1940 Gut 786.2 jh-sh-c Produced by Artist films, inc. May be rented with any two other films in this series for $9.50. Offered by the distributor as a part of Program I with "Coolidge quartet, string ensemble" and "Mildred Dilling, harpist" Contents: Sevilla by Albeniz; Fantasie Impromptu by Chopin ft KEYBOARD CONCERTS — FIRST-THIRD PORTFOLIOS. lOmin ea 16-sd-$17.50 ea; rent $2ea 1942 Pictorial 786.2 sh-c-adult A three part musical presentation of special arrangements by Paolo Gallico. In the first portfolio: "Artist life" by Johann Strauss and "Minute waltz" by Frederic Chopin The second portfolio contains: "Seiree de Vienne" and "Moment musical in F minor" both by Franz Schubert The third portfolio offers interpretations of: "Troika," by Ilych Tchaikowsky, "Prelude to G minor," by Sergei Rachmaninoff and "The flight of the bumble bee," by Rimsky Korsakoff DeV $1 Ohio ICS $1.50 Shad $1.50 IdP VITYA VRONSKY AND VICTOR BABIN, DUO-PIANISTS. (Music of the masters ser.) lOmin 16-sd-$60; rent $3.50 1940 Gut 786.2 Produced by Artist films, inc. May be rented with any two other subjects in this series for $9.50. Offered by the distributor as a part of Program II with "Emanuel Feuer mann, cellist" and "Igor Gorin. baritone" Contents,; Waltz in A flat by Brahms: Valse by Arensky; Flight of the bumble bee, by Rimsky-Korsakoff B&H $3.50 Ken $1.50 Geo $2.50 NH p YMCA $3-5° 786.2 Piano music COLOR STUDIES OF CHOPIN. 12min 16-sdcolor-loan 1944 Polish I center 786.2 jh-sh-c-adult "The music of Chopin interpreted on the screen in color. "The selection — Nocturne Op. 15 No 2Mazurka Op. 7, No. 3 and Etude Op. 10, No 12 played by Witold Malcuzynski, with commentary by Olin Downes." United nations in films G9oLDE-N MOUNTAINS. lOmin 16-sd-$36; rent $2 1942 BraF 786.2 jh-sh-c-adult Dmitri Shostakovitch plays "The Waltz"— from his score "Golden Mountains" — at the piano accompanied by the Moscow Orchestra "Very good picture— might be used in elementary school in particular situations." Collaborator R&H $36; rent $2 Ken $1.50 WP $2 Ohio JOSE ITURBI, HARPSICHORD. lOmin 16-sd$60; rent $3.50 1940 Gut 786.2 jh-sh-c-adult Jose Iturbi seated at a harpsichord explains the workings of the instrument. He then plays compositions by Jean Phillippe Rameau and closeups of his feet and hands give an excellent idea of pedal work and fingering. This demonstration is followed by the playing of Liszt's Eleventh Hungarian rhapsody" on a modern piano B&H $3.50 NatFS $1.50 YMCA $3.50 787 Stringed instruments COOLIDGE QUARTET, STRING ENSEMBLE. * (Music of the masters ser.) lOmin 16-sd-$60; rent $3.50 1940 Gut 787 Produced by Artist films, inc. May be rented with any two other subjects in this series for $17.50. Offered by the distributor as a part of Program I with "Jose Iturbi. pianist" and "Mildred Dilling, harpist" Contents: Andante from String Quartet in E Flat Major by Carl Von Dittersdorf; Fugue from Quartet in C Major, Opus 59 No 3 by Beethoven B&H $3.50 Cal IdP 111 $3.50 Ken $1.50 NatFS NH Ohio Wis $1.50 YMCA $3.50 STRING CHOIR. lOmin 16-sd-$50 1937 EBF * 787 el-jh-sh-c Guide 15c ' Portrays the wide variety of musical moods and effects conveyed by stringed instruments and thus demonstrates the reason for their bearing the brunt of orchestral interpretations. Reveals the various techniques of performance on stringed instruments from the most advantageous position possible A full orchestra of leading symphony players is used in these demonstrations. Selections include compositions by Mendelssohn, Schubert, Rossini and Beethoven. The concluding number is a portion of Schubert's 'B Minor' (Unfinished) Symphony ft 35!