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• Format: Black & White, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Studio: Kultur Video
• VHS Release Date: April 9, 1998
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000006NT3
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #401,401 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Must see, May 5, 1999

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This review is from: Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concerts - What Is Classical Music? [VHS] (VHS Tape)

Just this April I discovered Leonard Bernstein's Young People Concerts. Mr. Bernstein and the New York Philharmonic did a series of television shows over a period of eleven years for CBS. These television shows were designed to teach his audience basic information that will increase their understanding about classical music and their listening enjoyment. He is successful. These are excellent videos. You will enjoy the lessons, the music, and the fun. They should be watched over and over.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a must see, May 3, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concerts - What Is Classical Music? [VHS] (VHS Tape)

I love classical music, but there are many things about it I don't understand. I first found the YOUNG PEOPLE'S CONCERTS in my public library. They are wonderful. They are full of information presented so that children can understand. They are very interesting and outright fun. Anyone who love classical music or who wants to needs this video. Leonard Bernstein is a excellent teacher.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WHAT IS CLASSICAL MUSIC? & WHAT MAKES MUSIC SYMPHONIC?, July 13, 2004

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LEONARD BERNSTEIN SOCIETY (LLOYD HARBOR, NEW YORK USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Leonard Bernstein's Young People's Concerts - What Is Classical Music? [VHS] (VHS Tape)

What Is Classical Music? Original Broadcast: January 24, 1959 To music teachers, "classical" music is really the music of 18th Century Europe, which was formulated by Bach and Handel in a strict, almost mathematical style. Later, Haydn and Mozart changed the formula to add grace and elegance. Still later came Beethoven, a genius who broke all the rules and ushered in the Romantic period. "Egmont" Overture (Beethoven) and Overture to The Marriage of Figaro (Mozart), plus excerpts from Symphony No. 102 (Haydn), Symphony No. 40 (Mozart), Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 (Bach), Water Music (Handel), and Piano Concerto No. 21 (Mozart).

What Makes Music Symphonic? Original Broadcast: December 13, 1958 Unlike pop music, symphonic music takes simple musical themes and then "develops" them -- that is, changes and expands them -- in a dazzling variety of costumes. To "dress up" music symphonically the composer may rearrange the notes, add chords, change the pitch, modify the tempo, play one theme against another... the possibilities are endless. Excerpts from Symphony No. 4 (Tchaikovsky), Symphony No. 3 (Beethoven), Symphony No. 104 (Haydn), Symphony No. 41, "Jupiter" (Mozart), and Symphony No. 2 (Brahms).