Curated Video
Italy, Venice - Torcello Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta
The Cathedral of Santa Maria Assunta (Cattedrale di Santa Maria Assunta) is a basilica church on the island of Torcello, Venice, northern Italy. It is a notable example of Venetian-Byzantine architecture, one of the most ancient...
Curated Video
The Cello: a Versatile Stringed Instrument
With its deep and resonant tones, the cello serves as the backbone of harmonies, providing a foundation for chord progressions in musical pieces. It holds a prominent role in orchestras, chamber groups, and string quartets, captivating...
Odd Quartet
Listener's Guide To Carnival Of The Animals By Camille Saint-Säens - Movement 12 - Fossils
Written in 1886, the Carnival of the Animals is a humorous piece by french composer Camille Saint-saens. The piece is made up of 14 different movements which represent different animals, however this video focuses specifically on the...
Music Matters
How to Remember Which Notes Stringed Instruments Are Tuned to - Music Theory
We introduce you to Reckless Eric. Who is Reckless Eric? He’s the guy who helps you remember to which notes stringed instruments are tuned. Do you ever have trouble remembering which notes the strings are tuned to on the guitar, the bass...
Odd Quartet
Music History - Listening Guide To Vivaldi's Four Seasons - Spring
Antonio Vivaldi was an Italian composer of the Baroque era and was very well known during his time as a performer and a teacher. One of the types of music that he like to compose was called “concerto”. A concerto is a type of composition...
Bridgeman Arts
Band rehearsal in a big hall at the Paris Conservatoire, France, 1943
Clip 2 from the 1940s French documentary Les Cadets du Conservatoire (The Conservatory Cadets), about the story of the Cadets of National Conservatoire in Paris under German occupation in WWII. An orchestra rehearses in a big music hall...
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Playing violoncello
Shoot of symphony orchestra evening performance ( violoncello players)
AFP News Agency
CLEAN : Germany opens national memorial to Nazis disabled victims
CLEAN : Germany opens national memorial to Nazis disabled victims
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HD:Violoncello players.
Violoncello players in symphony orchestra performing art event.
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HD:Violoncello players.
Violoncello players in symphony orchestra performing art event.
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Playing violoncello
Shoot of symphony orchestra evening performance ( violoncello players)
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Preview of Christmas window displays in Chicago, July 1955
Title: "Rushing the Seasons…Christmas in July" superimposed over animatronic animals in Christmas clothing singing in window display / two men looking at interior window display / various displays: animatronic elf leading animals in...
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HD: Audience Giving Applause To Young Musicians
HD: Audience Giving Applause To Young Musicians
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Female cellist practicing
A candid shot of a female cello player focused on her music during an orchestral rehearsal.
Bridgeman Arts
Animated 19th century phenakistoscope with man playing double bass
Phenakistoscope c.1833, animated to create an illusion of motion.
Bridgeman Arts
Musicians placing strings instruments, 1950s
1950s: Musicians placing strings instruments at chin. Band playing music. Orchestra performing.