String Choir

Duration: 10min

Year Published: 1937

Creator: Encyclopedia Britanica Films

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Portrays the wide variety of musical moods and effects conveyed by stringed instruments and thus demonstrates the reasons for their bearing the brunt of orchestral interpretations. Reveals the various techniques of performance on stringed instruments from the most advantageous position possible. Selections include: music by Mendelssohn, Rossini and Beethoven. The concluding number is a portion of Schubert's "B Minor (Unfinished) Symphony."

Complete Record: Describes the appearance, function and timbre of each stringed instrument of the symphony orchestra. Illustrates bowing, pizzicato, and finger techniques, and demonstrates the instruments with excerpts from Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto, Schubert's Unfinished Symphony, and Rossini's William Tell overture.

Metadata Source:Educational Film Guide 1946

3 users have this film:
AV Geeks Archive, Library of Congress, University of Georgia Walter J Brown Media Archives and Peabody Collection

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