Klarinet Archive - Posting 000190.txt from 2002/02

From: Michael Cuthbert <cuthbert@-----.edu>
Subj: Re: [kl] Need even MORE History Help!
Date: Wed, 13 Feb 2002 00:09:35 -0500

I would doubt such a resource exists. Or at least I couldn't find
something like this when I was preparing to teach the music history
survey at my school this summer. The new GP does not have something
like this as far as I know, and even Kerman's "Listen" which has the
best website among history texts doesn't have anything like this
(Kerman's book is at a more intro level than GP). Given that
anthologies on CDs were still uncommon in the early 90s and that
orchestration textbooks have just started including recordings of the
instruments, I wouldn't hold your breath for someone to make something
like this. A promising 6-part tour of 6 pieces of classical music was
cut by PBS before it was even fully scripted because the audience for
music history video seemed too small.

Best, Myke

LetsReason@-----.com [ Feb 10 ]:

> I'm looking for some kind of DVD resource for Music History. Anyone
know > where I can find DVDs on the general history of Western
European art music? > You know, something that works kinda like the
Grout and Palisca, History of > Western Music books. Even DVDs that
would give a good explanation of the > settings in Europe to Western
Russia during the periods of music history > from 476 AD to the
Twentieth Century.

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