Klarinet Archive - Posting 000184.txt from 2002/02

From: Lecia A Cecconi-Roberts <lcecconi@-----.org>
Subj: Re: [kl] Need even MORE History Help!
Date: Tue, 12 Feb 2002 15:14:57 -0500

Good luck with your quest. You might want to try catalogs such as "Music
in Motion" for videos. They seem to have a wide variety of information.
You might also try MENC--the National Coalition for Music Education
(www.MENC.org) for additional information.

Again, best of luck.
Lecia

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Dr. Lecia Cecconi-Roberts
Teacher Development Program Woodwind Specialist
211O Townsend Hall General Music
University of Missouri-Columbia Columbia Public Schools

lcecconi@-----.org

On Tue, 12 Feb 2002, Robert wrote:

> Seems not many people know where to get Music History related DVDs or DVDs
> good for general background/setting information in which to project a music
> history lesson. Or maybe the post was simply overlooked. Since it is
> important to me, I ask that you please forgive my reposting the request.
>
> I am looking for a resource where I can purchase DVDs about Music History (I
> teach a Music History course to the undergrads here at Shenandoah U). I'm
> looking for general coverage rather than specific (i.e. "Music of the
> Medieval Period" vs "The Development of Antiphons in Medieval Music"). Also
> beneficial would be DVDs about European History-again of a general nature.
> Something that provides a clear setting of the society that these composers
> were composing in. Oh yeah...in English. ;-)
>
> I finally made my Laptop work with the ancient projector they sent me and
> have used portions of movie DVDs to present settings of Medieval and
> Renaissance life (no, I did not use Monty Python!, though I'm sure it would
> have been popular). The kids, and I purposely use the term "kids", seemed
> to have a greater interest and depth of understanding when I began the
> lecture about the musical side of things. So I am really interesting in
> finding a resource of DVDs to present this stuff in a "multimedia" format to
> this "multimedia generation".
>
> ANY HELP would be GREATLY appreciated!
>
> Robert Moody
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