Video Previews: Music
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Information/Instruction:
Performances: Bluegrass
- Singing in the Gospel
- two styles of gospel performed by the Northern Kentucky Brotherhood and the Gospelway Bluegrass Singers
Length: 00:07:47
Performances: Blues
- Funky, Bluesy ABCs
- keyboards and vocals performed by Taj Mahal
Length: 00:03:51 - Light Rain Blues
- guitar and vocals performed by Taj Mahal
Length: 00:04:28
Performances: Classical
- Mozart Vocal Performances
- “Ave verum corpus” and “Veni sancte spiritus” performed by Governor’s School for the Arts Chorus alumni
Length: 00:07:42 - Reminiscence by Lawrence Dillon
- Composer Lawrence Dillon discusses how different instruments create “characters” in music and how he used piano and cello in his composition Reminiscence.
Length: 00:06:26 - Storm Movement from Symphony No. 6 by Ludwig van Beethoven
- performed by the Louisville Youth Orchestra; shows conflict and resolution in music
Length: 00:05:47 - Sunrise by Edvard Grieg
- performed by the Central Kentucky Youth Orchestra; shows how music can create a setting
Length: 00:04:32
Performances: Folk/Traditional
- Bushy Tail
- hammer dulcimer and vocals performed by Malcolm Dalglish
Length: 00:04:10 - Cluck Old Hen/I Had a Rooster
- banjo and vocals performed by Mike Seeger
Length: 00:05:01 - Foo Boo Woo Boo John
- jaw harp performed by Mike Seeger
Length: 00:03:12 - Gospel Train
- slavery-era song; harmonica and guitar performed by Rhonda and Sparky Rucker
Length: 00:04:28 - Grass Dance Song
- Native American song; Native drum performed by Dennis Banks
Length: 00:04:39 - The Hambone
- body percussion performed by John McCutcheon
Length: 00:02:43 - The Hound Dog Song
- fiddle, guitar, banjo, and three-part harmony performed by the Gray Eagle Band
Length: 00:02:06 - Johnny Peut Pas Danser/ABCs et 1, 2, 3
- sung in French; accordion, fiddle, guitar, and vocals performed by the Doucet Family Band
Length: 00:06:52 - Keep On Movin’ On
- guitar and vocals by Odetta
Length: 00:03:24 - Rosebud-Trinidad
- slavery-era song; performed by Paula Larke
Length: 00:04:25 - Shady Grove
- mountain dulcimer and vocals performed by Jean Ritchie
Length: 00:02:36 - So Go Rabbit
- vocal call-and-response performed by the Reel World String Band
Length: 00:02:06 - The Spoons
- spoons performed by Malcolm Dalglish
Length: 00:01:18
Performances: Jazz
- Weary Blues
- performed by Louis Armstrong
Length: 00:05:15
Information/Instruction: Classical
- Bach
- Bach’s contribution to music and an overview of the Baroque style
Length: 00:12:28 - Field Trip to the Kentucky Opera
- a look at the staging and rehearsal of an opera
Length: 01:00:00 - Field Trip to the Kentucky Center for the Arts
- behind the scenes at Kentucky’s largest performing arts center
Length: 01:00:00 - Hildegard of Bingen
- information about the medieval composer and traditional chant
Length: 00:05:21 - Josquin des Pres/Polyphony
- information about the Renaissance composer and polyphony
Length: 00:07:47
Information/Instruction: Folk/Instructional
- A Full Sound
- discussion and demonstration of traditional guitar styles
Length: 00:07:32 - Let the Fiddle Do the Singing
- discussion and demonstration of traditional fiddle styles
Length: 00:06:23
Information/Instruction: Jazz
- Keith McCutchen on Jazz
- discussion of the influence of African spirituals and the march form, the use of syncopation, and flatted notes
Length: 00:07:42 - Louis Armstrong/Introduction to Jazz
- discussion of Louis Armstrong’s role in the beginnings of jazz
Length: 00:02:35