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Dave Frank, a professor at Boston`s internationally acclaimed Berklee School of Music, brings his knowledge and teaching skill to the more accessible DVD classroom. BREATHROUGH TO IMPROV features Frank sharing tips for a creative approach to music playing, outlining a highly original series of
practice points
to aid the viewer in improvisation. Aimed to help the student find creativity within himself, this release also includes a booklet of musical examples and continued instruction.
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Ireland has a rich musical tradition which has spread throughout the world, with many acts utilizing or acknowledging aspects of the Emerald Isle's contribution to music history. RHYTHM OF THE DANCE offers a wonderful celebration of Irish music and dance, with some highly popular tunes given a run through by some enthusiastic performers.DVD Features:Region (unknown)Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33Audio: (unspecified) - English
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This acclaimed film version of Peter Stone's Pulitzer Prize-winning musical, which was one of the last big-budget studio musicals, stars William Daniels (TV's Saint Elsewhere) as John Adams and Howard Da Silva as Ben Franklin. A rollicking, anachronistic treatment of the creation of the Declaration of Independence, with the American forefathers conducting themselves with uncharacterstic--and comical--indignity. Academy Award Nominations: Best Cinematography (Harry Stradling, Jr.)DVD Features:Region 1Keep CaseWidescreen - 2.35Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1 - EnglishInteractive Features: Interactive Menus Scene Selection
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In 1970, director Blake Edwards and his actress-wife Julie Andrews joined forces for a musical based on the life of legendary double agent Mata Hari that became one of the most infamous flops in cinematic history. In addition to exceeding both its budget and production schedule, DARLING LILI suffered from a serious tonal confusion that made it difficult to classify as either a comedy or drama--not to mention the fact that lavishly overblown musicals were considered hopelessly square by the time of the film`s flower-power release date. Andrews nonetheless delivers an achingly lovely performance as the title character, Lili Smith/Schmidt, a WWI-era German spy who sings at a Parisian nightclub and uses her feminine wiles to milk military secrets from her Allied clientele. When Lili falls in love with one of her unwitting informants, the dashingly handsome American soldier William Larrabee (Rock Hudson), she suffers a crisis of conscience that puts both of their lives in danger. Enlivened by a romantic score by acclaimed composer Henry Mancini, the film benefits greatly from this 1990s director`s cut made for the TNT cable network, which shortens the running time and solves its original tonal dilemma with a darker, more dramatic sensibility.
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300 years after it was first composed and staged with enormous success, Handel's opera has become a masterpiece of 18th Century opera, an innovative work that was progressive in its sense of theater and melodic creativity, and notable in that Handel wrote it when he was only 24 years old. The story tells of the Empress Agrippina, who hatches a plot to install her son from her first marriage, Nero, on the throne in place of her ineffectual husband, Claudius. Sparkling with plot twists reminiscent of Shakespeare, the story is based on actual historical figures, and is told with wit and humor that will keep all audiences engaged; this performance, featuring Veronique Gens in the title role, will attract any lover of Baroque opera.DVD Features:Region (unknown)Keep CaseFull Frame - 1.33
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