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The Evolution of Jazz: America's Musical Art Form
Explore the rich history of jazz, a uniquely American genre that blends spirituals, gospel, ragtime, and blues into a dynamic, improvisational art form. Learn how jazz evolved from its early days in New Orleans to global popularity,...
TED Talks
TED: The enchanting music of sign language | Christine Sun Kim
Artist and TED Fellow Christine Sun Kim was born deaf, and she was taught to believe that sound wasn't a part of her life, that it was a hearing person's thing. Through her art, she discovered similarities between American Sign Language...
Curated Video
Alice's Musical Debut by DuEwa Frazier
Alice’s Musical Debut reimagines one day in the childhood of the late jazz pianist, harpist, composer and organist Alice Coltrane - wife of the legendary jazz saxophonist and composer, John Coltrane. Set in the 1940s, Alice’s Musical...
Odd Quartet
Fanny Mendelssohn - A Life of Music - Music History Crash Course
Fanny Mendelssohn was a german composer and pianist of the early romantic era. Born in 1805, she was the eldest of four children of Abraham and Lea Mendelssohn. Her father was a very successful banker which meant that the family was...
Odd Quartet
New World Symphony - Antonin Dvorak
Today we are looking at Symphony No. 9 by Antonín Dvořák. Dvorak was a composer of the Romantic era and made a name for himself as a musician and composer from an early age. In 1892 he was invited to become the director of the National...
Biography
Duke Ellington's Monumental Music Journey
Duke Ellington was born April 29, 1899, in Washington, D.C. A major figure in the history of jazz music, his career spanned more than half a century, during which time he composed thousands of songs for the stage, screen and contemporary...
Royal Opera House
Antonio Pappano introduces the music of Verdi's I due Foscari (The Royal Opera)
Music director of The Royal Opera Antonio Pappano on the music of Verdi's tragic opera, I due Foscari. Find out more at href='http://www.roh.org.uk/foscari' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>at I due Foscari, Verdi's sixth opera, is one...
Royal Opera House
The gruesome historical influences behind The Royal Ballet's Frankenstein
Designer John Macfarlane gives an up close look at the set and props of The Royal Ballet's Frankenstein. Find out more: www.roh.org.uk/frankenstein The Royal Ballet’s Artist in Residence Liam Scarlett has become known for ballets that...
Curated Video
Instrument: Banjo
American Museum of Natural History
Preserving Lonesome George Short Doc
As the last survivor of his species, Lonesome George became a worldwide icon of conservation decades before he died from natural causes in the Galapagos in 2012. When the Pinta Island tortoise arrived at the American Museum of Natural...
Curated Video
Instrument: Mandolin
In this film, Nigel Woodhouse introduces the mandolin. The mandolin has been used by many composers across the centuries to give special colour to the orchestra, often evoking folk music. TABLE OF CONTENTS: 00:00 Orchestral Extract:...
Biography
Duke Ellington - Role in the Harlem Renaissance | Biography
Duke Ellington was born April 29, 1899, in Washington, D.C. A major figure in the history of jazz music, his career spanned more than half a century, during which time he composed thousands of songs for the stage, screen and contemporary...
Biography
Duke Ellington - Statue in Harlem | Biography
Duke Ellington was born April 29, 1899, in Washington, D.C. A major figure in the history of jazz music, his career spanned more than half a century, during which time he composed thousands of songs for the stage, screen and contemporary...
Biography
Duke Ellington - Pianist & Songwriter | Mini Bio | BIO
Duke Ellington was born April 29, 1899, in Washington, D.C. A major figure in the history of jazz music, his career spanned more than half a century, during which time he composed thousands of songs for the stage, screen and contemporary...
The Met
Reassembling the Appleton Organ
NASA
NASA | GLAST Prelude for Brass Quintet, Op.12
NASA's GLAST mission is an astrophysics and particle physics partnership, developed in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy, along with important contributions from academic institiutions and partners in France, Germany,...
Free School
The Star-Spangled Banner by Francis Scott Key - FreeSchool Radio
The Star-Spangled Banner is the national anthem of the United States of America. The lyrics were composed in 1814 by young American lawyer Francis Scott Key after watching the bombardment of Fort McHenry by the British. The battle raged...
Tate
Black Mountain College – 'A School Like No Other' | TateShots
Black Mountain College was a highly influential school founded in North Carolina, USA, in 1933 where teaching was experimental and committed to an interdisciplinary approach. The college’s progressive principles were based on the...
Royal Opera House
Janet Baker and Joyce DiDonato In Conversation (The Royal Opera)
A unique event with two of the greatest mezzo-sopranos of their generations. Watch Joyce DiDonato and Dame Janet Baker discuss the roles that have inspired them, the technique of singing and advice for the next generation. They also...
Royal Opera House
Vocal tips for opera singers: Joyce DiDonato Masterclass in full (The Royal Opera)
World renowned mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato gives a vocal masterclass with artists from the National Opera Studio as part of the Royal Opera House Insights series. Find out more at href='http://www.roh.org.uk' target='_blank'...
TED-Ed
A-rhythm-etic. The Math Behind the Beats
Your learners will dance in their seats as this talented drummer connects math to music in a short video clip. Clayton Cameron shows how math puts the "cool" in various genres of music, including jazz, hip-hop, pop,...
Joy 2 Learn
Jazz Musicians
Ten informative videos make up a series hosted by Wynton Marsalis designed to share the musical triumphs of jazz musicians Scott Joplin, Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, and more!
Joy 2 Learn
Nuts and Bolts of Jazz
A collection of videos directs viewers through a series of seven videos detailing all things jazz. Video topics include how to play, its forms, rhythm, syncopation, swing, improvisation, and explores the rhythm, horn, and wind sections....