Land of Our Fathers

Description

Nationalism soon led to a recognition of the classical value of folksong, and an attempt to express in music the language, landscape, and musical traditions of the composer's own country. Contents include excerpts from: Smetana's Ma Vlast; Dvorak's String Quartet in E-Flat, Symphony No. 9 ('The New World'); Ives' Three Places in New England; Janacek's Katya Kabanova; Grieg's Peer Gynt Suite; de Falla's Homage at the Tomb of Debussy; Vaughan Williams' London Symphony; Kodaly's Hary Janos Suite; Sibelius' Finlandia, Symphony No. 2.

Runtime

60 min

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Date of Publication

[2012], c1982

Database

Films on Demand

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