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Obras por Simon Broughton

Associated Works

The Rough Guide to Classical Music (1994) — Contribuidor — 439 exemplares
English National Opera Guide : Bartok : The stage works (1991) — Contribuidor — 19 exemplares
BBC Proms 2021 : Prom 31 : Bartók Roots [sound recording] (2021) — Contribuidor — 1 exemplar

Etiquetado

Conhecimento Comum

Data de nascimento
1958
Sexo
male
Nacionalidade
UK
Locais de residência
London, England, UK
Ocupações
freelance journalist
editor
documentary filmmaker
Organizações
Songlines Magazine
BBC TV

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" He had studied classical music in his early years, but was drawn in his youth to travel to Hungary, Bulgaria, and Rumania (he also learned Russian), and found an extraordinary range of music in these countries--particularly Rumania.

He joined the BBC after completing his university work, and recorded under BBC auspices a series of programs on Mali, which awakened in him a strong interest in West African music."

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Well done, particularly considering the scope of the task. A lot of prominent (at least prominent in world music circles) scholars, journalists and music industry figures take part (like Folk Roots editor Ian Anderson, African discographer & historian Ronnie Graham, Franco biographer & collector Graeme Ewens, the musicologist son of pioneering musicologist Hugh Tracey, etc.).

Lots of expertise brought to bear and to good effect in the Rough Guide--much contextual info, many capsule, tight-focus detours. And the book strikes a good balance between telling the story of each country and its music and telling the western reader (lets face it, this book was not written to let the Congolese know about their own musical heritage!) how the music is distinct in our sonic context and how to get ahold of some.

Occasionally (as, sadly, in the Congo portion) the record recommendations get rather crazily obscure, recommending dozens of records you would be lucky to find in a year dedicated to nation hopping & crate digging. AND the recommendations are very Anlgo-centric, so if you are on the west side of the Atlantic, many of the reasonable-in-Britain recommendations are rare finds in the US.

But all in all a fine, commendable effort at being a "rough guide" for westerners to half the worlds music. (And there's a newer edition that may correct the causes of some of my cavils.)
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ehines | Nov 27, 2011 |
This is a remarkable BBC documentary made in 1993 about the musicians and the cultural life in the Teresienstadt ghetto in Czechoslovakia during WWII. The film, directed by Simon Broughton, tells the story of the four main composers who were active in the ghetto: Gideon Klein, Pavel Haas, Hans Krása and Viktor Ullmann, and reveals how and why the musical life developed.

Ironically, Terezín was artistically the freest place in occupied Europe.“Only the Germans knew we were sentenced to death,” says Zdenka Fantlová, who was an actress in Terezín. “So they let us get on with it and what we were really doing was dancing under the gallows.”

The BBC/Czech TV coproduction film includes location filming in Terezín, archive footage, powerful music and performance in some of the attics and a hidden synagogue where it was first performed, and vivid first-hand accounts from survivors. These include the singer Karel Berman, Lisa Kleinová (the sister of composer Gideon Klein), composer František Domažlicky, writer Ivan Klíma, pianist Edith Kraus, pianist Alice Herz-Sommer, artist Helga Weissová-Hošková and actress Zdenka Fantlová. Only the latter two are still alive today.

This is a story of musical creativity that resonates way beyond the walls of the ghetto. And it is powerful music that still deserves to be heard today. ( fonte: music and the holocaust)
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Obras
9
Also by
3
Membros
451
Popularidade
#54,392
Avaliação
4.0
Críticas
2
ISBN
7
Línguas
1

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