Summary: In the early decades of cinema, some of the most innovative and celebrated filmmakers in America were women. Alice Guy-Blaché helped establish the basics of cinematic language, while others boldly continued its development: slapstick queen Mabel Normand (who taught Charlie Chaplin the craft of directing), action star Grace Cunard, and LGBTQ icon Alla Nazimova. Unafraid of controversy,...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kino Classics 2018
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC PIOContents: Crazy Afrobeat (Tony Allen) (4:56) -- Government magic (Antibalas) (10:01) -- Think Africa (Seun Kuti & Egypt 80) (6:54) -- Jekajo (Chicago Afrobeat Project) (7:44) -- Ibajekbe (what if) (Femm Nameless) (3:57) -- Trouble come, trouble go (Kokolo) (5:19) -- Òjóró (Dele Sosimi) (9:31) -- Di bombs (Mr. Something Something and Ikwunga the Afrobeat Poet) (6:22) -- Fela day (Akoya Afrobea Ensemble)...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: World Music Network 2009
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD INTERNATIONAL/AFRICAN ROUKashkashian, Kim.
Contents: Neharót neharót : 2006/07, for viola solo, accordion, percussion, two string ensembles, and tape / Betty Olivero (16:20) -- Tagh for the funeral of the Lord / Tigran Mansurian (5:31) -- Oror / Komitas ; adapted by Tigran Mansurian (2:57) -- Three arias (sung out the window facing Mount Ararat) : 2008 / Tigran Mansurian (19:23) -- Rava deravin : for viola and string quartet, 2003 / Eitan...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: ECM Records 2009
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD AVANT-GARDE KASChicago Jazz Orchestra
Contents: What a little moonlight can do (2:37) -- September in the rain (5:32) -- A night in Tunisia (4:42) -- Sometimes I'm happy (4:49) -- Dindi (5:35) -- Yardibrd suite (3:24) -- Easy living (4:48) -- Cheek to cheek (3:17) -- Long as you're living (7:23) -- Them there eyes (5:38) -- I'm through with love (5:36) -- It don't mean a thing (if it ain't got that swing) (4:20).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Origin Records 2013
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ CHIWolf, Sylvia
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Art Institute of Chicago 1998
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 770.92 WOLSummary: New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art introduces a new fashion exhibition with a gala event every year on the first Monday of May. A grand fashion and cultural exhibit fundraiser for the museum's Costume Institute, the event is attended by A-list celebrities. The film gives a behind-the-scenes look at the the exhibition "China: Behind the Look Glass," conceived and organized by Met curator...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC FIRIsham, Mark.
Contents: Les modernes -- Cafe selavy -- Paris la nuit ; Selavy -- Really the blues -- Madame Valentin -- Dada je suis -- Parlez-moi d'amour (retro) -- La valse moderne -- Les Peintres -- Death of Irving Fagelman -- Je ne veux pas de tes chocolats -- Parlez-moi d'amour (moderne).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Virgin Movie Music 1988
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC MODSummary: The powerful documentary examines the life of Muhammad Ali beyond the boxing ring to offer a personal perspective on the American sporting legend. Investigating Ali's spiritual transformation includes his conversion to Islam, resistance to the Vietnam War draft, and humanitarian work. The documentary connects Ali's transcendent life story to America' struggles with race, religion, and war in...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF TRISummary: "A documentary examining the 2014 shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald by Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke and the cover-up that ensued"--Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC SIXContents: Minnie the Moocher ; I. Mills, C. Calloway, C. Gaskill (Cab Calloway) -- Chicago breakdown / J. Morton (Louis Armstrong) -- It don't mean a thing (if it ain't got the swing) / D. Ellington ; I. Mills (Duke Ellington) -- Sugar foot stomp W. Melrose ; J. Oliver (Fletcher Henderson) -- I got rhythm / G Gershwin ; I. Gershwin (Don Redman).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Columbia/Legacy 1997
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC MUSIves, Charles
Contents: New England holidays. Washington's Birthday ; Decoration Day ; The Fourth of July ; Thanksgiving and Forefathers' Day (with Chicago Symphony Chorus).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: CBS Masterworks 1988
