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Title Music and memory / produced by Pacific Street Films and the Educational Film Center with the Australian Broadcasting Coporation, Radio Telefis Éireann in Ireland and Teleac/NOT in the Netherlands
Published South Burlington, Vt. : Annenberg/CPB, ©1999

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Description 1 online resource
Series Exploring the world of music : an introduction to music from a world music perspective ; 3
Exploring the world of music : an introduction to music from a world music perspective ; 3
Summary West African griots, the Walbiri people of Australia, folksingers of Ireland and Appalachia and modern practitioners of early music demonstrate that music can be a dynamic link to the past
Analysis Social studies
Notes Through precious archival footage and contemporary performances, series explores the basic elements of rhythm, melody, timbre, texture, harmony and form in music from cultures around the world
Performer Narrated by Fritz Weaver
File Type Graphic file (Streaming video; 28 min.)
Notes High school/college
9-12+
Mode of access: Windows Media Player, World Wide Web
Closed captioned
Subject Church music.
National songs.
Political songs and ballads
Musicologists.
Music -- Psychological aspects.
Folk songs -- Russia
Folk songs -- United States
Suya Indians -- Songs and music
Ethnomusicologists.
Music -- Ireland
Irish Americans -- Songs and music
Scottish Americans -- Songs and music
Griots -- Gambia -- Songs and music
Warlpiri (Australian people) -- Songs and music
Music -- 500-1400.
Music -- 15th century.
Musical instruments, Ancient.
World music -- History and criticism
Music -- History and criticism.
Music -- Cross-cultural studies
musicologists.
ethnomusicologists.
Church music.
Ethnomusicologists.
Folk songs.
Griots.
Irish Americans.
Music.
Music -- Psychological aspects.
Musical instruments, Ancient.
Musicologists.
National songs.
Scottish Americans.
Suya Indians.
Warlpiri (Australian people)
World music.
Gambia.
Ireland.
Russia.
United States.
Genre/Form Digital video
Streaming multimedia
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Cross-cultural studies.
Songs and music.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
Form Streaming video
Author Pacific Street Films.
Educational Film Center (Annandale, Va.)
Annenberg/CPB.