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Strings and strings Works & process at the Guggenheim

Title
Strings and strings [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson] ; written by Brian Greene and Anna Hall.
Publication
2000.

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Additional Authors
  • Cronson, Mary Sharp
  • Greene, Brian, 1963-
  • Hall, Anna
  • Drucker, Eugene, 1952-
  • Dutton, Lawrence
  • Finckel, David
  • Setzer, Philip, 1951-
  • Adams, Adekoye
  • Le Conte, Adam J.
  • Lytle, Wayne
  • Guerra, Robert
  • Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827.
  • Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750.
  • Webern, Anton, 1883-1945.
  • Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945.
  • Rihm, Wolfgang
  • Berg, Alban, 1885-1935.
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (67 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Physicist Brian Greene explains the basics of string theory through a series of multimedia presentations of string physics and string music. Mary Sharp Cronson introduces the program.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Works & process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.
Series Statement
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 138
Uniform Title
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Video.
  • Music.
Note
  • Dedicated to the memory of Irwin Cooper and Alan Greene.
Credits (note)
  • Animators, Adekoye Adams, Adam J. Le Conte, Wayne Lytle; musical consultant, Eugene Drucker; lighting designer, Robert Guerra.
Event (note)
  • Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Apr. 4, 2000.
Funding (note)
  • With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, digitization and DVD authoring of the Works & process at the Guggenheim video archive was done by StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center of The City University of New York.
Contents
Musical selections: Cavatina from Op. 130 / Ludwig van Beethoven -- Fugue arranged for Quartet from J.S. Bach's Well-tempered clavier II. BWV 871 / J. S. Bach ; [arr. by] Wolgang Amadeus Mozart -- Fugue arrange for Quintet / from J.S. Bach's Well-tempered Clavier, BWV 876 / J. S. Bach [arr. by] Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart -- Fünf Sätze, Heftig bewegt / Anton Webern -- String Quartet no. 5, Movement II / Bela Bartók -- Quartet no. 4, Movement I / Wolfgang Rihm -- Lyric Suite, Movement III / Alban Berg -- Grosse Fuge from Op. 133 (excerpt) / Ludwig van Beethoven -- Cavatina from Op. 130 / Ludwig van Beethoven.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1140
OCLC
133144362
Title
Strings and strings [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson] ; written by Brian Greene and Anna Hall.
Imprint
2000.
Country of Producing Entity
United States.
Series
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 138
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Credits
Animators, Adekoye Adams, Adam J. Le Conte, Wayne Lytle; musical consultant, Eugene Drucker; lighting designer, Robert Guerra.
Performer
Narrator, Brian Greene ; Emerson String Quartet: Eugene Drucker, Lawrence Dutton, David Finckel, Philip Setzer.
Event
Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Apr. 4, 2000.
Funding
With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, digitization and DVD authoring of the Works & process at the Guggenheim video archive was done by StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center of The City University of New York.
Added Author
Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
Greene, Brian, 1963- Narrator
Greene, Brian, 1963- Author of dialog
Hall, Anna. Author of dialog
Drucker, Eugene, 1952- Musician
Dutton, Lawrence. Musician
Finckel, David. Musician
Setzer, Philip, 1951- Musician
Adams, Adekoye. Animator
Le Conte, Adam J. Animator
Lytle, Wayne. Animator
Guerra, Robert. Lighting designer
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello, no. 13, op. 130, B♭ major. Cavatina.
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Wohltemperierte Klavier, 2. T.
Webern, Anton, 1883-1945. Sätze, violins, viola, cello, op. 5.
Bartók, Béla, 1881-1945. Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello, no. 5.
Rihm, Wolfgang. Quartets, violins (2), viola, cello, no. 4.
Berg, Alban, 1885-1935. Lyrische Suite. Allegro misterioso.
Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Grosse Fuge, violins (2), viola, cello.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1140
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