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CURRENT PROJECTS
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The Panic of 1893, women's rights, the disappearing West, marginalized Americans, automobiles and motion pictures—a bewildering, almost overwhelming new land that a composer from the backwoods of Bohemia visits in the 1890s, yet he himself manages to make a lasting impression on it. This DVD-ROM traces Dvorák's journey to America and examines life at the turn of the 19th century. It is illustrated by dozens of audio, video, and visual images; historic letters, newspaper and magazine articles; and Dvorák's Ninth Symphony complete in audio and music notation. Read more and order... |
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The New World Visual Presentation What was in the composer Antonín Dvorák's mind when he composed the symphony that he gave the subtitle "From the New World"? Based on the research of Dvorák scholar Michael Beckerman, we have created a visual presentation to accompany live performances of the symphony. Read more... |
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Béla Bartók: The Six String Quartets, with The Emerson Quartet Béla Bartók's six string quartets are universally considered the epitome of modern chamber music. In 2003, the world-renowned Emerson Quartet met in New York City to coach three student quartets in the playing of Bartók's masterpieces. We videotaped those sessions and prepared interactive materials to be used by other players everywhere. Read more... |
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PAST PROJECTS
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The Concert Companion A live classical music concert is an enriching experience, yet it can be an intimidating one as well. What is happening in the music? What instrument is that playing the solo? This is a long piece of music -- just where are we? The Concert Companion, a hand-held electronic device delivers answers in real time. Read more... |
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CD Companion Series During the 1990s, the Voyager Company, a New York publisher of interactive media, published the CD Companion Series: ground-breaking CD-ROMs exploring works of music and the world in which they were created. These were ours: |
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Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9
This was the program changed the face of computer multimedia. Read more... |
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Igor Stravinsky: "The Rite of Spring"
The second of the series had music that was very different, and the experience was even more intense. Read more... |
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Amadeus Mozart: String Quartet, K. 465,"The Dissonant Quartet"
This was produced both as a videodisc and a CD-ROM. It featured the Angeles Quartet in a performance and in a discussion with Robert Winter about Mozart's work. Read more... |
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Antonín Dvorák: Symphony No. 9, "From the New World"
The last of our CD Companions was the most comprehensive. It is the predecessor to our From the New World, A Celebrated Composer's American Odyssey DVD-ROM. Read more... |
