War and Peace Video (DVD)
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This video provides a vivid depiction of the music leading up to and following World War I, the most brutal war in history to that point, and during the short-lived peace prior to the outbreak of World War II.
Experience the tumultuousness as well as the beauty of this unique period in the history of music. Here's a brief summary of some of the many musical highlights you'll enjoy in this ground-breaking video:
Experience the tumultuousness as well as the beauty of this unique period in the history of music. Here's a brief summary of some of the many musical highlights you'll enjoy in this ground-breaking video:
- Hear the ominous dissonance that uncannily foretells the outbreak of World War I in Stravinsky's controversial "Rite of Spring"
- Feel the sense of a world and time lost forever following World War I in Elgar's "Cello Concerto"
- Jazz flourished during this time, as represented here by Scott Joplin's buoyant "Maple Leaf Rag"
- Britten's "War Requiem", commissioned to mark the consecration of the new Coventry Cathedral following its destruction during World War II
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