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In Search of Haydn. Part 1
Title
In Search of Haydn. Part 1 [electronic resource (video)] / Electric Sky (Firm).
Published
New York, N.Y.: Infobase, [2014], c2012.
Physical Description
1 streaming video file (53 min., 56 sec.) : sound, color.
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Films on Demand is distributed by Infobase for Films for the Humanities & Sciences, Cambridge Educational, Meridian Education, and Shopware.
Encoded with permission by Infobase on November 08, 2014.
Closed-captioned.
Title and description provided by distributor (Infobase, February 4, 2015).
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Summary
In Search of Haydn: Part One takes viewers from Haydn's days as a choirboy at St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna through his gradual emergence as a composer and growing recognition, and his prestigious employment by Esterhazy at Eisenstadt. We learn how a well-established Haydn began to realize his true genius in middle age, feeling freer to experiment and play with conventions. We learn about his overall goals and approach to writing music. The film covers his music through 1773, extensively covers his opera writing career. Hear works of the period and discussion by historians.
Variant and related titles
Films on demand.
Other formats
Originally produced: Electric Sky (Firm), 2012.
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 20, 2019
Series
In Search of Haydn
System details note
Streaming video file.
System requirements: FOD playback platform.
Audience
9 & up.
Contents
Introduction: In Search of Haydn: Part One (2:00)
Background (2:49)
Early Composing Career (2:09)
Vienna (2:12)
Marriage (0:54)
Eisenstadt (3:06)
Morning, Noon, Evening (2:56)
Cello Concertos (3:31)
Spiritual Element to Music (2:58)
Contrasted with Beethoven and Mozart (2:08)
Increasing Wealth (2:53)
Palace (3:44)
Finding Genius (2:59)
Playful Composition (3:49)
C Major Sonata (1:46)
Conveying Hint (2:27)
Style of Sonatas (2:06)
Operas (1:19)
Caliber of Operas (1:04)
Philemon and Baucis (1:41)
Writing For Soprano (2:45)
Music Reflects Text (1:40)
Credits: In Search of Haydn: Part One (0:44)
Videorecording number
59685s Infobase
59686 Infobase
Subjects
Genre/Form
Educational films.
Internet videos.
Also listed under
Electric Sky (Firm), production company.
Infobase, film distributor.
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