| Description |
1 online resource (120 min.) |
| Series |
Classical music in video |
| Contents |
Suite for toy piano / John Cage (7:07) -- Old MacDonald's yellow submarine / Eric Griswold (15:57) -- An American in Buenos Aires (a blues tango) / Toby Twining (5:03) -- Put my little shoes away / George Crumb (3:22) -- The animist child / Jerome Kitzke (7:04) -- Dream / John Cage (7:59) -- Hymn to ruin / Ross Bolleter (7:06) -- She herself alone / Laura Liben (6:06) |
| Summary |
In addition to being a renowned new music pianist, Margaret Leng Tan is a specialist at the toy piano. Her performances are dramatically captured here by Spanish director Anton Cabaleiro. Ms. Tan performs Cage's classic"Suite for Toy Piano," her arrangement of Cage's seminal "Dream" for toy & grand piano; plus new works, many written for her; and her arrangement for voice and toy instruments of a recent song by George Crumb |
| Notes |
Originally the 4th work for voice, amplified piano, and percussion quartet, the 6th for piano |
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Compact disc |
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The 2nd-4th, 6th-8th works premiere recordings |
| Credits |
Cinematography and editing, Anton Cabaleiro |
| Performer |
Margaret Leng Tan, toy pianos, toy instruments, piano, voice; "all instruments played ... without overdubs, with the exception of Crumb's Put my little shoes away." |
| Event |
Recorded Jan. 7-9, 2010 at Systems Two Studios, Brooklyn, NY; the 7th work recorded, in part, Feb. 9, 2010, at WARPS Studios, Perth, Western Australia |
| Subject |
Toy piano music.
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Toy piano music.
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| Genre/Form |
Nonfiction films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Films autres que de fiction.
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| Form |
Streaming video
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| Author |
Cabaleiro, Anton, director, director of photography, editor
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Brandt, Brian, producer.
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Hynes, Michael, 1960- producer.
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Tan, Margaret Leng, performer.
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Container of (work): Cage, John.
Suite, piano.
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Container of (work): Griswold, Erik, 1969-
Old MacDonald's yellow submarine.
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Container of (work): Twining, Toby.
American in Buenos Aires.
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Container of (expression): Crumb, George.
Voices from the morning of the earth. Put my little shoes away; arranged
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Container of (work): Kitzke, Jerome, 1955-
Animist child.
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Container of (expression): Cage, John.
Dream; arranged
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Container of (work): Bolleter, Ross.
Hymn to ruin.
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Container of (work): Liben, Laura, 1943-
She herself alone.
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