The Music of Man Part 7: The Known and the Unknown (Season 1, Episode 7)
TV Episode | Documentary, Music

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The Music of Man

Part 7: The Known and the Unknown (Season 1, Episode 7)

TV Episode | Documentary, Music

Between the World Wars the pace of life quickened. Jazz became popular in both Europe and America. In classical music, Aaron Copland and Arnold Schoenberg opened new horizons. Radio and sound movies popularized all forms of music, from ...See moreBetween the World Wars the pace of life quickened. Jazz became popular in both Europe and America. In classical music, Aaron Copland and Arnold Schoenberg opened new horizons. Radio and sound movies popularized all forms of music, from Toscanini to Big Band. After World War I, Schoenberg introduced the 12-tone system, as revolutionary a step as Bach's tempering of the eight-tone scale had been. The dissonant new music was not readily embraced by North American listeners, who were beginning to accept jazz-influenced swing music and the purer symphonic sounds of film scores and radio. Highlights include Schoenberg's Suite for Piano, Op. 25, footage of a 1934 Louis Armstrong performance of "Tiger Rag," George Gershwin's "I Got Rhythm," and Rossini's "William Tell Overture." See less

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18 cast members

Name	Known for
Yehudi Menuhin Self - Host Self - Host See fewer	The Last Kiss (2001)
Raffi Armenian Self - Conductor, The Montreal Symphony Self - Conductor, The Montreal Symphony See fewer	Shadows and Fog (1991)
Louis Armstrong Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	High Society (1956)
Enrico Caruso Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Match Point (2005)
Aaron Copland Self - Conductor, National Symphony Orchestra Self - Conductor, National Symphony Orchestra See fewer	He Got Game (1998)
Andrew Davis Self - Musical Director, The Toronto Symphony Self - Musical Director, The Toronto Symphony See fewer	Only You (1994)
George Gershwin Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Manhattan (1979)
Benny Goodman and His Orchestra Themselves Themselves See fewer	Captain America: The First Avenger (2011)
Stéphane Grappelli Self - Violin Self - Violin See fewer	The Matrix (1999)
Fritz Kreisler Self - Violin (archive footage) Self - Violin (archive footage) See fewer	Testament of Youth (2014)
Lotte Lenya Self Self See fewer	From Russia with Love (1963)
Hephzibah Menuhin Self - Piano Self - Piano See fewer	Neighborhoods: The Hidden Cities of San Francisco - The Fillmore (1999)
Montreal Symphony Members of Members of See fewer	Kinsey (2004)
New York Philharmonic Themselves (as the New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra) Themselves (as the New York Philharmonic Symphony Orchestra) See fewer	New York Philharmonic Young People's Concerts (1958)
National Symphony Orchestra Themselves Themselves See fewer	Notorious Gentleman (1945)
Raymond Pannell Self - Conductor, 'Intégrales' Self - Conductor, 'Intégrales' See fewer	Undertaker (1996)
Leopold Stokowski Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Fantasia (1940)
The Toronto Symphony Orchestra Themselves Themselves See fewer	The Aeronauts (2019)