Music for a Nation*
- 1989 ----- color ----- 52 min ----- vhs
- (Man and Music Series) The Search for a Voice covers the origins of Russian music and proceeded through the work of Glinka; this program begins in 1881, the year in which Tsar Alexander II was assassinated and Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto premiered. Covers the introduction of musical professionalism by the Rubinstein brothers, the directions of the Mighty Fistful, and focuses on the life and works of Tchaikovsky. Selections include Tchaikovsky: Violin concerto, First String Quartet, Eugene Onegin, Swan Lake, the Symphonie Pathetique; Balakirev: "Islamei"; Borodin: "In Central Asia," Second String Quartet; Mussorgsky: Boris Godunov. (Donated by the Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies Center) (Restricted to use within the state of Washington only)
- Topics: (History: Russian, East European and Central Asian, Music, Russian, East European and Central Asian Studies)
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