Educational screen & audio-visual guide (c1956-1971])

This carefully researched presenta:ion is augmented by the presentation )f some of the ballads of the day, jallads which interpret for today's lis:ener the life and attitudes of the .■olonist, and neo-American. The deivery is crisp and clear, and junior ligh school students studying this ispect of American history can profit "rem hearing this recording. And at long last we are beginning o get some worthwhile audio material )n the new states. Alaska: Act For itatehooci, another new Enrichment vlaterials release is the first of three ides (the others are Hawaii: Act For itatehood and The Alaska Gold Rush) o he made available this fall. These are what we would call intructionally oriented semi-documenary recordings. In the purest sense the word, the documentary recordig uses actual sounds and scenes to ortray both mood and event, but he sounds are not available to portray le series of disappointments which 16 Alaskans faced as they sought atehood and full participation in merican affairs from the Congress. ideed, as the recording so defdy derscores, Alaska, despite its size id wealth, was little understood by lost mainlanders until recent years, he events which brought this about ere the creation of the Alcan highay and the realization that the miliry importance of this vast area had »n badly underestimated. But with e invasion of Attu in World War II d the development of international mmercial air transportation via askan airports, there has been rewed interest in the importance of aska. All of this is reported in this cording, and the document of adission, the Act for Statehood, is sumuized. Throughout these recordings imrtant events are recreated. Because ise are deliberately instructionally iented recordings listeners first hear out the historical period out of lich each document is evolved. itinent opinions of national leaders |d the 'man in the street' are heard, these both favor and oppose the pending historic action embodied in document. Folk music of the day lertinent to the story involved beise it limns the attitudes of the peoand the problems of the time— ctuates each presentation. efore the most important points the documents are read in the of1 language employed, they arc lained in simpler, down-to-earth iments for immediate understandIn each case, the importance of document in the world of today :xplained as part of the summation. Archive PRODUCTION HISTORY OF MUSIC DtVISION OF THE DEUTSCHE QRAMMOPHON QESELLSCHAFT FROM THE HISTORY OF OCCIDENTAL MUSIC Research Period IX JOHANN SEBASTIAN BACH Cantata No. 211 »CofTee Cantata* Cantata No. 212 »Bauernkantate« Adele Stolte, soprano • Theo Adam, bass Hans-Joachim Rotzsch, tenor Members of the Gewandhaus Orchestra Leipzig Kurt Thomas, Conductor ARC 3162 • 73162 Stereo 9 Spiritual Songs from »Musicalisches Gesangbuch von Georg Christian Schemelli* 7 Songs and Arias from the Anna Magdalena Bach Book Margot Guilleaume, soprano • Fritz Neumeyer, Harpsichord ARC 3163 ■ 73163 Stereo Research Period IV JOSQUIN DES PREZ Missa Pange Lingua 9 Secular Works Pro Musica Antiqua • Saffotd Cape, Conductor ARC 3159-73159 Stereo Direct Import ■ Factory Sealed For further information and complete catalogue write: DISTRIBUTED BY DECCA DISTRIBUTING CORPORATION Division B. D., 445 Park Avenue, New York 22, N.Y FREE TO NEW SUBSCRIBERS DIRECTORY OF RECORD PRODUCERS ON 3 X 5 CARDS AN AUDIO CARDALOG EXTRA already distributed free to all subscribers ORDER AUDIO CARDALOG BEFORE September 15, 1961 AND GET YOUR FREE DIRECTORY, TOO Audio CARDALOG PC Box 1771 Albany 1, New York Directory available at $5.00 to subscribers after September 15, 1961. JCATioNAL Screen and Audiovisual Guide— September, 1961 503