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1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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two-dimensional moving image tdi rdacontent |
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video v rdamedia |
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videodisc vd rdacarrier |
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NTSC rda |
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video file DVD video rda |
| System Details |
DVD. |
| Note |
Documentary on the history of the pianoforte. |
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Title from opening screen credits. |
| Performer |
Featuring pianists Paul Badura-Skoda, Malcolm Bilson, Jörg Demus, Gerlinde Otto, Hans Kann, and Rudolf Scholz ; narrator, Eva Badura-Skoda. |
| Credits |
Camera, Hans Drapal, Mieczysław Chudzik ; sound, Klaus Kovarik, Marek Slaski ; editors, Eliška Štibr, Ewa Fichtel, Miroslaw Kesiak. |
| Event |
Originally released on VHS in 1999. |
| Note |
Sheet listing instruments, repertoire, and performers featured in the documentary (2 unnumbered pages) inserted in container. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Contents |
The oldest extant piano by Bartolomeo Cristofori (1720) -- A compound harpsichord-piano by Giovanni Ferrini (1746) -- A square piano by Johann Socher (1742) -- A normal-sized dulcimer (date not given) -- A reconstruction of a pantaleon (date not given) -- Second example played on the pantaleon -- Pianoforte by Johann Heinrich Silbermann (date not given) -- Pianoforte by Gottfried Silbermann (1746) -- Fortepiano by Johann Andreas Stein (ca. 1784) -- Fortepiano of Johann Schantz (ca. 1790) -- Fortepiano by Anton Walter (ca. 1800) -- Demonstration of three grand pianos from the decade 1790-1800 by Johann Schantz, Anton Walter, and John Broadwood -- Demonstration of the development of the device to lift dampers, presented by Paul Badura-Skoda on pianos made by Stirnemann (1781), Johann Schantz, and John Broadwood (1795) -- Paul Badura-Skoda demonstrates the function of six typically Viennese piano pedals on a piano made by George Hasska (ca. 1818) -- Paul Badura-Skoda demonstrates the pedals of a grand piano by Conrad Graf (ca. 1825) and the split pedal of a Broadwood grand piano (1817) -- Comparisons of pianos by Johann Schantz and Anton Walter (no date given) -- Both pianists play an excerpt from Mozart's Sonata for two pianos K.448 on the same instruments (no date given) -- Comparison of pianos by Broadwood (1817) and Conrad Graf (1822/23) -- The two pianists, alternating, play from Beethoven's Sonata op. 31/2 (no date given) -- Beethoven's own piano, made by Conrad Graf (1822/23) with four strings per tone -- Concert grand by Conrad Graf (ca. 1825) -- A concert grand piano by Michael Schweighofer (ca. 1846) -- A grand piano on which Chopin played often, made by Erard (ca. 1835) -- A concert grand piano by Broadwood (1845) -- Grand piano by Ludwig Bösendorfer (1870) -- Grand piano by Steinway and Sons (ca. 1870) -- Electric pianos : The Welte-Vorsatz piano (ca. 1910) and the Ampico mechanism built into a Bösendorfer piano (ca. 1930) -- A Bösendorfer "Imperial" concert grand piano (ca. 1920) -- Comparison with a grand piano with aliquot strings by Blüthner (date not given) -- Various modern concert grand pianos by Bösendorfer, Bechstein, Steinway, and other builders (date not given) -- Demonstration of the Bösendorfer "Imperial" grand computer piano (date not given). |
| Subject |
Piano -- History.
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Piano -- Construction.
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Piano music.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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| Added Author |
Badura-Skoda, Eva, screenwriter, narrator.
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Szalsza, Piotr, director.
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Badura-Skoda, Paul, performer.
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Bilson, Malcolm, performer.
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Demus, Jörg, 1928-2019, performer.
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Otto, Gerlinde, performer.
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Kann, Hans, performer.
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Scholz, Rudolf, 1933-2012, performer.
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Chudzik, Mieczysław, recordist.
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Drapal, Hannes, recordist.
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Kovarik, Klaus, recordist
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Slaski, Marek, recordist.
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Štibr, Eliška, editor of moving image work.
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Fichtel, Ewa, editor of moving image work.
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Kesiak, Miroslaw, editor of moving image work.
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Televisfilm.
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Österreichischer Rundfunk.
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Indiana University. Press.
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| Note |
Subtitle on container: Documentary in sound |
| ISBN |
9780253012012 |
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0253012015 |
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