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The Music of Man: With Yehudi Menuhin, The Toronto Symphony Orchestra, Andrew Davis, James DePreist. Yehudi Menuhin explores the development of music around the world from its beginnings at the dawn of history up to the present day.
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- 1979
- Documentary, Music
- 60
1979. The post-war exploration of music, impelled by the LP, the transistor radio and the television, has taken Western music beyond early jazz into folk, rock and electronic music. Yet as old rules are questioned, man clings to the forms of music that will always remain rooted in the deepest instincts of his nature.
Premiered November 10, 1978. Runtime 42m. Total Runtime 5h 36m (8 episodes) Country United States. Languages English. Studio CBC. Genres Documentary. An exploration of the world's music. Yehudi Menuhin has created this expansive survey of musical traditions from five continents.
" The music of man" with Yehudi Menuhin I - The quiver of lifeFirst episode from the 1979 TV series "The music of man" in which Yehudi Menuhin explores the d...
- 56 min
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- Alberto Reguera
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The first program tells how music began 35,000 years ago with hollowed-out animal bones. In India and China, music was a perfected art long before the birth of Christ. In the western world,...
The late great musical genius Yehudi Menuhin narrates an entertaining and enlightening series on the history of music and man. This was not just a series about the history of western or classical music.
