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Film, Video Great conversations: chamber music

Opening credits; and Camaraderie

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Piano and strings

Masterpieces

[ Transcript ]

Intimacy

The string quartet

Ideas; and Closing credits

About this Item

Title

  • Great conversations: chamber music

Names

  • Frank, Claude (Interviewee)
  • Istomin, Eugene (Host)
  • Harrell, Lynn (Interviewee)
  • Rosen, Peter (Producer)
  • Rosen, Peter (Director)
  • Laredo, Jaime (Interviewee)
  • Steinhardt, Arnold (Interviewee)
  • Frank, Pamela (Interviewee)
  • Robinson, Sharon (Interviewee)
  • Warshaw, Hilan (Editor)
  • Kalichstein, Joseph (Interviewee)

Created / Published

  • Peter Rosen Productions, Inc., New York, 2005

Headings

  • -  videorecording

Genre

  • videorecording

Notes

  • -  Library of Congress extended version.
  • -  Istomin and his colleagues violinists Pamela Frank, Jaime Laredo, Arnold Steinhardt; cellists Lynn Harrell and Sharon Robinson; and pianists Claude Frank and Joseph Kalichstein talk about a range of topics, including the essence of the string quartet, how friendships develop from playing chamber music, and the manner in which chamber musicians exchange ideas.
  • -  "Program five."
  • -  Additional credits: for the Music Division, Library of Congress: Jon Newsom, chief; Jan Lauridsen, assist. Chief; Ruth Foss, program specialist.
  • -  In opening credits: "The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., presents."
  • -  Copyright Library of Congress. This program was made possible through the courtesy of Eugene Istomin. Artists' appearances courtesy of themselves: Claude Frank, Pamela Frank, Lynn Harrell, Joseph Kalichstein, Jaime Laredo, Sharon Robinson, and Arnold Steinhardt.

Medium

  • 1 digibeta videotape; duration: 41 min., 45 sec.

Source Collection

  • Great Conversations in Music

Repository

  • music division

Digital Id

Online Format

  • video
  • pdf

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Chicago citation style:

Frank, Claude, Eugene Istomin, Lynn Harrell, Peter Rosen, Peter Rosen, Jaime Laredo, Arnold Steinhardt, et al. Great Conversations: Chamber Music. Peter Rosen Productions, Inc., New York, 2005. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/ihas.200031107/.

APA citation style:

Frank, C., Istomin, E., Harrell, L., Rosen, P., Rosen, P., Laredo, J. [...] Kalichstein, J. (2005) Great Conversations: Chamber Music. Peter Rosen Productions, Inc., New York. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/ihas.200031107/.

MLA citation style:

Frank, Claude, et al. Great Conversations: Chamber Music. Peter Rosen Productions, Inc., New York, 2005. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/ihas.200031107/>.