Humor in Music

Series: Young People's Concert Series

Duration: 55

Year Published: 1967

Creator: Columbia Broadcasting System

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Description: Explores reasons why music can be funny. Demonstrates several different types of music humor, including satire, caricature, parody, and burlesque. Presents Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic Orchestra in Carnegie Hall performing excerpts from works by Rameau, Hayden, Prokofieff, Mahler, Mozart, Shostakovitch, Copland, and Brahms., Explores reasons why music can be funny, Demonstrates several different types of music humor, including satire, caricature, parody, and burlesque. Leonard Bernstein conducts the New York Philharmonic Orchestra in Carnegie Hall performing from works by Rameau, Hayden Mozart, Brahms and others.

Complete Record: Explores reasons why music can be funny. Demonstrates several different types of music humor, including satire, caricature, parody, and burlesque. Presents Leonard Bernstein conducting the New York Philharmonic Orchestra in Carnegie Hall performing excerpts from works by Rameau, Hayden, Prokofieff, Mahler, Mozart, Shostakovitch, Copland, and Brahms., Leonard Bernstein defines and classifies humor in music encompassing from wit, satire, parody and burlesque to caricature and musical jokes. Features the New York Philarmonic Orchestra., NOTE: Two (or more) records have been merged together to create this data.