America's musical heritage

America's musical heritage

DVD - 2020

Professor Anthony Seeger teaches viewers how to listen to the music of America with new ears. Produced in collaboration with Smithsonian Folkways Recordings, proprietor of the vast treasury of American vernacular music, these twelve lectures explore more than 200 years of music from trailblazers like Scott Joplin, the Memphis Jug Band, Woody Guthrie, and many others.

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Subjects
Music > United States > History and criticism.
Music appreciation > United States.
Music > United States.
Lectures.
Educational films.
Instructional films.
Nonfiction films.
Genres
Lectures
Educational films
Instructional films
Nonfiction films
Published
Chantilly, VA : The Great Courses [2020]
Language
English
Item Description
"The Great courses, Topic: Music & fine arts ; Subtopic: Music appreciation"--Cover.
"Course no. 7244"--Disc labels.
12 lectures lasting 30 minutes each.
Title from disc label.
Physical Description
2 videodiscs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (x, 79 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
Format
DVD.
Bibliography
Course guidebook includes bibliographical references (pages 66-77).
ISBN
9781629978116
  • Disc 1. Inheriting America's musical traditions
  • American revolutionary and wartime music
  • European empires and American Music
  • Minstrel shows and variety shows
  • Music of American movement and dance
  • Hymns, spirituals, and chants in America
  • Disc 2. Brass bands, powwows, and folk festivals
  • American music of politics and protest
  • the banjo: an African gift to American music
  • The roots of country music in America
  • American piano, ragtime, and early jazz
  • The musical gumbo of New Orleans.

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