The Parting Of The Ways

Year Published: 1981

Creator: CANADA

Format: 16mm

Sound: sound

Description: Points out that in America, the synthesis of cultures and musical forms created new music, such as the songs of Stephen Foster, the rags of Scott Joplin and the marches of John Philip Sousa. Shows how the Victorian Age ushered in concert hall melodramas and parlor pianos. Discusses how in Europe the old conventions were fragmented under the impact of the impressionism of Debussy, and the splendors of Strauss and Mahler. Tells how Stravinsky advanced the revolution with The Rite Of Spring.

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