Summary: Introduces 6 main characters of the American Revolution. Promotes interest in reading of biography with comedy, tragedy, error, foolishness, courage and persistence that is relevant to life today.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Weston Woods 2007

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Gershwin, George

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: CBS Masterworks 1985

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Haydn, Joseph

Contents: No. 58, Hob. XVI:48, C major (12:00) -- No. 33, Hob. XVI:20, C minor (19:00) -- No. 60, Hob. XVI:50, C major (17:00) -- No. 38, Hob. XVI:23, F major (17:00).

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: CBS Records Masterworks 1989

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Vaughan Williams, Ralph

Contents: Suite for viola and orchestra. Prelude ; Carol ; Christmas dance ; Ballad ; Moto perpetuo ; Musette ; Polka ; Galop.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Chandos 1992

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Summary: Volume 1 begins with a look at two of the many crises faced by George Washington during his term as America's first president. At a time when any conflict had the potential to dissolve the fragile union, Washington surrounded himself with brilliant men who were bound by their undying devotion to America, but who were often bitterly divided about how best to serve their common cause. Volume 2...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2002

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Haydn, Joseph

Contents: No. 101 in D major : The clock (27:36) -- No. 94 in G major : Surprise (23:41) -- No. 102 in B flat major (23:48).

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Chandos 2000

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Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus

Contents: Ave verum corpus, KV 618 (3:56) -- Exsultate, jubilate, KV 165 (14:24) -- Grosse Messe c-Moll KV 427 (417a) = Great mass in C minor (53:04).

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 1991

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Eastman Wind Ensemble

Contents: Suite "William Byrd" / Gordon Jacob (19:00) -- Crown imperial : a coronation march / William Walton (9:55) -- Hammersmith : prelude and scherzo, op. 52 / Gustav Holst (13:42) -- Symphonic songs : for band / Robert Russell Bennett (14:00) -- Fanfare and allegro / Clifton Williams (5:50).

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Mercury 1990

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Barber, Samuel

Contents: The school for scandal overture : op. 5 -- Symphony no. 1, op. 9 : (in one movement) -- First essay : for orchestra, op. 12 -- Symphony no. 2, op. 19.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Naxos 2000

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Varèse, Edgard

Contents: Ionisation (4:50) -- Density 21.5 (4:10) -- Intègrales (9:43) -- Octandre (6:45) -- Hyperprism (3:49) -- Poème électronique (8:04).

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: One Way Records 1996

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Adams, John

Summary: A powerful polemicist, insightful political theorist, and tireless diplomat, John Adams (1735–1826) was a vital and controversial figure during the early years of the American republic. Once overshadowed by Washington and Jefferson, Adams has become the subject of renewed interest, with a best-selling biography and acclaimed television series reintroducing him to millions. Now, this final...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2016

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Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich

Contents: Jazz suite : no. 1 (8:00) -- Piano concerto no. 1 in C minor, op. 35 : (Concerto for piano, trumpet and strings) (22:00) -- Jazz suite : no. 2 : (Suite for promenade orchestra) (25:00) -- Tahiti trot : (Tea for two) (3:33)

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: London 1993

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Summary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010

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Handel, George Frideric

Contents: Coronation anthems (Zadok the Priest (5:33) ; The King shall rejoice (10:40) ; Let thy hand be strengthened (8:42) ; My heart is inditing (11:22)) -- Judas Maccabaeus (See, the conqu'ring hero comes! (2:12) ; March (1:28) ; Sing unto God (2:56)).

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Philips 1985

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Beethoven, Ludwig van

Contents: No. 1 in F major, op. 18, no. 1 -- No. 2 in G major, op. 18, no. 2 -- No. 3 in D major, op. 18, no. 3 -- No. 4 in C minor, op. 18, no. 4 -- No. 5 in A major, op. 18, no. 5 -- No. 6 in B-flat major, op. 18, no. 6 -- No. 7 in F major, op. 59, no. 1 -- No. 8 in E minor, op. 59, no. 2 -- No. 9 in C major, op. 59, no. 3 -- No. 10 in E-flat major, op. 74 -- No. 11 in F minor, op. 95 -- No. 12 in...

Format: notated music

Publisher / Publication Date: Dover Publications 1970

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Summary: With the Boston Harbor still stained from over-taxed British tea, a revolution is brewing in the colonies! And now England has thousands of troops headed for America's shores to squelch her subjects' freedom-loving spirit! It's up to John Adams, Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Jefferson to convince a stubborn congress of British colonists to unite as American patriots turn the inevitable war with...

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2015

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Haydn, Joseph

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Philips 1985

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Bach, Johann Sebastian

Contents: No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066 (25:41) -- No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067 (23:20) -- Concerto for two harpsichords in C minor, BWV 1060 (14:04).

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Editions de l'Oiseau lyre 1994

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Summary: "[This program] charts Catherine's tumultuous reign as the cunning and ambitious empress fights off threats to her crown, wages war with the Ottoman Empire and expands Russian's borders as far as the Black Sea and Crimea. Beyond its tale of a political success story against all odds, the series chronicles the passionate love affair between Catherine and Russian military leader Grigory Potemkin."--

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 2020

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Copland, Aaron

Contents: El Salón México (12:00) -- Billy the Kid: Introduction: The open prairie ; Street in a frontier town ; Mexican dance and finale ; Prairie night (card game at night) ; Gun battle ; Celebration (after Billy's capture) ; Billy's death (the open prairie again) -- Danzón cubano -- Organ symphony.

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: 2000

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Beethoven, Ludwig van

Contents: G major, op. 9, no. 1 (28:12) -- D major, op. 9, no. 2 (24:16) -- C minor, op. 9, no. 3 (23:29).

Format: sound recording-musical

Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 1998

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