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Contents: Mars, the bringer of war -- Venus, the bringer of peace -- Mercury, the winged messenger -- Jupiter, the bringer of jollity -- Saturn, the bringer of old age -- Uranus, the magician -- Neptune, the mystic.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Deutsche Grammonphon 1990
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL HOLBach, Johann Sebastian
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: London 1988
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL BachBeethoven, Ludwig van
Contents: Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op. 125.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Decca 2001
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL BEEHaydn, Joseph
Contents: Orchestervorspiel : Die Vorstellung des Chaos (5.22) -- Im Anfange schuf Gott Himmel und Erde ; Und der Geist Gottes schwebte auf der Fläche der Wasser (2:12) -- Nun schwanden vor dem heiligen Strahle ; Verzweiflung, Wut und Schrecken (4:08) -- Und Gott machte das Firmament (1:49) -- Mit Staunen sieht das Wunderwerk (2:08) -- Und Gott sprach: "Es sammle sich das Wasser" (0:36) -- Rollend in...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: London 1995
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL HAYSummary: When celebrated scholar Joseph Campbell sat down with veteran journalist Bill Moyers for a discussion about his life's work, the nation was captivated. The series brought Campbell's theories into popular culture and led to a bestselling companion book. Includes six episodes.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Athena 2010
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2 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV JOSMussorgsky, Modest Petrovich
Contents: Pictures at an exhibition / Mussorgsky -- Etude in F major [op. 25, no. 3] ; Waltz in A minor [op. 34, no. 2] / Chopin -- Pictures at an exhibition / Mussorgsky ; arr. Ravel.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Mercury 1994
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL MUSCliburn, Van
Contents: Concerto no. 1 in B-flat minor, op. 23 / Tchaikovsky (34:26) -- Concerto no. 2 in C minor, op. 18 / Rachmaninoff (33:50).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: RCA Red Seal 1987
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL CLIContents: Disc 1. The Robots (Kraftwerk) -- Warm leatherette (The Normal) -- I feel love (Donna Summer) -- The number one song in heaven (Sparks) -- Electricity (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark) -- Cars (Gary Numan) -- Adrenalin (Throbbing Gristle) -- Yashar (Cabaret Voltaire) -- Planet Rock (Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force) -- Jam on revenge (Newcleus) -- Clear (Cybotron) -- Blue Monday (New...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD ELECTRONIC MACHContents: Sing me a song of the South (Joseph Natus) -- Soldier's farewell (American Quartet) -- Night trip to Buffalo (American Quartet) -- Dixie land (American Quartet) -- Bird imitations (Joe Belmont) -- Emmet's lullaby (cornet solo with Metropolitan Band) -- Farmyard medley (American Quartet) -- When the harvest days are over (American Quartet) -- Steamboat leaving the wharf at New Orleans (American...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Archeophone 2004
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD EASY LISTENING PINContents: Going out (extract) Timothy Leary -- Raga jog (extract) Ravi Shankar -- Sibelius Symphony number 7 (extract) Serge Koussevitzky, Boston Symphony Orchestra -- Unforgettable Nat King Cole -- Later during a flaming riviera sunset AMM -- Daisy Bell Max Mathews -- Time on our hands Delia Derbyshire -- Rejoicing Ornette Coleman -- Animal dance The Modern Jazz Quartet -- Indeterminacy (extract) John...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK MOJContents: Boplicity / Miles Davis (Miles Davis and his orchestra) --Subconscious Lee / Lee Konitz (Lennie Tristano Ouintet) -- Body and soul / Johnny Green (Gene Norman's "Just Jazz" featuring Red Norvo and Stan Getz) --All alone / Irving Berlin (Sarah Vaughan) -- My Funny valentine / Richard Rodgers (Sarah Vaughan) -- Misterioso ; Evidence / Thelonious Monk (Thelonious Monk Quartet) -- Criss-cross /...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Smithsonian Collection of Recordings 1987
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ SMIToychestra.
Contents: Evenin' miss -- Ho (chin up) -- Giddyup y'all -- Ride three times -- Snort -- Horse -- Orgasm -- Yip-yip, dang (flick yer wrists) -- Shucks (tip yer hat) -- Shucks -- Shucks -- Little doggie -- Wee doggie -- Tch-tch -- Whoa (pull in the rein).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: SK 2001