American Is a Word For Music: Piano Duets with Jeannette Haien and Edward Mattos - 1976 Part 5

Description

This program features the work of American composers, including concert pianists Jeannette Haien and Edward Mattos, who reveal the basic conditions of American music - strong rhythms, free melodies, and improvisation. The film also shows The Slavonic Dances, written in America by Antonin Dvorak, which is offered in thanks to all the foreign composers who have contributed to American music.

Collection

Records of the U.S. Information Agency

Series

Moving Images Relating to U.S. Domestic and International Activities