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OFFICIAL FILMS
OPERAS and CONCERTS
produced and priced for visual education programs in public and private schools.
Introducing great operatic and concert works... via the medium of the 16mm sound film, for general music classes and assembly use. Official Films is proud to be the pioneer in this field of educational films . . . proud too, that these films are within the budget limitations of every school!
OPERAS
Vital visual introduction to opera and operatic literature.
Photographed on the stage of the Rome Opera House, with actual sets and costumes.
Featuring leading artists of the lyric stage... Tito Gobi, Cloe Elmo, etc.
Dramatic and vocal talents ably blended... perfect sound synchronization.
Each film features most brilliant passages and arias of original work.
English commentary to aid the student's appreciation. Oiin Downes, noted music critic, narrates several of these works.
Condensed to 25 minutes each... designed to meet the average student's attention span.
(Teaching Manual Now in Preparation)
16MM SOUND-RUNNINGTIME,25MIN. $100.00 EACH
CARMEN
(Tragic Opera by Bizet)
MARRIAGE OF FIGARO
(Comic Opero by Mozart)
BARBER OF SEVILLE
(Comic Opera by Rossini)
DON PASQUALE
(Comic opera by Donizetti)
WILLIAM TELL
(Historic Opera by Rosstni)
LUCIA Dl LAMMERMOOR
(Trogic Opera by Donizetti)
CONCEATS
Official Films wide selection of concert films enables music students to study technique and interpretation of master artists at close range. Suitable for classroom instruction and auditorium use, these films feature music of Brahms, Beethoven, Chopin, Schubert . . . performed by brilliant artists of the concert stage. Closeup views of fingering techniques . . . perfect sound recording . . . lend greater understanding to intricacies of theme, development and instrumental technique.
16MM SOUND -1 REEL $30.00 EACH
YEHUDI MENUHIN-violinitt. Air in D Major by Johann Sebastian Bach. ANTAL DORATI, Conductor of Dallas Symph. Orchestra. Habanera by Sarasate. (Nine other Menuhin reels available.)
EUIA SEAL— conlrailo. Ave Maria by Gounod based on First Prelude by J. S. Bach. None But The lonely Heart by Tschoikowsky. Three other reels available.
JAKOB GIMPEL-pianitl. FRANZ LISZT ALBUM— Forest Murmurs, Un Sospiro. Six other Gimpel reels available.
JOSE ITURBI— pianist. Sevilla by Albenit, Fantosie Impromptu by Chopin.
EMANUEL FEUERMANN-cellist. Rondo, Op. 94 by Anton Dvorak. Spinning Song by David Popper.
Other artists: PADEREWSKI, 60RIN, DILLIN6, VRONSKY-BABIN, MYRA HESS, COOLIDGE QUARTETTE, etc./
SIOFFICAL FILMS
I OFFICIAL FILMS, 25 W. 45lh St.. New York 19, Dept. ES-I
I We are interested in receiving additional information regarding Official Films' Opera and Concert films. Please send complete catalog.
We ov<n a projector.
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25 WEST 45th STREET • HEW YORK 19, N. Y. j address
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January, 1949
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